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The story of pop legend Dusty Springfield from the people who knew her, from her troubled childhood to 60s mod queen and enduring music icon. Dusty Springfield was one of our greatest pop singers. From 60s hits like 'I Only Want to be With You', 'Son of...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781400052868Author Vivien GoldmanFormat PaperbackPage Count 336Imprint Crown Publishing Group (NY)Publisher Crown Publishing Group (NY)Weight(grams)...

Pixies' career spanned just seven years before the pressures of the road and personality clashes tore the band apart. But in that time they became one of the pioneers of alternative rock and left a musical legacy that would inspire generations of...

'Mark Lewisohn knows the Fab Four better than they knew themselves' The GuardianThis extended special edition of Mark Lewisohn's magisterial book Tune In is a true collector's item, featuring hundreds of thousands of words of extra material, as well as...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780312131975Author Mac RebennackFormat PaperbackPage Count 264Imprint St Martin's PressPublisher St Martin's PressWeight(grams) 350g

Re-release of the first book ever published in America about the legendary Motown Record Company, with a new foreword by legendary music journalist Greil Marcus!In January 1959 Berry Gordy borrowed $800 from his family and founded the Detroit-based...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781789330793Author Chris BrooksFormat PaperbackPage Count 124Imprint Fundamental Changes LtdPublisher Fundamental Changes LtdWeight(grams)...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780684850627Author PattersonFormat PaperbackPage Count 208Imprint Prentice Hall & IBDPublisher Prentice Hall (a Pearson Education company)Weight(grams)...

WHAT A STORY! WHAT A LIFE! A FASCINATING MEMOIR FROM A LEGENDARY MUSIC BUSINESS EXECUTIVE WHO... Signed the little-known David Bowie... Owned the Hunky Dory and Ziggy Stardust albums... Looked after the The Rolling Stones... ...

The Rolling Stone interview was the centerpiece of the most important American magazine of its generation. It was - and continues to be today - the imprimatur of true cultural importance, the place where our heroes, idols and stars unveil their great...

ERolling Stones GearE is the first book to historically document all of the Rolling Stones' musical equipment. It's also the story of the Rolling Stones but with a new twist: their history as told through the instruments they used. This book covers not...

Disco emerged from the fall-out of the Black Power Movement and an almost exclusively gay scene in a blaze of poppers, strobe lights, tight trousers, hysterical diva vocals and synthesized beats in the late sixties. As a genre, disco radically re-defined...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781789330601Author Simon PrattFormat PaperbackPage Count 100Imprint WWW.Fundamental-Changes.comPublisher WWW.Fundamental-Changes.comWeight(grams) 216g

This is a thoroughly researched exploration of one of the most original, unexpected, and durable British albums of the 1990s. An album which distilled a genre from the musical, cultural, and social ether, Portishead's "Dummy" was such a complete artistic...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781550229325Author Sam CutlerFormat PaperbackPage Count 326Imprint ECW Press,CanadaPublisher ECW Press,CanadaWeight(grams) 561g

The subversive songs of mathematics teacher Tom Lehrer, the sardonic piano-wielding fugitive from Harvard, have corrupted generations of Americans since he first began recording and performing in the 1950s. His uniquely depraved wit has been forced again...

Hunter Davies, the only ever authorised biographer of the group, has produced the essential Beatles guide. Divided into four sections - People, Songs, Places and Broadcast and Cinema - it covers all elements of the band's history and vividly brings to...

The Practice of Popular Music is a music theory and musicianship textbook devoted to explaining the organization of contemporary popular music styles such as pop, rock, R&B, rap, and country. Rooted in recent research showing that the structure of...

This new, revised edition of Hot Wired Guitar brings Beck's story bang up to date, from his adventures at The White House in December 2012 with Mick Jagger and US President Barack Obama, to touring the world with Beach Boy Brian Wilson and the 2014...

In 2011 the world celebrated the 40th anniversary of Queen a one of the most innovative glamorous and influential bands in history. Over the course of the band's career they have grossed 170 million album sales worldwide have written 18 number one...

Industrial is a descriptor that fans and critics have applied to a remarkable variety of music: the oildrum pounding of Einsturzende Neubauten, the processed electronic groans of Throbbing Gristle, the drumloop clatter of Skinny Puppy, and the synthpop...

