Robert Palmer Adult Activity Coloring Book (Robert Palmer Adult Activity Coloring Books, #0)
by Jenny Fish
This biography traces the career of Frank Sinatra, from his childhood days as a solitary latchkey kid in New Jersey, to the fame and fortune he achieved once his unique singing talent had been recognized. It looks at the man behind the myth in an attempt to reconcile the crooner on-stage with the bully behind the scenes, and details the company he kept, of presidents, mobsters, fellow stars and Hollywood sex symbols. Particular attention is paid to Sinatra's reinvention after his fall from grace...
Frank Sinatra Gold Classics
The Rise and Fall of Popular Music (Penguin General Non-Fiction)
by Donald Clarke
The story of how the music of the English-speaking peoples swept the world is told in this book. Commercial popular music began in 18th century London, where an early Tin Pan Alley, already popular in colonial America, evolved to service the English pleasure gardens. The earliest music publishers were printers, and copyright law evolved as they squabbled among themselves for the right to exploit the available talent. Thomas Edison's invention of the phonograph brought million-selling hits during...
Musical Memories
George Benson Snarky Coloring Book (George Benson Snarky Coloring Books, #0)
by Darla Sims
For the last three years, the sale of Technics 1200 turntables (used by DJs in clubs) have outstripped those of electric guitars. Raves have gone from parties involving a few hundred people to commercially sponsored festivals drawing tens of thousands of fans. Rave America is the first book devoted to this massive phenomenon. Through hundreds of interviews with DJs, recording artists, producers, promoters, drug lords, club celebrities, and nightworld casualties, this book takes readers into the...
1930s Musicians of Richmond and Twickenham (A World in London Chapbook)
by Alban Low
I Love The Spice Girls More Than Pizza ( And I Really Like Pizza)
by Scopettah Books
Michael Buble is currently the biggest male solo artist in the world. His albums have sold more than 25 million copies worldwide. And his live shows fill the world's biggest stadiums to capacity wherever he plays. Now for the first time he has granted his millions of fans an intimate glimpse into the life of the man they adore. Along with creating great music in the studio, performing on stage is pure paradise for Michael. He is that rare thing - an entertainer of the highest order, worshipped a...
Huey Lewis Adult Coloring Book (Huey Lewis Books, #0)
by Associate Professor Dana Davis
Salsa is the irresistible, passionate dance music of the Spanish-speaking world, the lifeblood of millions of Latin Americans - and American Latins - from the barrios of New York to the mansions of Puerto Rico and the crumbling apartments of Havana. Salsa's songs are the voices of Latin America; they accompany political struggles and domestic love scenes. Salsa is the music of Celia Cruz and Tito Puente, the Queen and King of Salsa, Ray Barretto, linking the night-club and jazz circuits, and Glo...
You Must Remember This
by Steven Seidenberg, Maurice Sellar, and Lou Jones
Remembering songs from the radio, from dance bands and music halls, from the popular films of the period, and from the ENSA tours that took British entertainers to the troops, this book aims to recapture the spirit of the World War II years through their music and songs. It is tied to a BBC Television film and contains biographical details of the entertainers, as well as information about the songs they made famous, including the lyrics. The songs have nostalgia value for the generation that liv...
Daniel O'Donnell's bestselling autobiography is now fully revised and updated with a wealth of extra information - including an account of his star-studded wedding in 2002, and his remarkable success worldwide, breaking Australia and the USA. From humble origins in the small Irish fishing village of Kincasslagh, County Donegal, to his painful breakdown, subsequent recovery, marriage and worldwide success, Daniel charts his ups and downs in his own words. Dedicated to bringing happiness to his hu...