Music

5/5 - CLASSIC POP5/5 - RECORD COLLECTOR4/5 - THE TELEGRAPH4/5 - MOJOEveryone has their favourite era of the Bee Gees' career, but so much is still unclear about this celebrated but often misunderstood band. This book will provide the perfect route in,...

To tell the story of Morris Day is to tell the story of Prince. Not because they were inseparable or because their paths never diverged, but because, even when their paths did diverge, they always intersected again. Each artist lifted the other up,...

Great Britain's national treasure, Gary Barlow has achieved unrivalled success with boyband Take That, as a solo artist and songwriter, and as a judge on The X Factor. However, the path to fame is rarely easy and Gary's journey has been full of inspiring...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780786884889Author Jimmy WebbFormat PaperbackPage Count 434Imprint HyperionPublisher HyperionWeight(grams) 499g

**Winner of the American Book Award (2023)**?**Longlisted for the PEN/Jacqueline Bograd Weld Award (2023)**The long-awaited first full biography of legendary jazz saxophonist and composer Sonny Rollins Sonny Rollins has long been considered an enigma...

Part of the Magic: A Collection of Disney-Inspired Brushes with Greatness is a book of remarkable and wildly entertaining anecdotal stories told through the lens of an entertainment industry insider. Author Bambi Moe enjoyed a twenty-year career at the...

A chance encounter at a summer party on Martha's Vineyard blossomed into an improbable but enduring friendship. Carly Simon and Jacqueline Kennedy Onassis made an unlikely pair - Carly, a free and artistic spirit still reeling from her recent divorce,...

A revised and enlarged paperback edition to mark the centenary of the much-loved singer's birth. In 1953, at the age of 41, Kathleen Ferrier, England's greatest lyric contralto, lost her courageous battle with breast cancer. Her huge appeal to a wide...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780956222893Author Paul MasonFormat PaperbackPage Count 308Imprint PremanandPublisher PremanandWeight(grams) 998g

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780143126065Author Paul JohnsonPage Count 176Imprint Penguin USAPublisher Penguin Putnam Inc

This is the b format edition of the critically acclaimed biography. Cloaked in mystique, Joy Division's extraordinary vocalist Ian Curtis tragically took his own life in 1980, leaving just two haunting albums an a depleted band that would famously evolve...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780595137459Author John MinahanFormat PaperbackPage Count 264Imprint iUniversePublisher iUniverse

In 1973, Judy Scott was intent on traveling to Istanbul, but serendipitously she stumbled onto the incomparable Greek island of Hydra and the people who would continue, over many subsequent visits, to enhance and influence her life ever after.This...

'Sometimes I liken the creative act to that of being a good gardener. The musical material itself, the harmonies, rhythms, the timbres and tempi, are seeds you have planted. Composing, bringing forth the final formal arrangement of these elements, is...

Ornette Coleman's career encompassed the glory years of jazz and the American avant-garde. Born in segregated Fort Worth, Texas, during the Great Depression, the African American composer and musician was zeitgeist incarnate. Steeped in the Texas blues...

New York Times BestsellerLeon Russell is an icon, but somehow is still an underappreciated artist. He is spoken of in tones reserved not just for the most talented musicians, but also for the most complex and fascinating. His career is like a roadmap of...

We're going to do this tribute in St Ann's Church in Brooklyn - a wonderful space. Oh, by the way, we've been contacted by Tim Buckley's son, Jeff. Touched By Grace is an up-close-and-personal account by the legendary guitarist and songwriter Gary Lucas...

A candid exploration of the genius, shame, and celebrity of Whitney Houston a decade after her passing-now in paperback!In the decade since Whitney Houston's passing, the world has mourned her death as a once-in-a-generation talent and queen of the pop...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781959998945Author Joe ParadiseFormat PaperbackPage Count 24Imprint Tidalwave ProductionsPublisher Tidalwave ProductionsWeight(grams) 54gDimensions(mm)...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781452166100Author Nick MasonFormat PaperbackPage Count 512Imprint Chronicle BooksPublisher Chronicle BooksWeight(grams) 857gDimensions(mm) 226mm * 150mm *...

