Composers Musicians category: 3267 books
Billy Joel
The Definitive Biography
Language: English
Release Date: October 28, 2014
The long-awaited, all-access biography of a music legend
In Billy Joel, acclaimed music journalist Fred Schruers draws upon more than one hundred hours of exclusive interviews with Joel to present an unprecedented look at the life, career, and legacy of the pint-sized kid from Long Island who...
by David Ritz
Language: English
Release Date: January 7, 2010
Language: English
Release Date: January 7, 2010
David Ritz presents his uniquely candid and and intimate account of the tumultuous life of the Prince of Soul music Marvin Gaye. Author Ritz has assembled years of conversations and interviews from his life as a close friend and lyricist to the gifted Soul sensation and tells the Marvin Gaye story...
Fryderyk Chopin
A Life and Times
Language: English
Release Date: October 16, 2018
A New York Times Book Review Editors' Choice. The Sunday Times (U.K.) Classical Music Book of 2018 and one of The Economist's Best Books of 2018.
**"A magisterial portrait." --**Corinna da Fonseca-Wollheim, The New York Times Book Review
A landmark biography of the Polish composer...
The Lennon Prophecy
A New Examination of the Death Clues of the Beatles
Language: English
Release Date: December 1, 2008
Offering a new interpretation of the hidden messages and symbols that have ornamented Beatles mythology for years, this examination of the Beatles' recordings and album artwork theorizes that John Lennon's murder was eerily foretold. Following a fascinating and unique trail of sorcery, mysticism,...
Mile Marker Zero
The Moveable Feast of Key West
Language: English
Release Date: October 4, 2011
True stories of writers and pirates, painters and potheads, guitar pickers and drug merchants in Key West in the 1970s.
For Hemingway and Fitzgerald, there was Paris in the twenties. For others, later, there was Greenwich Village, Big Sur, and Woodstock. But for an even later generation—one...
The Doors Unhinged
Jim Morrison's Legacy Goes on Trial
Language: English
Release Date: April 17, 2013
JOHN DENSMORE, AUTHOR OF THE NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER RIDERS ON THE STORM, FIGHTS TO DEFEND JIM MORRISON’S LEGACY
In the late 1960s, America was in political and cultural revolt. The Doors weren’t just a soundtrack to that revolution. Their music gave it a voice. They lived by its ideals. And...
Composed
A Memoir
Language: English
Release Date: August 10, 2010
A candid and moving memoir from the critically acclaimed singer and songwriter
For thirty years as a musician, Rosanne Cash has enjoyed both critical and commercial success, releasing a series of albums that are as notable for their lyrical intelligence as for their musical excellence.
Now,...
In the Pleasure Groove
Love, Death, and Duran Duran
Language: English
Release Date: October 16, 2012
With a new introduction by Nick Rhodes
The talent. The charisma. The videos. From their 1981 hit "Planet Earth" to their latest number-one album, All You Need Is Now, John Taylor and Duran Duran have enchanted audiences around the world. It's been a wild ride, and—for John in particular—dangerous....
Waylon
An Autobiography
Language: English
Release Date: June 27, 2009
Waylon Jennings relates the story of his life as a country music star. His beginnings were poor but he became Buddy Holly's protege before sinking into drug abuse and 3 failed marriages. His success came when he met his present wife, Jessi Colter.
Freddie Mercury
The Biography
Language: English
Release Date: October 6, 2011
**THE DEFINITIVE, UP-TO-DATE BIOGRAPHY OF FREDDIE MERCURY**
'An outstanding biography. . .a fitting testament to the creative genius' -- Daily Mail
'Touches all manner of intriguing rock 'n' roll debauchery. . .fascinating reading' -- Time Out
This fascinating biography of Freddie...
Over the Top and Back
The Autobiography
Language: English
Release Date: November 24, 2015
The long-awaited autobiography of legendary singer Tom Jones, following six decades of unparalleled experiences in the spotlight to coincide with his 75th birthday.
Across six decades, Sir Tom Jones has maintained a vital career in a risky, unstable business notorious for the short lives of...
Unknown Pleasures
Inside Joy Division
Language: English
Release Date: January 29, 2013
In Unknown Pleasures: Inside Joy Division, Peter Hook, bassist for the legendary, groundbreaking band Joy Division, takes readers backstage with the group that helped define the sound of a generation and influenced artists such as U2, Radiohead, and the Red Hot Chili Peppers.
Unlike other books...
Rat Girl
A Memoir
Language: English
Release Date: August 31, 2010
The founder of a cult rock band shares her outrageous tale of growing up much faster than planned.
In 1985, Kristin Hersh was just starting to find her place in the world. After leaving home at the age of fifteen, the precocious child of unconventional hippies had enrolled in college while...
Alice Cooper, Golf Monster
A Rock 'n' Roller's 12 Steps to Becoming a Golf Addict
Language: English
Release Date: May 1, 2007
The man who invented shock rock tells the amazing and, yeah, shocking story of how he slayed his thirsty demons—with a golf club. It started one day when Cooper was watching a Star Trek rerun between concerts, bored and drunk on a quart-of-whiskey-a-day habit; a friend dragged the rocker out of...