ARSC Awards for Excellence: 1999 Winners
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finalists for 1999
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2000 | 1999 | 1991-1998
Best Research in Recorded General Popular Music
"Lotte Lenya: A Centenary Tribute," by Richard Weize, Rainer E. Lotz, et al., notes to Bear Family CDs (1998)
Best Research in Recorded Classical Music
"Budapest String Quartet", discography by Phil Hart in the ARSC Journal: Part 1 1924-1940, in vol. 28/2 1997), Part 2 1941-1954, in vol.29/1 (1998), Part 3 1955-1966, in vol. 29/2 (1998)
Best Research in Recorded Rock, Rhythm & Blues, or Soul
Elvis Presley: A Life in Music: The Complete Recording Sessions, by Ernst Jorgensen (St. Martin's Press, 1998)
Certificate of Merit
The Deadhead's Taping Compendium, Vol. 1: 1959-1974, by Michael M. Getz and John R. Dwork (Henry Holt and Company, 1998)
Best Research in Recorded Jazz, Blues, or Gospel
John Coltrane: His Life and Music, by Lewis Porter (University of Michigan Press, 1998)
Certificate of Merit
Dixonia: A Bio-Discography of Bill Dixon, compiled by Ben Young (Greenwood Press, 1998)
Best Research in Recorded Country Music
The Encyclopedia of Country Music, edited by Paul Kingsbury (Oxford University Press, 1998)
Best Research in Folk or Ethnic Music
Music of Hindu Trinidad, by Helen Myers (University of Chicago Press, 1998)
Best Research in General History of Recordings
- Gramophone: The First 75 Years, by Anthony Pollard (Gramophone, 1998)
- An International History of the Recording Industry, by Pekka Gronow & Ilpo Saunio (Cassell, 1998)
Best Research Spoken Word Recordings
- Baseball on Record, by Michael Corenthal (Yesterday's Memories, 1998)
- Raised on Radio: In Quest of the Lone Ranger, Jack Benny, Amos 'n' Andy, The Shadow, Mary Noble, the Great Gildersleeve, Fibber McGee and Molly, Bill Stern, Our Miss Brooks, Henry Aldrich, the Quiz Kids, Mr. First Nighter, Fred Allen, Vic and Sade, Jack Armstrong, Arthur Godfrey, Bob and Ray, the Barbour Family, Henry Morgan, Our Gal Sunday, Joe Friday and Other Lost Heroes From Radio's Heyday, by Gerald Nachman (Pantheon Books, 1998)
Best Research in Record labels or Manufacturers
Making People's Music: Moe Asch and Folkways Records, by Peter D. Goldsmith (Smithsonian Institution Press, 1998)
