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In the first entirely new major biography of Dolly Parton for over 15 years, Stephen Miller goes behind the larger-than-life image to find out what makes Dolly Parton tick.A self-made woman in every sense, Dolly arrived on the Nashville scene as a solo performer bedecked with lurid outfits and exaggerated accessories designed to get her noticed. Later she would bring the same approach to rebuilding her face and figure, but behind the showbiz excesses were always the exquisite voice and an exceptional songwriting talent. Talking to Dolly's family members, musicians and producers Miller gets to the core of a remarkable woman from a poor East Tennessee background who made it in the male-dominated world of 1960s Nashville and went on to build a respectable movie career as well.The author explores Dolly's private life, especially her closely-guarded relationships with her husband of nearly forty years, Carl Dean, and her lifelong friend Judy Ogle. What emerges is a unique portrait of a strong woman who came to town looking like a burlesque hooker but who took control of her life, her music and her career with resolute determination.

The Beatles Off The Record is the most comprehensive oral history of The Beatles ever published - an 'as it happened' story of the greatest pop group of them all. Featuring a wealth of quotes from the Sixties by John, Paul, George and Ringo themselves and a host of others who were close to the group during the heady days of Beatlemania and beyond, including their families, fellow musicians, Brian Epstein, George Martin and dozens more. As Hunter Davis, The Beatles official biographer, states in his foreword: '...compared with some of The Beatles' later selective and polished or faulty and fading memories, this is much nearer the truth. Well, as it appeared to be, at the time...'

Soul icon James Brown died on Christmas Day, 2006, fifty years after his recording debut. Despite a career slump in the seventies and only intermittent success during his eighties and nineties revival, James Brown had more hits than any other black artist in the history of recording music. At the same time he was the most sampled musician of all time.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, andseveral 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 first incarcerated in his teens. Between the two internments is the compelling story of 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 including a comprehensive discography.

Nine Inch Nails are the forerunners of the nu metal genre, having defined industrial rock in the 1990s. From the release of the acclaimed Pretty Hate Machine through its darker, multi-platinum sequels, they have sold over 10 million albums worldwide. 2007's album Year Zero is regarded as their strongest work in over a decade. Frontman, creative force and producer Trent Reznor is Nine Inch Nails. In this book, Reznor's life and music are examined in detail. Analyzing his tortured writing process, on-the-road touring antics with protégé Marilyn Manson and Courtney Love, collaborations with David Lynch and Oliver Stone and meticulous recording techniques, Nine Inch Nails is the definitive book on the musician who brought industrial rock from the underground to the mainstream. New edition - completely revised and updated in 2007.

A side-splitting selection of one-liners, comic definitions, yarns and witty quotes from the world of music.Most professions have their own jokes, but musicians seem to have more than their fair share. Perhaps it's the insane travel schedule, the bad lodgings or just lack of sleep. But as Jim Green says in his introduction, "...it's not surprising we're a band apart (so to speak), outcasts who seek only our own company, rubbing two jokes together for warmth and trying to feel superior by sneering at one another's abilities and personalities." So maybe the reason musicians love poking fun at one another is nothing more than getting in first before everyone else does. Or perhaps choosing laughter is the only alternative to despair... Anyway, here is a truly great selection of jokes, quotes and stories from the world's second oldest profession. Enjoy!Q: What is the definition of perfect pitch in a piccolo?A: When you throw it in the toilet and it doesn't hit the rim.Q: What do you throw a drowning lead guitarist?A: His amp.Q: Why was the clarinetist staring at the orange juice bottle?A: Because the label said "concentrate.""I don't know anything about music. In my line you don't have to."Elvis Presley

The Spice Girls phenomenon was a genuine pop music landmark. No group since The Beatles had commanded as much media attention. Ginger, Baby, Posh, Sporty and Scary became international stars and, whether they were adored or ridiculed, they became the ultimate expression of global media fame in the Nineties.

Fabian and Byrne's story of 19-year-old Katie and her unswerving commitment to sex, drugs & rock 'n' roll now takes its rightful place as a key novel of the Sixties.When Groupie was first published in 1969 it caused a sensation. The Swingin' Sixties capacity to outrage may have been starting to decline, but this novel managed to shock all over again. A thinly fictionalised chronicle of Jenny Fabian's adventures with underground rock heroes of her day, Groupie caused a furore for all kinds of reasons...It had the scent of danger that accompanies an authentic original...It ruffled feathers with its matter of fact descriptions of drug taking and sexual high jinks...It prompted guessing games about the true identities of its principal characters...Most of all, it was highly explicit about a phenomenon that had never before been documented...Decades later, this book is still extraordinarily fresh and playing the celebrity guessing game is still fun. Groupie is also the genuine article - no reconstruction of Sixties underground rock culture has ever captured the Zeitgeist as well as this novel.Includes an introduction by Jonathan Green.

