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So you think you know the Osbournes? Think again. Here is the real story of the real people. Sharon and Ozzy tell us about their early careers, their relationship and how they became one of rock and roll's most enduring and much-loved couples. Here you...

From the author of KYLIE CONFIDENTIAL, comes the first ever in-depth biography of one of Britain's biggest pop icons This first full length major biography of one of pop's biggest stars addresses the questions millions of fans have always wanted to ask...

In the late 1920s, Dmitry Shostakovich emerged as one of the first Soviet film composers. With his first score for the silent film the New Babylon (1929) and the many sound scores that followed, he was positioned to observe and participate in the...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781860746284Author Tom ReynoldsFormat HardbackPage Count 224Imprint Sanctuary Publishing LtdPublisher Sanctuary Publishing LtdWeight(grams) 399g

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780955190605Author Cheryl BeerFormat PaperbackPage Count 128Imprint Parlour PressPublisher Parlour Press

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780711927711Author Debbi VollerPage Count 96Imprint Chester MusicPublisher Chester Music

Pete Townshend was given his first guitar at the age of 12, composed his first song at 16, and along with schoolmate John Entwistle, joined singer Roger Daltrey's band a year later. Renamed "The Who", they enlisted the drum-demolishing Keith Moon and...

This is a collection of 50 of the most uproarious articles from the past 40 years of rock and pop writing. Recounting stories of sex, drugs, guitars and televisions flying from hotel windows, the writers represented in this book range from Tom Wolfe to...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781916258273Author This Day in Music BooksFormat PaperbackPage Count 408Imprint This Day in Music BooksPublisher This Day in Music Books

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780954494506Author Andrew MuirFormat PaperbackPage Count 336Imprint Woodstock PublicationsPublisher Woodstock Publications

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780879306168Author Richie UnterbergerFormat PaperbackPage Count 296Imprint Backbeat BooksPublisher Hal Leonard CorporationWeight(grams) 531g

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780952954040Author Johnny RoganFormat HardbackPage Count 704Imprint Rogan HousePublisher Rogan House

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780711903401Author AbbaPage Count 47Imprint Music Sales LtdPublisher Hal Leonard Europe Limited

Charlotte Church is 14 years old, but with the voice of a 23-year-old. She lives with her parents, Maria and James, in Cardiff. Her first stage appearance was at the age of three during a seaside holiday in Caervarvon. By the time she was eight the...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781842403457Author Alan ClaysonFormat PaperbackPage Count 320Imprint Chrome DreamsPublisher Chrome DreamsWeight(grams) 468g

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780956864284Author Marie ClaytonFormat HardbackPage Count 96Imprint Atlantic Publishing, Croxley GreenPublisher Atlantic Publishing, Croxley Green

Always uncomfortable in the pop limelight, Paul Weller has at times suffered for his art. His fascination with contemporary black music eventually led The Style Council to a dead end, and his moral convictions, championing causes like CND and Red Wedge,...

An illustrated autobiography.Book InformationISBN 9780747210450Author Diana RossFormat HardbackPage Count 288Imprint Headline Book PublishingPublisher Headline Publishing GroupWeight(grams) 965g

"Entertaining and addictive". (Metro). Hang the DJ is the must-read book of music lists, for all true music fans. In the hearts of all music lovers there are lists - from the best break-up songs, to the best drinking songs; the perfect mix-tape...

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'I pore over Beatles albums with the same obsessive and forensic scrutiny that I'd applied to Rodgers and Hammerstein, only now I have a guitar. I have an instrument that can reproduce the practical magic of the chord structures and the network of riffs...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780711979949Author Nick CrispinPage Count 191Imprint Music Sales LtdPublisher Hal Leonard Europe Limited

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With an influx of Appalachian migrants who came looking for work in the 1940s and 1950s, Baltimore found itself populated by some extraordinary mountain musicians and was for a brief time the center of the bluegrass world. Life in Baltimore for these...

Daniel O'Donnell is a musical phenomenon, with millions of dedicated fans on both sides of the Atlantic. Following the tremendous success of his autobiography and the illustrated My Pictures and Places comes a brand new title from the Irish superstar. In...

Louis Satchmo' Armstrong (1900-71), born in poverty, brought up in an orphanage, dominated one of the art forms of the 20th century: jazz. Bradbury's book is both alive and musically authoritative.Book InformationISBN 9781904341475Author David...

In this definitive biography of Ernest Tubb, Ronnie Pugh brings one of country music’s greatest performers back to center stage. Tracing a career that began in the 1930s and continued until just a few years before Tubb’s death in 1984, Pugh presents not...

Disappointed to learn that Hotel California isn't actually in the phone book, radio producers Chris and Joe resolve to seek out the true spirit of rock and roll America. Roof down and stereo up, they drive coast to coast on a mission to `live the music'...

A pocket-sized collection of more than eighty hits by the biggest names of the 1960s. Presented in chord songbook format, with chord symbols, Guitar chord boxes and complete lyrics.Book InformationISBN 9781847729156Author Zoe Street HowePage Count...

Top of the Pops began life as a rebellious teenager, but unfortunately ended up as Grandpa at the disco. After decades as must-see Thursday-night TV, it was overtaken by the realities of a new multi-channel, digital age, was shunted disrespectfully...

Girls Aloud record the Pointer Sisters' 'Jump'; Atomic Kitten record Blondie's 'The Tide is High' and Kool and the Gang's 'Ladies Night'' Westlife record Billy Joel's 'Uptown Girl', Phil Collin's 'Against All Odds', Abba's 'I Have a Dream', and Barry...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781733295727Author Nelson GeorgeFormat PaperbackImprint PacificPublisher Pacific

The concept album is one of popular music’s most celebrated—and misunderstood—achievements. This book examines the untold history of the rock concept album, from The Beatles to Beyoncé. The roots of the concept album are nearly as old as the long-playing...

Noise, an underground music made through an amalgam of feedback, distortion, and electronic effects, first emerged as a genre in the 1980s, circulating on cassette tapes traded between fans in Japan, Europe, and North America. With its cultivated...

Poets, Guitarists, Songwriters, TV Stars, Provocateurs, Riot Grrrl founders, the authors in this study challenge perceptions of Punk music and politics. Patti Smith, Viv Albertine, Kim Gordon, Carrie Brownstein, Chrissie Hynde, Brix Smith Start, and...

You don't have to be a jazz expert to give your students a great introduction to improvisation. The Classroom Guide to Jazz Improvisation provides what music educators have sought for decades: an easy, step-by-step guide to teaching jazz improvisation in...

Since its beginnings more than fifty years ago, metal music has grown in popularity worldwide, not only as a musical culture but increasingly as a recognised field of study. This Cambridge Companion reflects the maturing field of 'metal music studies' by...

Since its beginnings more than fifty years ago, metal music has grown in popularity worldwide, not only as a musical culture but increasingly as a recognised field of study. This Cambridge Companion reflects the maturing field of 'metal music studies' by...

Despite only being active for less than a decade and releasing just three studio albums during their short tenure, Nirvana's overwhelming musical and cultural impact on the world cannot be understated. Within such a narrow timespan, the famous trio made...

If any band deserves to have homage paid to them with a lavish, limited edition photographic book, look no further than Emerson Lake and Palmer. With their origins going back to the late sixties, these three highly talented individuals portrayed the very...