"This unique reference covers every aspect of the literature of popular songs from the 16th century to 1987. Compiling 11,000 songs from the English-Speaking world, The Great Song Thesaurus, Second Edition, Updated and Expanded provides pertinent information about each entry - including year of popularity, the composer, lyricist, record sales, Hit Parade and air ranking, and the names of artists who recorded the 'Top Hit' songs since 1940 - and indexes these song titles by subject, key word, key lyric line and category."

The greatest songs -- The award winners -- Themes, trademarks, and signatures -- Elegant plagiarisms -- Song titles -- British song titles -- Lyricists and composers -- American and theatre, film, radio, and television -- Thesaurus of song titles by subject, key word, and category.