"This edition: chronicles the popular song from 1558 to the present; Furnishes 100 to 150 new songs listings for each year from 1980-1987; Allows recall, through a new key lyric line index, of 3,025 song titles; Compiles vast popular song information for those in radio, television, and advertising; Covers a vast range of songs--from liturgical hymns to disco, folk songs, and lieder; from sea chanteys to commercial jingles, theme songs, and award winners; lists 11,000 song titles with lyricists, composers, dates of popularity, and pertinent facts; Gives featured songs from 865 musical theatre scores and from 1,441 musical and non-musical films, television, and radio programs; Indexes 6, 163 contributing lyricists and composers; Provides a listing of 2,300 song titles by subject, key word, and category; Catalogues songs by year of popularity; Cross-references information by 10 different avenues of access; Cites record sales, Hit Parade and air play rankings, and recording artists associated with 'hit' songs"--Jacket.