Discography is the study and listing of sound recordings.

This portmanteau word stems from:

1. the gramophone record, often called a "disc", the dominant commercial medium of sound recording for most of the 20th century
2. the -graph suffix signifying something written (see also autobiography, graphology and so on).

A listing of all recordings which a musician or singer is on can be called their "discography". Additionally, discographies may be compiled based on a particular Musical genre or record label, etc.

The term "discography" was popularized in the 1930s by collectors of jazz records. Jazz fans did research and self published discographies about when jazz records were made and what musicians were on the records, as record companies did not commonly include that information on/with the records at that time.

Bibliography

• Brooks, Tim - Little Wonder Records, The New Amberola Phonograph Company 1999
• Connor, D. Russell and Hicks, Warren W. - BG On The Record; A bio-discography of Benny Goodman, Arlington House 1969
• Cuscuna, Michael & Ruppli, Michel - The Blue Note Label, Greenwood Press 2001
• Dethlefson, Ronald - Edison Blue Amberol Recordings 1912-1914, (2nd Edition) Stationery X-Press 1997
• Fagan, Ted and Moran, William - The Encyclopedic Discography of Victor Records vol. 1, Greenwood Press 1983
• Fagan, Ted and Moran, William - The Encyclopedic Discography of Victor Records vol. 2, Greenwood Press 1986
• Flower, John - Moonlight Serenade; A bio-discography of the Glenn Miller civilian band, Arlington House 1972
• Kiner, Larry F. - The Al Jolson Discography, Greenwood Press 1983
• Koenigsberg, Allen - Edison Cylinder Records 1889-1912, (2nd Edition) APM Press 1987
• Laird, Ross - Moanin'Low; A discography of female popular vocal recordings 1920-1933, Greenwood Press 1996
• Moses, Julian Morton - American Celebrity Recordings 1900-1925, Monarch Record Enterprises, 1993
• Russell, Tony - Country Music Records; A discography, 1921-1942, Oxford University Press, 2004
• Ruppli, Michel - Atlantic Records, Greenwood Press 1979
• Ruppli, Michel - The Savoy Labels, Greenwood Press 1980
• Ruppli, Michel & Porter, Bob - The Prestige Label, Greenwood Press 1980
• Ruppli, Michel - The Chess Labels, Greenwood Press 1983
• Ruppli, Michel - The King Labels, Greenwood Press 1985
• Ruppli, Michel & Porter, Bob - The Clef/Verve Labels, Greenwood Press 1986
• Ruppli, Michel - The Alladin/Imperial Labels, Greenwood Press 1991
• Ruppli, Michel & Novitsky, Ed - The Mercury Labels, Greenwood Press 1993
• Ruppli, Michel - The Decca Labels, Greenwood Press 1996
• Ruppli, Michel & Novitsky, Ed - The MGM Labels, Greenwood Press 1998
• Rust, Brian - The American Dance Band Discography, Arlington House 1975
• Rust, Brian - London Musical Shows On Record 1897 - 1976, General Gramophone Publications 1977
• Rust, Brian - British Music Hall On Record, General Gramophone Publications 1979
• Rust, Brian and Forbes, Sandy - British Dance Bands On Record 1911 to 1945, General Gramophone Publications 1987
• Rust, Brian and Debus, Allen G. - The Complete Entertainment Discography from 1897 to 1942, (2nd Edition) Da Capo Press 1989
• Rust, Brian - Jazz and Ragtime Records (1897 - 1942), (6th Edition) Mainspring Press 2003
• Smith, Russell & Burgis, Peter - Peter Dawson; The world's most popular baritone (with complete song title discography), Currency Press 2001
• Sutton, Allan - Cakewalks, Rags and Novelties; The International Ragtime Discography (1894 - 1930), Mainspring Press 2004

See also

• Discogs