Composers category: 3267 books

Jeff Worley, guitarist and founding member for the multi-platinum selling rock band, Jackyl has put in over 25 years on the road as a professional musician. Along with selling millions of records he and his band also hold two Guinness World Records and have been featured on two television shows, TruTV's...

As one-third of the Wailers, icons of reggae music, the late Winston Hubert McIntosh, better known as Peter Tosh, continues to gain many fans all over the world. By way of his hugely successful solo career, many people knew Tosh to be a hard-hitting, unapologetic and controversial artiste, who spoke...

Many years after Halifax, West Yorkshire, where Edward Christopher Sheeran was born in 17 February 1991, he is now a well know English singer, songwriter, guitarist, record producer and even an actor (he made a small participations as a Lannister soldier on Game of Thrones). But is as a singer...

In their own words (and we all know how colorful those can be), the five members of the notorious Osbourne clan tell the amazing story of the first family of rock. OZZY talks about his first beer, his legendary career,and why he's the only sane member of the Osbourne family. SHARON explains...

Lonnie Johnson (18941970) was a virtuoso guitarist who influenced generations of musicians from Django Reinhardt to Eric Clapton to Bill Wyman and especially B. B. King. Born in New Orleans, he began playing violin and guitar in his father’s band at an early age. When most of his family was wiped out...

The definitive group biography of the Wailers—Bob Marley, Peter Tosh, and Bunny Livingston—chronicling their rise to fame and power. Over one dramatic decade, a trio of Trenchtown R&B crooners swapped their 1960s Brylcreem hairdos and two-tone suits for 1970s battle fatigues and dreadlocks...

Chaque mouvement musical a ses fers de lance : des groupes qui cristallisent l’essence d’un zeitgeist, d’un état d’esprit et d’époque. Iron Maiden est de cette trempe : ils sont [devenus] le heavy metal.La Vierge de Fer est une machine insatiable. Mais au-delà de l’aspect statistique,...

Phil Spector created the "wall of sound," produced the Beatles' last record, persuaded the Ramones to go "pop," made the Righteous Brothers sound respectable, and was a millionaire by age 21. His credits include some of the most important and memorable songs of the 1960s: The Ronettes'...

Detailed account of Manson's life, including his attempt to break into the LA scene of the mid '60s, to his bizarre relationship with the Beach Boys, his obsession with The Beatles, his demo releases from prison which achieved quadruple platinum sales, the resultant lawsuit to ban his royalties, his influence on Guns n' Roses, and his links with ne-Nazi rock underground.

As part of the Hot Boys, Lil Wayne got his first taste of success. The group was made up of several of Cash Money's rising stars—B.G., Juvenile, Turk and Wayne. Their debut album, Get It How U Live, sold more than 400,000 copies. Their next effort, Guerilla Warfare (1999), did even better, eventually...

Cit. : « Le lendemain de la bataille de Bautzen, le samedi 22 mai de 1813, naquit le petit Richard Wagner dans la ville de Leipzig. C’était un incident infime. Il ne préoccupait même pas beaucoup les habitants du second étage de la maison du Lion blanc et rouge, sur le Brühl, où ce poupon...

Sir James Paul McCartney, MBE, is an English singer, multi-instrumentalist, and composer. With John Lennon, George Harrison, and Ringo Starr, he gained worldwide fame as a member of the Beatles, one of the most popular and influential acts in the history of rock music; his songwriting partnership...

Together as the most-successful husband-and-wife duo ever, Sonny & Cher sold over 10 million singles worldwide and topped the charts in Belgium, Canada, the Netherlands, Norway, Sweden, the United Kingdom and the United States with original hits Baby Don't Go, Sing C'est La Vie, Little Man and,...

A story about the early days of country music in the Knoxville area, including milestone shows such as WNOX's "Mid-Day Merry-Go-Round" and the TN Barn Dance, and the stars who shone bright and those who later moved on to stardom in Nashville.