Music

Just after recording with John Coltrane in 1963, baritone singer Johnny Hartman (1923-1983) told a family member that "something special" occurred in the studio that day. He was right - the album, containing definitive readings of "Lush Life" and "My One...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.AwardsCommended for Independent Publisher Book Awards (Performing Arts) 2003.Book InformationISBN 9780922915804Author Joseph LanzaFormat PaperbackPage Count 280Imprint Feral...

Whisperin' Bill: An Unprecedented Life in Country Music presents a revealing portrait of Bill Anderson, one of the most prolific songwriters in the history of country music. Mega country music hits like ""City Lights,"" (Ray Price), ""Tips Of My...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780063114906Author Sylvie SimmonsFormat PaperbackPage Count 592Imprint Ecco PressPublisher Ecco PressWeight(grams) 458g

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781501140136Author Jake ShearsFormat PaperbackPage Count 336Imprint Atria BooksPublisher Atria BooksWeight(grams) 295gDimensions(mm) 213mm * 140mm * 25mm

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781528707848Author Gustav KobbéFormat PaperbackPage Count 26Imprint Read BooksPublisher Read BooksWeight(grams) 45g

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780578460130Author Don JungFormat PaperbackPage Count 232Imprint Jung Financial & Insurance Services, IncPublisher Jung Financial & Insurance Services,...

This biography tells the complete story of John Lennon's life, including the controversial influence of his music, art, and philosophy upon the world. John Lennon was a singer, songwriter, activist, artist, and writer whose life and work left an...

Rock-and-roll icon and three-time bestselling author Nikki Sixx tells his origin story: how Frank Feranna became Nikki Sixx, chronicling his fascinating journey from irrepressible Idaho farmboy to the man who formed the revolutionary rock group Moetley...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780956018441Author TROND EINAR GARMOFormat PaperbackPage Count 274Imprint ReR MegacorpPublisher ReR Megacorp

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780743486132Author Pamela Clarke KeoghFormat PaperbackPage Count 274Imprint Simon & SchusterPublisher Simon & SchusterWeight(grams) 481gDimensions(mm) 254mm...

Based on lengthy interviews with Ellington's bandmates, family, and friends, Duke Ellington and His World offers a fresh look at this legendary composer. The first biography of the composer written by a fellow musician and African-American, the book...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780979103001Author Dave SchwensenFormat PaperbackPage Count 188Imprint North Shore PublishingPublisher North Shore Publishing

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780976773504Author Jake BrownFormat PaperbackPage Count 168Imprint Amber Communications Group, Inc.Publisher Amber Communications Group, Inc.Weight(grams)...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781761046360Author Stuart CoupeFormat PaperbackPage Count 368Imprint Penguin Random House AustraliaPublisher Penguin Random House AustraliaWeight(grams)...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781639362073Author Lesley-Ann JonesFormat HardbackPage Count 368Imprint Pegasus BooksPublisher Pegasus BooksWeight(grams) 590gDimensions(mm) 221mm * 157mm *...

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Born in South Carolina, White spent his childhood as a lead boy for traveling blind bluesmen. In the early '30s he moved to New York and became a popular blues star, then introduced folk-blues to a mass white audience in the 1940s. He was famed both for...

Bruno Walter (1876-1962), one of the twentieth century's greatest conductors, lived a fascinating life in difficult times. This engrossing book is the first full-length biography of Walter in English. Born in Berlin, Walter began his long and eventful...

Dmitri Shostakovich (1906-1975) has a reputation as one of the leading composers of the twentieth century. But the story of his controversial role in history is still being told, and his full measure as a musician still being taken. This collection of...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780952666929Author Liza MulhollandFormat PaperbackPage Count 110Imprint Metagama Productions LtdPublisher Metagama Productions Ltd

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Amy Marcy Cheney Beach (1867-1944), the most widely performed composer of her generation, was the first American woman to succeed as a creator of large-scale art music. Her "Gaelic" Symphony, given its premiere by the Boston Symphony Orchestra...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780951026830Author John HuntFormat PaperbackPage Count 484Imprint Hunt (John)Publisher Hunt (John)Weight(grams) 673g

Ghosts and Ballyhoo: Memoirs of a Failed L.A. Music Journalist chronicles Thomas Wictor's ten years in the Los Angeles music industry and his quest to free himself from the past. Ostensibly a memoir, Ghosts also asks - and possibly answers - provocative...

Dolly Parton's success as a performer and pop culture phenomenon has overshadowed her achievements as a songwriter. But she sees herself as a songwriter first, and with good reason. Parton's compositions like "I Will Always Love You" and "Jolene" have...

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A beloved folk singer presents an impassioned account of the fall and rise of the small American towns she cherishesDubbed by the New Yorker as "one of America's very best singer-songwriters," Dar Williams has made her career not in stadiums, but touring...

Growing up African American in segregated Arkansas in the 1950s, Barbara Hendricks witnessed firsthand the painful struggle for civil rights. After graduation from the Juilliard School of Music, Hendricks immediately won a number of important...

The first official book by Madness. In Before We Was We Madness tell us how they became them. A story of seven originals, whose collective graft, energy and talent took them from the sweaty depths of the Hope and Anchor's basement to the Top of the Pops...

In 2002 Justin Timberlake went from being a teen sensation in record-breaking boy-band NSync to being a successful solo artist. He emerged from the shadow of a major band and a long-term relationship with superstar Britney Spears to establish himself in...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780954689704Author Steve ButterworthFormat PaperbackPage Count 210Imprint Eye 5Publisher Eye 5

On 25th July, breaking news revealed that Michael Jackson, King of Pop, was dead. Fans and the media watched in shock as the story unfolded: doctors had lost the battle to save him after he had collapsed from a heart attack. In a cruel twist of fate, he...

Imagine being alongside one of the greatest bands in the history of rock, touring the world and being there as they perform at some of the best and biggest music venues in the world. Peter Hince didn't have to imagine: for more than a decade, he lived a...

Lifting the lid on Lady Gaga aka Stefani Germanotta, find out all you ever wanted to know about the eccentric star. After being signed to and quickly dropped from Def Jam Records at age 19, Lady Gaga began performing in the rock music scene of New York...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780233001791Author Paul ScottFormat PaperbackPage Count 304Imprint Andre Deutsch LtdPublisher Welbeck Publishing Group

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780859654432Author Paul A. WoodsFormat PaperbackPage Count 200Imprint Plexus Publishing LtdPublisher Plexus Publishing Ltd

BBC Radio 4's Book of the Week - 14th May 2012. When the only gig Mark Wallington's R&B band can get is in a nursing home they decide it's time to call it a day. But then Mark discovers an instrument he might just have enough talent for - the ukulele...

The definitive, intimate, no-holds-barred biography of Johnny Cash. People don't just listen to Johnny Cash: they believe in him. But no one has told the Man in Black's full story, until now. In Johnny Cash: The Life, Robert Hilburn conveys the...