Musician Biography – Bücher, CDs, LPs und mehr, Seite 5

Bruce H Klauber, Andrea Kauffman

Let Me Be Frank

As an American singer, conductor, composer, and actor, Frank Sinatra, Jr. (1944--2016) had a long and successful music career and was recognized for his many contributions to American popular song. Yet, h…

Preston Lauterbach

Before Elvis

In this thought-provoking book, the Black musicians who influenced Elvis Presley's music finally receive recognition and praise.After Baz Luhrmann's movie, Elvis, hit theaters, audiences and critics alike…

Haydn!

»Meine Sprache versteht die ganze Welt.« JOSEPH HAYDN Joseph Haydn galt als bedeutendster Komponist seiner Zeit. Seine 77 Lebensjahre waren erfüllt von schöpferischer Vitalität und der Lust am musikal…

Stephanie Phillips

We Were Here

A long-overdue corrective to the history of rock 'n' roll and alternative music, repopulating it with the extraordinary Black artists and influential figures who steered its courseThe history of rock and …

Haydn!

»Meine Sprache versteht die ganze Welt.« JOSEPH HAYDN Joseph Haydn galt als bedeutendster Komponist seiner Zeit. Seine 77 Lebensjahre waren erfüllt von schöpferischer Vitalität und der Lust am musikal…

Louis Armstrong (1901-1971)

Satchmo: A Musical Autobiography Part 1

Paul Rappaport

Gliders Over Hollywood

Gliders Over Hollywood tells the exhilarating true story of a blue-collar kid nicknamed 'Rap' who grew up in thrall to rock'n'roll, then found himself right in the middle of many of his heroes' lives as h…

Sacha Lord

Tales from the Dancefloor

The must-read memoir from the visionary figure behind Manchester's legendary music scene, from The Haçienda to The Warehouse Project.

Deborah Voigt

Call Me Debbie

Internationally beloved opera star Deborah Voigt recounts her harrowing and ultimately successful private battles to overcome the addictions and self-destructive tendencies that nearly destroyed her life.…

Eddie Holland, Brian Holland

Come and Get These Memories

"One of the greatest music writing and production teams in pop music history" - Smokey RobinsonAs the creative force behind Berry Gordy Jr.'s Motown Records in the mid-Sixties, a writing credit …

Lol Tolhurst

Cured

Cured is a memoir by Lol Tolhurst, a founder member of one of the most revered and successful bands of their generation: The Cure. Lol threads the band's genesis through his suburban schoolboy years with …

Ceka

The Rolling Stones in Comics!

When the Rolling Stones hit the scene in the 60's, it was to play rhythm & blues, nothing more. They were far from imagining that they would change music, let alone become the mouthpiece of a changing wor…

John Robb

Live Forever

The finest book on Britain's most popular rock 'n' roll band'Read on ... It's all true' Noel GallagherFeaturing an exclusive interview with Noel Gallagher and bespoke artwork by celebrated Oasis album des…

Patti Smith

Year of the Monkey

Riveting, elegant, humorous-and illustrated by Smith's signature Polaroids-New York Times bestseller Year of the Monkey is a moving and original work, a touchstone for our turbulent times.Following a run …

Moon Unit Zappa

Earth to Moon

From Moon Unit Zappa, the daughter of musical visionary Frank Zappa, comes a memoir of growing up in her unconventional household in 1970s Los Angeles, coming of age in the Hollywood Hills in the 1980s as…

Marcus O'Dair

Different Every Time: The Authorized Biography of Robert Wyatt

Robert Wyatt started out as the drummer and singer for Soft Machine, who shared a residency at Middle Earth with Pink Floyd and toured America with the Jimi Hendrix Experience. He brought a jazz mindset t…

Ann Powers

Traveling

*An ObserverBest New Biographies of 2024*?*Now in paperback!*Celebrated NPR music critic Ann Powers explores the life and career of Joni Mitchell in a lyrical style as fascinating and ethereal as the song…

Martin Porter, David Goggin

Buzz Me in

The inside story of Record Plant studios - the real 'Hotel California' - that reveals how the greatest music of the seventies was recorded and why the artists checked out but rarely left.Strap yourself in…

Steve Turner

Beatles '66

A riveting look at the transformative year in the lives and careers of the legendary group whose groundbreaking legacy would forever change music and popular culture.They started off as hysteria-inducing …