Daily Mail Book of Golden Discs
Author : Joseph Murrells
Publisher :
Page : 374 pages
File Size : 17,62 MB
Release : 1966
Category : Music
ISBN :
Author : Joseph Murrells
Publisher :
Page : 374 pages
File Size : 17,62 MB
Release : 1966
Category : Music
ISBN :
Author : Joseph Murrells
Publisher :
Page : 374 pages
File Size : 41,41 MB
Release : 1966
Category : Music
ISBN :
"The aim of this book is to set out in chronological order the details and story of every gramophone disc which has been certified or reliably reported to have sold one million or more copies globally"--Preface.
Author : Roman Iwaschkin
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 675 pages
File Size : 24,60 MB
Release : 2016-04-14
Category : Music
ISBN : 1317223454
This is a comprehensive guide to popular music literature, first published in 1986. Its main focus is on American and British works, but it includes significant works from other countries, making it truly international in scope.
Author : Michael Lydon
Publisher : Psychology Press
Page : 270 pages
File Size : 40,14 MB
Release : 2003
Category : Music
ISBN : 9780415966443
Flashbacks is an eyewitness account of '60s rock as it was being made. Michael Lydon-the first editor of Rolling Stone and a participant in the rock revolution-enjoyed unique access to the people and events when rock was new. His profiles of the founding fathers and mothers of '60s rock are unique in that they are based on first-hand interviews and on-the-spot reporting. This collection includes the first piece written on the Monterey Pop Festival of 1967 (written only 48 hours after the festival, and never before published); an account of the Rolling Stones's U.S. tour of December 1969; Janis Joplin's dramatic rise and equally dramatic fall; The Grateful Dead at home in their communal house in San Francisco and on stage at Winterland; and much more.
Author : British Museum. Department of Printed Books
Publisher :
Page : 576 pages
File Size : 27,45 MB
Release : 1972
Category : English imprints
ISBN :
Author : George T. Simon
Publisher : Schirmer Trade Books
Page : 966 pages
File Size : 10,60 MB
Release : 2012-03-08
Category : Music
ISBN : 0857128124
In this book you will find an astounding 400 biographies that highlight the history and personnel of the great bands. It is organized into four sections: “The Big Bands--Then” (the scene, the leaders, the public, the musicians, vocalists, arrangers and businessmen, recordings, radio, movies and the press); “Inside the Big Bands” (profiles of 72 top bands); “Inside More of the Big Bands” (hundreds of additional profiles arranged by categories (“The Arranging Leaders,” “The Horn-playing Leaders,” etc.); and “The Big Bands Now.” The Big Bands is one of the best books on the subject. It is both readable and an invaluable reference source for the study of jazz standards since many were written by big band leaders or musicians or were popularized through their performances and recordings. The index is comprehensive with names but lists no songs. George T. Simon was one of the original organizers and members of the Glenn Miller Orchestra for which he played the drums. He was also one of the first writers for Metronome Magazine where he remained from 1935 until 1955.
Author : John Edwards Memorial Foundation
Publisher :
Page : 448 pages
File Size : 11,49 MB
Release : 1969
Category : Folk music
ISBN :
Author : Gary Giddins
Publisher : Back Bay Books
Page : 426 pages
File Size : 43,11 MB
Release : 2009-11-29
Category : Biography & Autobiography
ISBN : 0316091561
From Bing Crosby's early days in college minstrel shows and vaudeville, to his first hit recordings, from his 11 year triumph as star of America's most popular radio show, to his first success in Hollywood, Gary Giddins provides a detailed study of the rise of this American star.
Author :
Publisher :
Page : 1160 pages
File Size : 47,91 MB
Release : 1970
Category : English literature
ISBN :
Author : Geoff Brown
Publisher : Omnibus Press
Page : 294 pages
File Size : 39,49 MB
Release : 2009-11-11
Category : Music
ISBN : 0857120328
This is the definitive biography of this extraordinary and controversial superstar, written by Geoff Brown, a former editor of Black Music magazine. For three decades James Brown dominated the changing face of post-war popular black music. Others were as inspirational in the short term, and several of his successors have been bigger pop stars, but none matched Brown's independent authority, sustained influence or commercial longevity. But while another generation danced to the pulse of James Brown, at the end of the eighties the man himself was back in a southern US jail, a country mile or so from where he was incarcerated in his teens. between the two internments is the compelling story if a man who, by reaching from his roots and striving determinedly for himself, came to represent in music and personal power the post-war emancipation of black America. Illustrated with many rare photographs and includes a comprehensive discography.