the Young People's Records and Children's Record Guild series, 1946-1977

David Bonner’s Revolutionizing Children’s Records is an immeasurable contribution to the foundation of children’s music history, containing an in-depth interviewed study of the Young People’s Record’s legacy. The Young People’s Records (1946-1977) founded by artistic couple, Horace Grenell and Judith Sidorsky, sought to improve the niche market of children’s music by providing progressive, constructive music for children, removing abstract high-brow concepts or pedantic, condescending tones. Bonner’s book guides the reader through the company’s foundation, their formula for quality children’s music, which were predominantly folk songs sung by Tom Glazer, and includes a detailed discography of the company’s entire output.