We are used to answering questions about movies, actors, actresses and other movie personal by going to http://www.imdb.com but what do we do when we have questions about singers, songs and recordings.
Second Hand Songs is a database of songs originally recorded by one artist but then covered by another (and possibly several others.) According to the front page, there are currently 30542 works, 117622 performances, 2332 samples and 36664 artists on the site.
There’s a basic search for songs and artists, with a more advanced search for artists, mediums, labels, and even visual performances. It is also possible to search for individual songs. That will give you information about who wrote the song and the original recording artist as well as a list of who’s covered it since.
See the original ResearchBuzz article here: http://www.researchbuzz.org/r/?p=1692 Highly recommend that you get a subscription to the ResearchBuzz newsletter. Has great ideas for where to look of specific information.
It is kind of interesting that there are no links to iTunes, Amazon or other MP3 vendors so we can hear examples of the music.
See Second Hand Songs here: http://www.secondhandsongs.com/
