Composers Musicians category: 3267 books
Thelonious Monk
The Life and Times of an American Original
Language: English
Release Date: December 8, 2009
The first full biography of legendary jazz musician Thelonious Monk, written by a brilliant historian, with full access to the family's archives and with dozens of interviews. Now updated with an afterword for Monk’s 2017 centennial.
Thelonious Monk is the critically acclaimed, gripping saga...
Somebody to Love?
A Rock-and-Roll Memoir
Language: English
Release Date: December 14, 2008
A candid autobiography of the great rock diva of Jefferson Airplane and Jefferson Starship, revealing her wild life at the forefront of the Sixties and Seventies counterculture.
She has been called rock and roll's original female outlaw, as famous for her bad behavior as for her haunting singing...
A Long Strange Trip
The Inside History of the Grateful Dead
Language: English
Release Date: December 18, 2007
The complete history of one of the most long-lived and legendary bands in rock history, written by its official historian and publicist–a must-have chronicle for all Dead Heads, and for students of rock and the 1960s’ counterculture.
From 1965 to 1995, the Grateful Dead flourished as one...
by Michael Bublé
Language: English
Release Date: November 29, 2011
Language: English
Release Date: November 29, 2011
He’s sold more than 25 million records. His live shows fill the world’s biggest stadiums to capacity. He has captured hearts everywhere with his classic style. Now, for the first time ever, Grammy Award–winning singer Michael Bublé offers fans an all-access, behind-the-scenes glimpse at his...
Runnin' with the Devil
A Backstage Pass to the Wild Times, Loud Rock, and the Down and Dirty Truth Behind the Making of Van Halen
Language: English
Release Date: June 13, 2017
The manager who shepherded Van Halen from obscurity to rock stardom goes behind the scenes to tell the complete, unadulterated story of David Lee Roth, Eddie Van Halen, and the legendary band that changed rock music.
Van Halen’s rise in the 1980s was one of the most thrilling the music world...
Old Gods Almost Dead
The 40-Year Odyssey of the Rolling Stones
Language: English
Release Date: December 11, 2001
The acclaimed, bestselling rock-and-roll biographer delivers the first complete, unexpurgated history of the world’s greatest band.
The saga of the Rolling Stones is the central epic in rock mythology. From their debut as the intermission band at London’s Marquee Club in 1962 through their...
The Children of Willesden Lane
Beyond the Kindertransport: A Memoir of Music, Love, and Survival
Language: English
Release Date: July 31, 2007
An important and inspiring true story of survival during World War II
Mona Golabek tells the tale of her mother Lisa Jura Golabek's escape from Nazi-controlled Austria to England on the infamous Kindertransport.
Jewish musical prodigy Lisa Jura has a wonderful life in Vienna. But when...
Life and Def
Sex, Drugs, Money, and God
Language: English
Release Date: December 18, 2001
Russell Simmons, the original and eternal hip-hop mogul, is one of the most innovative and influential figures in modern American business and culture. When no one outside of inner-city New York had even heard of hip-hop, Simmons saw the seeds of a global force that would change the way people talk,...
Sinatra
The Life
Language: English
Release Date: December 18, 2007
Packed with revelations, this is the first complete account of a career built on raw talent, sheer willpower--and criminal connections. Anthony Summers--bestselling author of Goddess: The Secret Lives of Marilyn Monroe--and Robbyn Swan unveil stunning new information about Sinatra’s links to the...
Searching for the Sound
My Life with the Grateful Dead
Language: English
Release Date: September 3, 2007
In this ruthlessly honest bestseller, the bass player for the greatest improvisational band in American history tells the full, true story of his life, Jerry Garcia, and the Grateful Dead.
When Giants Walked the Earth
A Biography of Led Zeppelin
Language: English
Release Date: November 9, 2010
The first significant fresh reporting on the legendary band in twenty years, built on interviews with all surviving band members and revealing a never-before-seen side of the genius and debauchery that defined their heyday.
Veteran rock journalist Mick Wall unflinchingly tells the story of...
Little Girl Blue
The Life of Karen Carpenter
Language: English
Release Date: May 17, 2010
An intimate profile of one of the most popular American singers of the 20th century, this first full-length biography of Karen Carpenter details every aspect of her life, from her modest Connecticut upbringing and her rise to stardom in southern California to the real story of her tragic, untimely...
My Way
An Autobiography
Language: English
Release Date: April 9, 2013
A teen idol of the 1950s who virtually invented the singer/songwriter/heartthrob combination that still tops pop music today, Paul Anka rocketed to fame with a slew of hits-from "Diana" to "Put Your Head on my Shoulder"-that earned him a place touring with the major stars of his...
by Mitch Winehouse
Language: English
Release Date: June 26, 2012
Language: English
Release Date: June 26, 2012
The intimate, inside story of the ultimately tragic life of multiple Grammy Award-winning singer and songwriter Amy Winehouse (“Rehab,” “Back to Black”) is told by the one person most able to tell it—Amy’s closest advisor, her inspiration, and best friend: her father, Mitch. Amy, My...