ARSC Awards for Excellence: 2006 Winners

[ Best Research in Recorded Blues, Rhythm & Blues, or Soul Music ]

Best History

Dream Boogie:
The Triumph of Sam Cooke
by Peter Guralnick
(Little, Brown)

Certificate of Merit

Dewey and Elvis: The Life and Times of a Rock 'n' Roll Deejay
by Louis Cantor
(University of Illinois Press)

[ Best Research in Recorded Classical Music ]

Best Discography

While Spring and Summer Sang: Thomas Beecham and the Music of Frederick Delius
by Lindon Jenkins
(Ashgate)

Best History

Rachmaninoff: Life, Works, Recordings
by Max Harrison
(Continuum)

[ Best Research in Recorded Country Music ]

Best History

King of the Cowboys, Queen of the West: Roy Rogers and Dale Evans
by Ray White
(University of Wisconsin Press)

[ Best Research in Recorded Folk, Ethnic, or World Music ]

Best Discography

Bob Marley and the Wailers:
The Definitive Discography
by Roger Steffens and Leroy Jodie Pierson
(Rounder)

Certificate of Merit

The Encyclopedia of Native Music: More Than a Century of Recordings from Wax Cylinder to the Internet
by Brian Wright-McLeod
(University of Arizona Press)

[ Best Research in Recorded Rap or Hip Hop Music ]

Best History

Can't Stop Won't Stop: A History of the Hip-Hop Generation
by Jeff Chang
(St. Martin's Press)

[ Best Research in Recorded Rock Music ]

Best History

Grit, Noise, and Revolution: The Birth of Detroit Rock 'n' Roll
by David Carson
(University of Michigan Press)

Certificate of Merit

Soft Machine: Out-Bloody-Rageous
by Graham Bennett
(SAF)

Certificate of Merit

Dream a Little Dream of Me: The Life of "Mama" Cass Elliot
by Eddi Fiegel
(Sidgwick & Jackson)

[ Best Research in Recorded Jazz Music ]

Best Discography Stan Getz: An Annotated Bibliography and Filmography by Nicholas Churchill (McFarland)	Best History Take Five: The Public and Private Lives of Paul Desmond by by Doug Ramsey and Paul Caulfield (discography) (Parkside Publications, Seattle)	Certificate of Merit The Last Miles: The Music of Miles Davis 1980-1991 by George Cole (University of Michigan)
Certificate of Merit Pioneers of Jazz: The Story of the Creole Band by Lawrence Gushee (Oxford)	Certificate of Merit Bix: The Definitive Biography of a Jazz Legend: Leon "Bix" Beiderbecke (1903-1931) by Jean Pierre Lion (Continuum)	Certificate of Merit The Uncrowned King of Swing: Fletcher Henderson and Big Band Jazz by Jeffrey Magee (Oxford)

[ Best Research in Labels and General History ]

Best History

Echo and Reverb: Fabricating Space in Popular Music Recording, 1900-1960a

Echo and Reverb: Fabricating Space in Popular Music Recording, 1900-1960
by Peter Doyle
(Wesleyan University Press)

Best Discography

Edison Blue Amberol Cylinders
by Allan Sutton
(Mainspring Press)