The definitive biography of Chuck Berry, legendary performer and inventor of rock and roll. Best known as the groundbreaking artist behind classics like "Johnny B. Goode," "Maybellene," "You Never Can Tell" and "Roll Over Beethoven," Chuck Berry was a...

Break out the flannel, scrunchies, and high-rise jeans and indulge in this nostalgic illustrated trip through the 1990s' most influential albums across all genres. In 501 Essential Albums of the '90s, Gary Graff leads a cast of fellow music journalists...

Every album and every song ever released by the Beatles - from "Please Please Me" (U.S. 1963) to "The Long and Winding Road" (U.S. 1970) - is dissected, discussed, and analyzed by two music historians in this lively, fully illustrated work.All the Songs...

Across five decades and counting, New Zealand-born singer/songwriter and Crowded House founder Neil Finn has become one of the best-loved figures in popular music, crafting enough hits along the way -- Weather With You, Locked Out, I Got You, Fall At...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780767924238Author James KaplanFormat PaperbackPage Count 800Imprint Anchor BooksPublisher Random House USA IncWeight(grams) 919gDimensions(mm) 232mm *...

Dive into the musical universe of solo Ian Hunter songs like never before with Ian Hunter On Track. We unlock the secrets behind every lyric, riff, and melody in this one-of-a-kind musical journey. From the soul-stirring anthems that defined an...

Jim Morrison's electrifying live performances, and appetite for sexual and psychedelic experience enflamed the spirit of a generation. In Jim Morrison, critically acclaimed journalist Stephen Davis brings together insights gleaned from dozens of original...

"The A to X of Alternative Music" is a survey of the most influential bands of the last 30 years. It covers those bands and artists who have rejected the mainstream in favour of innovation, originality and the pursuit of their own unique...

The man known simply as 'Enge' by his millions of fans worldwide has sold over 150 million records and is in the Guinness Book of Records for achieving 56 consecutive weeks in the chart with 'Release Me'.From living on the dole and receiving last rites...

Elvis Presley wears another crown besides the King of Rock 'N' Roll--he also is the King of Collectibility. Nearly a quarter century after his death, items bearing Elvis's name and likeness are in hot demand. In this comprehensive book, renowned Elvis...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780385474023Author David ShenkFormat PaperbackPage Count 416Imprint Random House USA IncPublisher Random House USA IncWeight(grams) 418gDimensions(mm) 208mm...

Discover the fascinating story behind the rise of a new pop icon: Dua Lipa.When Dua Lipa was eleven, her music teacher told her she wasn't good enough to join her school choir - her husky voice couldn't reach the high notes.Now, she's a global star. Her...

Going Deaf for a Living is Steve Lamacq's candid reflection of several decades spent on the frontline of the alternative music scene. As a writer at the NME and co-host of The Evening Session, Steve naturally attended hundreds of gigs and collected a...

It's June 2001. Keith Streng steers a cramped mini-van north along Lincoln Avenue in Chicago while Peter Zaremba, Bill Milhizer and Ken Fox sprawl in the back nursing hangovers and road weariness. They pull into the Apache, quaintly described as a...

There is more to sound recording than just recording sound. Far from being simply a tool for the preservation of music, the technology is a catalyst. In this award-winning text, Mark Katz provides a wide-ranging, deeply informative, consistently...

Manchester, its bands, its fashions, its attitude, has defined pop culture for the best part of four decades. Joy Division, The Fall, Buzzcocks, New Order, The Smiths, Happy Mondays, Stone Roses, Oasis. These were the bands that shaped two generations of...

This is a completely revised and expanded second edition of The Broadway Song Companion, the first complete guide and access point to the vast literature of the Broadway musical for the solo performer. Designed with the working actor in mind, the volume...

'With bravery and humour, Daukes uncovers an origin story that would have crushed many. Utterly compelling.' John NivenBook InformationISBN 9781999770136Author Johnny DaukesFormat HardbackImprint Ember PressPublisher Ember Press

Comprising a vivid and varied series of miniature biographies, revealing profiles, thought-provoking essays and a multitude of previously unknown anecdotes and quotes, Hercules!: The A to Z of Elton John is the perfect compendium for the casual fan or...