Composers category: 3267 books
by Chris Salewicz
Language: English
Release Date: August 19, 2014
Language: English
Release Date: August 19, 2014
Jim Morrison, musician, singer and poet was found dead, the victim of a suspected heroin overdose, in a Paris apartment bathtub in 1971. He was 27.
Morrison was a talented, charismatic, wild-tempered cultural cipher. He struggled to cope with his exalted status and his death, officially from...
Starting At Zero
His Own Story
Language: English
Release Date: November 5, 2013
It took just four years in the spotlight for Jimi Hendrix to become an international cultural icon. The sheer impact and originality of his music and his unique mastery of the guitar placed him forever amongst musical giants. But what of the man behind the public image? Modest and intensely private...
by Kim Neely
Language: English
Release Date: April 1, 1998
Language: English
Release Date: April 1, 1998
More than any other band, Pearl Jam embodies the alternative style that dominates rock today. From their early days as fame-ducking grunge pioneers, through their headline-making battle with Ticketmaster, to their current status as self-assured survivors, Five Against One brings to life Pearl Jam's...
Nothing's Bad Luck
The Lives of Warren Zevon
Language: English
Release Date: May 7, 2019
Biography of legendary singer-songwriter Warren Zevon, spanning his nomadic youth and early recording career to his substance abuse, final album, and posthumous Grammy Awards
As is the case with so many musicians, the life of Warren Zevon was blessed with talent and opportunity yet also beset...
by Elton John
Language: English
Release Date: October 15, 2019
Language: English
Release Date: October 15, 2019
In his first and only official autobiography, music icon Elton John reveals the truth about his extraordinary life, from his rollercoaster lifestyle as shown in the film Rocketman, to becoming a living legend.
Christened Reginald Dwight, he was a shy boy with Buddy Holly glasses who grew up...
Kansas City Lightning
The Rise and Times of Charlie Parker
Language: English
Release Date: September 24, 2013
Kansas City Lightning: The Rise and Times of Charlie Parker is the first installment in the long-awaited portrait of one of the most talented and influential musicians of the twentieth century, from Stanley Crouch, one of the foremost authorities on jazz and culture in America.
Throughout his...
She Begat This
20 Years of The Miseducation of Lauryn Hill
Language: English
Release Date: August 7, 2018
An NPR 2018 Great Read
Celebrate the twentieth anniversary of the acclaimed and influential debut album The Miseducation of Lauryn Hill with this eye-opening and moving exploration of Lauryn Hill and her remarkable artistic legacy.
Released in 1998, Lauryn Hill’s first solo album is...
Becoming Beyoncé
The Untold Story
Language: English
Release Date: October 27, 2015
A Billboard Must-Read Fall 2015 Music Book
The first comprehensive biography ever published about America's favorite living pop icon, Beyoncé, from New York Times bestselling biographer J. Randy Taraborrelli.
Beyoncé Knowles is a woman who began her career at the age of eight performing...
Miles & Me
Miles Davis, the man, the musician, and his friendship with the journalist and poet Quincy Troupe
Language: English
Release Date: October 16, 2018
An intimate story of Miles Davis, the man, the musician, and his friendship with the young journalist and poet Quincy Troupe--soon to be a major motion picture.
Poet, activist and journalist Quincy Troupe's candid account of his friendship with Miles Davis is a revealing portrait of a great...
Comfort from a Country Quilt
Finding New Inspiration and Strength in Old-Fashioned Values
Language: English
Release Date: April 15, 2015
The New York Times Bestseller That Reads Like a Back-Porch Conversation with Reba!
In a dazzling career, Reba McEntire has become a true country superstar--and a trailblazing businesswoman with her own multimedia entertainment corporation. Yet she is a rare celebrity who is also beloved by...
Aaliyah
A Biography
Language: English
Release Date: July 23, 2014
She was a dancer, a model, an actress, and, of course a singer--she did everything. In her short life, she sold millions of records and inspired thousands of lives.
This book looks at the short life of Aaliyah--from her early childhood and her rise to stardom on the television show Star Search to her movie appearances and final album.
by Marcia Butler
Language: English
Release Date: February 21, 2017
Language: English
Release Date: February 21, 2017
**One of 2017's 35 over 35
One of the Washington Post's Top 10 Classical Music Moments of the Year
The unflinching story of a professional oboist who finds order and beauty in music as her personal life threatens to destroy her.**
Music was everything for Marcia Butler. Growing up in...
Let Your Love Flow
The Life and Times of the Bellamy Brothers
Language: English
Release Date: April 14, 2018
**“THE INCREDIBLE STORY OF COUNTRY MUSIC’S GREATEST INTERNATIONAL AMBASSADORS” **
This book is about two Florida cowboys who journeyed from country poverty to worldwide musical stardom because they had the talent and because it never occurred to them they couldn’t make it happen. It is...
by Geoff Brown
Language: English
Release Date: November 11, 2009
Language: English
Release Date: November 11, 2009
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, and several...