Paul McCartney and John Lennon described him as the Beatles' "favorite group," he won Grammy awards, wrote and recorded hit songs, and yet no figure in popular music is as much of a paradox, or as underrated, as Harry Nilsson. In this first ever...

An intimate, revealing portrait of Frank Sinatra-from the man closest to the famous singer during the last decade of his life.More than a hundred books have been written about legendary crooner and actor Frank Sinatra. Every detail of his life seems to...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781705112793Author David FrangioniPage Count 112Imprint Modern DrummerPublisher Modern Drummer

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780867198737Author Jerilyn Lee BrandeliusFormat HardbackPage Count 256Imprint Last Gasp,U.S.Publisher Last Gasp,U.S.

More than 40 years ago, three girls from the Detroit projects made the world 'Stop!' and take notice of their fresh harmonies and classy style. Cultivated by the Motown star machine, Mary Wilson, Diana Ross, and Florence Ballard popped onto the charts...

Based on all-new interviews and including 72 rare photos, Trouble Boys: The True Story of the Replacements is the definitive biography of one of the last great rock 'n' roll bands of the twentieth century. Written with the participation of the group's...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780307453952Author Jonathan GouldFormat PaperbackPage Count 544Imprint Random House IncPublisher Random House USA Inc

Little Girl Blue is an intimate profile of Karen Carpenter, a girl from a modest Connecticut upbringing who became a Southern California superstar. Karen was the instantly recognizable lead singer of the Carpenters. The top-selling American...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781495061059Author Al SchmittFormat HardbackPage Count 232Imprint Hal Leonard CorporationPublisher Hal Leonard CorporationWeight(grams) 517gDimensions(mm)...

National Bestseller Legendary musician Richard Marx offers an enlightening, entertaining look at his life and career.Richard Marx is one of the most accomplished singer-songwriters in the history of popular music. His self-titled 1987 album went triple...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780943249087Author Andrew SandovalFormat PaperbackPage Count 144Imprint Retrofuture Products LLCPublisher Retrofuture Products LLCWeight(grams) 364g

Under Their Thumb:How a Nice Boy from Brooklyn Got Mixed Up with the Rolling Stones (and Lived to Tell About It) tells the story of Bill German's unlikely friendship with the Rolling Stones. He first met them on the streets of New York when he was a...

Foreword by Steve Harvey and afterword by David FosterThe Grammy-winning founder of the legendary pop/R&B/soul/funk/disco group tells his story and charts the rise of his legendary band in this sincere memoir that captures the heart and soul of an artist...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781770410596Author Neil PeartFormat PaperbackPage Count 298Imprint ECW Press,CanadaPublisher ECW Press,CanadaWeight(grams) 885g

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780525564393Author Art GarfunkelFormat PaperbackPage Count 256Imprint Alfred A. KnopfPublisher Alfred A. Knopf

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781250051295Author Daniel RachelFormat PaperbackPage Count 514Imprint St. Martin's GriffinPublisher St. Martin's GriffinWeight(grams) 590g

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780470289068Author Don FelderFormat HardbackPage Count 352Imprint John Wiley & Sons LtdPublisher Turner Publishing CompanyWeight(grams) 636gDimensions(mm)...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780989982511Author Dan OuelletteFormat PaperbackPage Count 448Imprint Kmw StudioPublisher Kmw Studio

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781101903292Author Mark LewisohnFormat PaperbackPage Count 944Imprint Crown Publishing Group (NY)Publisher Crown Publishing Group (NY)Weight(grams)...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780767901567Author Laurence BergreenFormat PaperbackPage Count 576Imprint Crown Publishing Group (NY)Publisher Crown Publishing Group (NY)Weight(grams)...