Composers Musicians category: 3267 books
I'll Sleep When I'm Dead
The Life and Times of Warren Zevon
Language: English
Release Date: October 13, 2009
When Warren Zevon died in 2003, he left behind a rich catalog of dark, witty rock 'n' roll classics, including "Lawyers, Guns and Money," "Excitable Boy," and the immortal "Werewolves of London." He also left behind a fanatical cult following and veritable rock opera...
And I Don't Want to Live This Life
A Mother's Story of Her Daughter's Murder
Language: English
Release Date: October 12, 2011
“Honest and moving . . . Her painful tale is engrossing.”—Washington Post Book World
For most of us, it was just another horrible headline. But for Deborah Spungen, the mother of Nancy, who was stabbed to death at the Chelsea Hotel, it was both a relief and a tragedy. Here is the incredible...
Me and a Guy Named Elvis
My Lifelong Friendship with Elvis Presley
Language: English
Release Date: August 17, 2006
On a lazy Sunday in 1954, twelve-year-old Jerry Schilling wandered into a Memphis touch football game, only to discover that his team was quarterbacked by a nineteen-year-old Elvis Presley, the local teenager whose first record, "That’s All Right," had just debuted on Memphis radio. The...
Riders on the Storm
My Life with Jim Morrison and the Doors
Language: English
Release Date: November 4, 2009
“This book is the real story.”—Robby Krieger
“[John] Densmore's is the first Doors biography that feels like it was written for the right reasons, and it is easily the most informed account of the Doors' brief but brilliant life as a group. . . . Densmore is a fluent, articulate writer...
by Gene Simmons
Language: English
Release Date: December 11, 2001
Language: English
Release Date: December 11, 2001
You wanted the truth, you got the truth—the hottest book in the world!
Fueled by an explosive mix of makeup, costumes, and attitude, KISS burst onto the music scene thirty years ago and has become a rock institution. The band has sold more than eighty million records, has broken every concert...
Broken Music
A Memoir
Language: English
Release Date: October 14, 2009
Having been a songwriter most of my life, condensing my ideas and emotions into short rhyming couplets and setting them to music, I had never really considered writing a book. But upon arriving at the reflective age of fifty, I found myself drawn, for the first time, to write long passages that were...
by Chris Perez
Language: Spanish
Release Date: March 6, 2012
Language: Spanish
Release Date: March 6, 2012
En este tributo sincero, a Chris Perez le cuenta la historia de su relación con la estrella de música Selena.
Una de las superestrellas más impresionantes y adoradas en la historia de la música latina, Selena fue un fenómemeno del espectáculo quien compartió todo lo que era con sus millones...
by Cyndi Lauper
Language: English
Release Date: September 18, 2012
Language: English
Release Date: September 18, 2012
Legendary singer, songwriter, actress, and activist Cyndi Lauper offers a personal account of the journey that led her to become an international superstar in this “moving story of an American musical original” (Kirkus Reviews).
Icon Cyndi Lauper offers a poignant account of the journey...
His Way
An Unauthorized Biography Of Frank Sinatra
Language: English
Release Date: November 10, 2010
#1 NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER • With a new afterword by the author in honor of Frank Sinatra’s 100th birthday
This is the book that Frank Sinatra tried—but failed—to keep from publication, and it’s easy to understand why. This unauthorized biography goes behind the iconic myth of Sinatra...
Aaliyah
More Than a Woman
Language: English
Release Date: January 26, 2002
Don’t miss the inspirational biography behind the exciting new Lifetime movie Aaliyah: The Princess of R&B, starring Alexandra Shipp as the extraordinary singer Aaliyah.
Aaliyah Dana Haughton was that music business rarity: a teen idol who transformed herself into a critically acclaimed...
I Got Your Back
A Father and Son Keep It Real About Love, Fatherhood, Family, and Friendship
Language: English
Release Date: May 6, 2009
The final collaboration from Eddie and Gerald Levert: an intimate glimpse into their lives, their passions, and their musical legacy. But most important, I Got Your Back gets inside the special and rare father-son bond that these two R&B legends shared. Eddie and Gerald put their hearts and souls...
Beethoven
Anguish and Triumph
Language: English
Release Date: August 5, 2014
Jan Swafford’s biographies of Charles Ives and Johannes Brahms have established him as a revered music historian, capable of bringing his subjects vibrantly to life. His magnificent new biography of Ludwig van Beethoven peels away layers of legend to get to the living, breathing human being who...
Petty
The Biography
Language: English
Release Date: November 10, 2015
The New York Times Bestseller
*One of Rolling Stone's 10 Best Music Books of 2015*
An exhilarating and intimate account of the life of music legend Tom Petty, by an accomplished writer and musician who toured with Petty
No one other than Warren Zanes, rocker and writer and friend,...
Dream Boogie
The Triumph of Sam Cooke
Language: English
Release Date: December 14, 2008
One of the most influential singers and songwriters of all time, Sam Cooke was among the first to blend gospel music and secular themes--the early foundation of soul music. He was the opposite of Elvis: a black performer who appealed to white audiences, who wrote his own songs, who controlled his...