Most groups struggle for years in relative poverty until success beckons. Queen were different. 'Queen: The Early Years', reissued in paperback, is the result of extensive research by Mark Hodkinson, reveals how all four members of this stupendously successful group could have gone on to become successful in a myriad of other fields. ¿Guitarist Brian May and bassist John Deacon as physicists; drummer Roger Taylor, who came from a well-to-do family, as a dentist; and Freddie Mercury as a clothes designer. A valuable addition to the Queen bookshelf for all their fans.

In a world dominated by industry created pop idols, the story of David Gray is a heartwarming one of passionate belief in music and a healthy mistrust of celebrity. In this first major account of Gray's life and work, author Michael Heatley examines the cult singer/songwriter's Manchester roots, his Welsh upbringing, and his unique popularity in Ireland. Here too are the stories behind the four legendary albums that preceded the phenomenally successful White Ladder, recorded in the summer of 1998. Heatley assesses the impact of global success on Gray who, faced with following up his surprise multi million-seller, achieved the near-impossible. The chart-topping A New Day At Midnight, critically-acclaimed as darker, stronger, and more powerful than White Ladder, reflected personal changes in Gray's life and pointed to a fascinating future. Fully illustrated with a comprehensive discography.

Wrestler turned rock manager, the late Peter Grant made his name as the manager of Led Zeppelin, helping to turn them into rock's biggest attraction by the mid Seventies. The book reveals the facts about his suspended prison sentence, his dispute with the group over unpaid royalties and his retiring from the music industry , and his rumoured heroin addiction. Written with the full co-operation of Grant's family and friends to give a unique access into the most fabled and feared man in the music business.

Biographer Patricia Butler unravels the strange stories behind Manilow's Brooklyn upbringing, his shortlived marriage, his cautious career change from youthful executive to freelance musician and his dramatic partnership with Bette Midler formed in the gay Continental Baths in Manhattan.The softcover edition of the bestseller, is an assessment and record of both Manilow's personal life and almost a quarter of a century of chart and touring triumphs. Features exclusive family photos and childhood pictures.

The definitive biography of the Scottish singer who graduated from The Tourists to The Eurythmics and went on to international solo stardom. From Love is a Stranger through Diva to the reformed Eurythmics 1999 album Peace, this is the revealing story of an extraordinary female singer.At last, here is the definitive biography of one of pop's most private stars. Annie Lennox has always been an enigma, ill at ease with the trappings of fame and giving away little of herself. Now Bryony Sutherland and Lucy Ellis have delved deep to find the woman behind her masks.

Having introduced the world to LL Cool J, the Beastie Boys, Public Enemy, DMX and Jay-Z, the label formed by hustler-incarnate Russell Simmons and A & R maverick Rick Rubin has now successfully marketed what was a ghetto phenomenon into the most pervasive youth culture of the late 20th century. This book documents the growth of Def Jam from humble origins to its current status as the preeminent black music label of the 80s and 90s.

Witold Lutoslawski is widely regarded as one of the foremost composers of the post-war era and one of the truly great musicians of the 20th century. Charles Bodman Rae's examination of Lutoslawski's life and work draws on wide-ranging and meticulous research, including hours of recorded conversation with the composer himself. Now expanded for this third edition to include an additional chapter and many more photographs, The Music of Lutoslawski is an absorbing study of the man and his music.

Lady Gaga: Looking For Fame - The Life Of A Pop Princess is the electrifying biography by Paul Lester and explores Stefani Germanotta's rapid rise to global stardom in the guise of the outrageous Lady Gaga.Hers has been a triumph achieved with the help of wild image-making, infectious pop hits and a teasing strand of ambiguous sexuality that has turned her into a gay icon. At heart it's the story of a unique self-made phenomenon - a Madonna for today.As an adoring fan of Freddie Mercury and David Bowie, Lady Gaga took the essence of 80s glam and reinvented it for the digital age. Commercially successful and critically accepted she shot from obscurity on Manhattan's Lower East Side club scene to worldwide fame in just a couple of years.This is the story of her high-speed rise in the fame game, told with a mix of admiration and sharp journalistic insight.

