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The first major biography of Little Richard, a rollicking, nuanced celebration of the late singer/songwriter’s life and his role in the history of American music—gospel, soul, rock, and more “Tutti Frutti” • “Rip It Up” • “Good Golly Miss Molly” •...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781787394414Author Laura J. ShapiroFormat HardbackPage Count 160Imprint Welbeck Publishing GroupPublisher Welbeck Publishing Group

This is the authoritative account of Vaughan Williams's musical life - the story of a great composer's career, and at the same time the story of music in England over half a century and more. Kennedy considers the principal works in chronological order,...

The story of Snoop's musical and spiritual journey to Jamaica, reaching its culmination during the recording of his most recent album and captured in VICE and Snoopadelic Films documentary Reincarnated. Immediately following the death of longtime friend...

Since 1963 Eric Clapton has contributed to two hundred albums by other artists: from very famous to the obscure and the unexpected: Bob Dylan, Aretha Franklin, The Rolling Stones, Sting, Phil Collins, Rod Stewart, all four of the Beatles, Martha Velez,...

'I Know This Much' - by Gary Kemp, Spandau Ballet's prime mover - is simply the freshest, most exciting and best-written memoir to arrive for years. Gary's story begins in North London, where the Kemp family rented a home with no bathrooms and...

As cofounder of legendary rock band Sonic Youth, best-selling author, and celebrated artist, Kim Gordon is one of the most singular and influential figures of the modern era. This personally curated scrapbook is an edgy and evocative portrait of Gordon...

On the tenth anniversary of his death, The Dirty Version is the first biography of hip hop superstar and founding member of the Wu-Tang Clan, Ol' Dirty Bastard, to be written by someone from his inner circle: his right-hand man and best friend, Buddha...

'Sharply insightful and vividly imaginative... the perfect Christmas gift for anyone asking: 'How do I get into classical music?'' - Rupert Christiansen, Mail on Sunday'A treat from the very first page... written with style and humour, this is a perfect...

"A largely untold, much more controversial story... anything but a hagiography. A fresh, incisive take on the band." - MOJO **** "Fink's ability to overcome the Youngs' code of Scottish-Australian omert? is impressive... a cut above other AC/DC tomes,...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781540097286Author Frederic ChopinFormat PaperbackPage Count 72Imprint PwmPublisher PwmWeight(grams) 259gDimensions(mm) 297mm * 224mm * 8mm

Music Medals Guitar Ensemble Pieces are five volumes of enjoyable and accessible repertoire. Each volume contains original pieces and imaginative arrangements for duets, trios and quartet. Excellent material for mixed-ability groups as well as being an...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781604864182Author Stevie ChickFormat PaperbackPage Count 404Imprint PM PressPublisher PM PressWeight(grams) 608g

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781864692761Author Gary TurnerPage Count 44Imprint Koala PublicationsPublisher Learn to play publishing

Britpop Decades covers the ten-years that witnessed the birth, boom and bust of Britpop - a period in which home-grown indie guitar music from across the UK went mainstream, pop stars were cut from the most unlikely of cloth, and British culture made its...

Award-winning actor, rapper, and producer Ice-T unveils a compelling memoir of his early life robbing jewelry stores until he found fame and fortune-while a handful of bad choices sent his former crime partner down an incredibly different path. Ice-T...

Foreword by Bob StanleyOn a sunny Saturday morning in May 1956, a fifteen-year-old, then called Harry Webb, was mooching down Waltham Cross High Street. He heard some music blaring out of a parked car. It stopped him in his tracks.The song was...

Over 300 fans, friends and celebrities choose their favourite songs by 'semi-legendary' Indie band The Wedding Present, nominating the one song that means the most to them and why.Book InformationISBN 9781916889682Author Richard HoughtonFormat...

Selected by piano teachers for piano teachers, EPTA Teachers' Choice Piano Collection 2 is a collection of the most popular pieces for Grade 5-8 level students, as voted for by members of the European Piano Teacher's Association (EPTA). Each piece is...

Ruddigore is a dark and haunting tale of dastardly deeds and gruesome ghosts whose evil plans get scuppered by a troupe of bridesmaids, a roguish sailor and a 'little book of etiquette'.Book InformationISBN 9780571534449Author William S. GilbertFormat...

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 9783795705169Author Gudrun HeyensPage Count 80Imprint Schott Musik International GmbH & Co KGPublisher Schott Musik International GmbH & Co KG

for SATB (with divisions) unaccompanied John Rutter's tender and expressive arrangement of Silent Night is presented here in both English and German. In a fascinating note, Rutter outlines the history of this celebrated carol, and this edition also...

Celebrating 30 years of Tori Amos' breakout album: Little Earthquakes!The official graphic novel celebrating 30 years of Tori Amos's breakout album: Little Earthquakes. The landmark release that established her iconic thematic voice, as well as her live...

Shimmering in maximal minimalism, joyful bleakness, and bodiless intimacy, Laurie Anderson's Big Science diagnosed crises of meaning, scale, and identity in 1982. Decades later, the strange questions it poses loom even larger: How do we remain human when...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781909526532Author Dave BrolanFormat HardbackPage Count 144Imprint Reel Art PressPublisher Reel Art Press

A comprehensive story of Deep Purple's golden years 1968-76, which saw the band come from nowhere to have a top 4 US hit with its debut single. Within two years the band was in the throes of potentially dissolving when the record company went into...

In Young, Black, Rich, and Famous, Todd Boyd chronicles how basketball and hip hop have gone from being reviled by the American mainstream in the 1970s to being embraced and imitated globally today. For young black men, he argues, they represent a new...

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 9780867198737Author Jerilyn Lee BrandeliusFormat HardbackPage Count 256Imprint Last Gasp,U.S.Publisher Last Gasp,U.S.

Born to legendary singer Nat "King" Cole in the halcyon days of the 1950's, Natalie Cole grew up to become a versatile and soulful singer whose talents catapulted her all the way to Grammy Award-winning status. But that success came with a price. Dragged...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781495062285Author Hal Leonard Publishing CorporationPage Count 206Imprint Hal Leonard CorporationPublisher Hal Leonard Corporation

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781683831457Author Paul SaltzmanFormat HardbackPage Count 104Imprint Insight EditionsPublisher Insight Editions

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781901927849Author Tom ClaytonFormat HardbackPage Count 192Imprint Route PublishingPublisher Route PublishingDimensions(mm) 216mm * 135mm * 17mm

A decade after the French Revolutionary and Napoleonic Wars had given way to an era of retrenchment and repression, 1824 became a watershed year. The premiere of the Ninth Symphony, the death of Lord Byron - who had been aiding the Greeks in their...

The first comprehensive collection of the letters of one of the most successful American songwriters of the twentieth century From Anything Goes to Kiss Me, Kate, Cole Porter left a lasting legacy of iconic songs including "You're the Top," "Love For...

Gustav Mahler: Letters to his Wife is undoubtedly the best way to understand Mahler as a man and as a composer: in his own words, intimately detailing his inner world to his wife, Alma. 'Are Collected Letters a superior form of biography? When as...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780262681544Author Curtis RoadsFormat PaperbackPage Count 424Imprint MIT PressPublisher MIT Press LtdWeight(grams) 771gDimensions(mm) 229mm * 203mm * 19mm

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9789189136717Author John DelaneyFormat PaperbackPage Count 600Imprint Premium Forlag ABPublisher Premium Forlag ABWeight(grams) 1453g

"Welfare State International are brilliant at making an audience of strangers into a community" (Guardian) Since its foundation by John Fox in 1968, Welfare State International has developed a unique form of celebratory theatre that reaches popular...