Musician Biography – Bücher, CDs, LPs und mehr, Seite 3

Don Cusic

Chet Atkins

"Chet Atkins was arguably the most influential American guitarist of the twentieth century, and, through his work as a recording executive, is often credited as a founder of the Nashville Sound. In Chet A…

Bill O'Reilly, Martin Dugard

Killing the Legends

Now in paperback: In the latest book in the multimillion-selling Killing Series, Bill O'Reilly and Martin Dugard tell the larger-than-life stories of Elvis Presley, John Lennon, and Muhammad Ali. In the …

Jacky Smith, Jim Jenkins

Queen as It Began

The revered and authorized Queen biography, revised and updated. The original edition explored every aspect of the legendary group's career from inception to 1992. Revised and updated with cooperation and…

Jeff Apter

Keith Urban

How did Keith Urban go from Australian smalltown singer to Nashville superstar? The Grammy Award winner's astonishing trajectory is meticulously told in this biography of the modern country legend every f…

Ghostface Killah

Rise of a Killah

"The fully-illustrated, anecdote-rich story of the celebrated rapper and the iconic Wu-Tang Clan, told by one of its founding members With his fellow New Yorker RZA, Dennis Coles-aka Ghostface Killah-esta…

Charlotte Gunn

Charli XCX

In summer 2024, Charli XCX released BRAT. It defined the summer with songs like '360', 'Apple' and 'Von Dutch', but it was more than perfect pop - it was fashion, it was an attitude, it was a cultural phe…

Brian Sweet

Steely Dan

Reelin' In The Years is the acclaimed biography of Steely Dan. Walter Becker and Donald Fagen, a couple of cynical New York jazz fans wormed their way into a record contract and astonished critics with th…

Peter Frampton, Alan Light

Do You Feel Like I Do?

Do You Feel Like I Do? is the incredible story of Peter Frampton's positively resilient life and career told in his own words for the first time. His monu-mental album Frampton Comes Alive! spawned three …

Owen Elliot-Kugell

My Mama, Cass

"A long-awaited, myth-busting, and deeply affecting memoir by the daughter of legendary rock star "Mama" Cass Elliot."--Provided by publisher.

Paul McCartney,

Wings

Wings: The Story of a Band on the Run tells the astonishing, almost improbable, story of Paul McCartney and his newly formed band from 1971 through its dissolution barely a decade later. Drawn from over 5…

Louis Armstrong (1901-1971)

Satchmo: A Musical Autobiography Part 2

Simon Goddard

Bowie Odyssey 75

Book by book, year by year, the ultimate literary trip through Bowie's greatest decade. With his first starring role in a feature film and his first number 1s on both sides of the Atlantic, 1975 ought to …

David Leaf

Smile

"Brain Wilson. SMILE: Excellent! The man is my hero. I love him. I weep when I hear his band, I hear him sing. I love him." --Sir Paul McCartney The story of the Brian Wilson's legendary SMiLE album from …

Dennis Burmeister, Sascha Lange

Depeche Mode: Live

Live und in Farbe: eine epochale, bildgewaltige Zeitreise durch 40 Jahre Weltkarriere Seit Jahrzehnten begeistern Depeche Mode Fans auf der ganzen Welt. Von ersten Gigs in verrauchten Pubs vor einem Dut…

Ericka Kim Verba

Thanks to Life

"Chilean musician and artist Violeta Parra (1917-1967) is an inspiration to generations of artists and activists across the globe. Her music is synonymous with resistance, and it animated both the Chilean…

Rik Emmett

Ten Telecaster Tales

Ten Telecaster Tales remakes the idea of the “concept album.” It is music that arrives inside a book. It’s also, arguably, the most comprehensive attempt at liner notes in the history of electric instrume…

Preston Lauterbach

Before Elvis

"... [Preston] Lauterbach examines the lives, music, legacies, and interactions with Elvis Presley of the four innovative Black artists who created a style that would come to be known as Rock 'n' Roll: Li…

Tracy Daugherty

We Shook Up the World

"A dual biography of George Harrison and Muhammad Ali, two complex icons of the 1960s, culminating in 1974, when both men reemerged in their respective professions. These men displayed that tenacity of th…

Set the Boy Free

Johnny Marr was born in 1960s Manchester to Irish emigrant parents and knew from an early age that he would be a musician. Forming his first band at thirteen, Marr spent his teenage years in public housin…