"Ich war schon immer der Meinung, dass Sun Records und Sam Phillips die entscheidensten, erhebensten und stärksten Platten aller Zeiten produziert hatten. Bei Sun Records sangen die Künstler um ihr Leben und hörten sich an, als kämen sie aus der rätselhaftesten Ecke des Planeten. Wenn man sie hinter sich ließ und den Blick zurück warf, konnte man zur Salzsäule erstarren." Bab Dylan, Chronicles Die Biografie über das visionäre Genie, das den revolutionären Weg von Sun Records im Alleingang lenkte. Vom Autor der von der Kritik gefeierten Elvis-Presley-Biografie "Last Train to Memphis" und "Careless Love" endlich in deutscher Sprache: Sam Phillips: der Mann, der den Rock¿n¿Roll erfand. Die Musik, die er in seinem winzigen Memphis-Studio mit so unterschiedlichen Künstlern wie Elvis Presley, Ike Turner, Howlin' Wolf, Jerry Lee Lewis und Johnny Cash prägte, brachte einen Sound hervor, der noch nie zuvor gehört worden war. Er schuf eine einzigartige Mischung aus schwarzen und weißen Stimmen, die voller Leidenschaft die Vitalität der amerikanischen Volkstradition verkündete und gleichzeitig ein für alle Mal einen neuen, integrativen Musikstil proklamierte. Mit umfangreichen Interviews und persönlichen Beobachtungen aus erster Hand, die sich über einen Zeitraum von 25 Jahren erstreckten, sowie umfangreichen Interviews mit nahezu allen legendären Sun Records-Künstlern, liefert uns Guralnick ein leidenschaftliches, ungeschöntes Porträt eines amerikanischen Originals. Der Autor Peter Guralnick begleitete Sam Phillips und seine Weggefährten über viele Jahre hinweg, um einen umfassenden Einblick in Sun Records und dessen gesamtes Umfeld zu erlangen. Er beschreibt Sam Phillips' schweren Start, aber natürlich auch seinen unglaublichen Aufstieg. Besonders spannend ist dabei, auch bisher eher unbekannte Seiten von Sam Phillips kennen zu lernen. Seine große Liebe zum Radio, seine Motivation, im Tonstudio immer ausgefeiltere Aufnahmetechniken zu entwickeln oder sein Drang zu waghalsigen Expansionsmanövern weit über die Grenzen seiner Wahlheimatstadt Memphis hinaus. Gleichzeitig zeigt Peter Guralnick aber auch die Schattenseiten von Sam Phillips auf, die es im Wirken außergewöhnlicher Persönlichkeiten vielleicht immer gibt. Wir lernen in diesem Buch einen Geschäftsmann mit einem unvorstellbaren Antrieb und einem unbändigen Durchhaltevermögen kennen, aber natürlich auch einen ganz persönlichen Sam Phillips. Doch dieses Buch ist mehr als nur eine Biografie über Sam Phillips. Es ist eine Biografie über die Entstehung der amerikanischen Popkultur. Es ist die Biografie einer Musikszene, die unsere heutige Kultur so entscheidend geprägt hat wie keine zuvor und keine danach. Es ist die Biografie über ein Amerika, in dem der Blues und der Rock'n'Roll in kleinen Schritten, aber ganz entscheidend für die Gleichberechtigung von Menschen aller Hautfarben gekämpft hat.

I Just Can't Stop It is the honest and compelling autobiography from British Music Legend, Ranking Roger.

Featuring honest and open first-hand accounts, Come and Get These Memories is more than just a behind-the-scenes look at Motown Records at its peak: Eddie and Brian set the record straight on both their personal and professional lives and offer a revealing slice of pop-music history.

Sylvain Sylvain was there from the start, and this is his story. Taking in his early life in New York, the rise, fall and rise again of the New York Dolls, and all his misadventures between, There's No Bones in Ice Cream is the true story of one of rock's greatest, told in his own authentic voice.

Whether flying across a screen or lighting up the stage, Madness' wild, energetic sax player has always been hard to miss. For Lee ‘KIX' Thompson, life is for having as much fun as possible. Growing Out Of It is the tale of one ‘nutty boy' not really growing out of it at all. From getting up to no good as a teenager to his many musical (mis)adventures in the 1970s, Lee's memoir of his formative years captures his enduring love for his north London stomping ground, where he first met the other members of Madness.This is a story of growing up in a certain time and place when anything felt possible, even a bunch of north London lads forming a ska revival band – and becoming one of Britain's best-loved groups.

'Sheffield's funniest man' (The Times) and 'The 42nd best reason to love Britain' (The Telegraph) has made simple remedies to everyday domestic dilemmas, well... complicated! And ridiculous. And totally hilarious!

Look Wot I Dun is the story of Slade told through the eyes of drummer Don Powell whose life was shattered when, in 1973 at the height of the group's fame, he was involved in a horrific car crash. Unflinching in his honesty, Powell deals frankly with the aftermath of the accident that took the life of his girlfriend and left him with injuries that affect him to this day. Leader of the glam rock movement, Slade was the UK's biggest singles band from 1971 to 1974. Their many hits have become rock standards, not least of which was Merry Christmas Everybody, arguably Britain's all-time favorite Christmas song. This previously published book is now brought up to date in paperback format with an additional chapter from Don, detailing his touring activity over the last seven years, since the original release of his book in hardback.

Going Deaf for a Living is Steve Lamacq's candid reflection of several decades spent on the frontline of the alternative music scene.

She's the 20-something London girl who has taken the music world by storm. Topping the charts for weeks on end and winning consistent international critical acclaim, Adele already has a host of awards and record-breaking achievements to her name.