Biographie & Autobiographie / Musiciens et Compositeurs

Walking Among Giants: From Elvis to Garth: The Bobby Wood Story

de Bobby Wood

If you browse through the greatest recordings in history, you will find one name appearing again and again--Bobby Wood. Bobby has left his mark on this world one lick at a time. His ability to create memorable...

Shakey: Neil Young's Biography

de Jimmy McDonough

Neil Young is one of rock and roll’s most important and enigmatic figures, a legend from the sixties who is still hugely influential today. He has never granted a writer access to his inner life – until...

True Tales from the Mad, Mad, Mad World of Opera

de Mark Hernandez, Lotfi Mansouri & Carol Burnett

Everything about opera is larger than life, but the bigger the art form, the bigger the potential for disaster. When things go wrong at the opera house, they really go wrong. No one has a greater or more intimate...

Days That I'll Remember: Spending Time with John Lennon and Yoko Ono

de Jonathan Cott

Jonathan Cott met John Lennon in 1968 and was friends with him and Yoko Ono until John's death in 1980. He has kept in touch with Yoko since that time, and is one of the small group of writers who understands...

No Woman No Cry: My Life with Bob Marley

de Rita Marley

Bob Marley was one of the greatest musicians of our time. While much has been written about him, here is a unique, intimate, and honest portrayal written by his wife Rita, who talks about their strugglesboth...

Hope's Boy

de Charles R. Cross

This is the first in-depth biography of the troubled genius Kurt Cobain. Based on exclusive access to Cobains unpublished diaries, more than 400 interviews, four years of research, and a wealth of documentation,...

A History of Russian Music - Being an Account of the Rise and Progress of the Russian School of Composers, with a Survey of Their Lives and a Descri

de , M. Montagu-Nathan

M. Montagu-Nathan takes an in-depth look and the history of Russian music, and a special look at the rise and progress of the Russian School of Composers. Contents include: Introduction; Part 1- The Pre-nationalists....

Louis Applebaum: A Passion for Culture

de Walter Pitman

Canadian composer Louis Applebaum devoted his life to the cultural awakening of Canada.

Unknown Pleasures

de Peter Hook

Joy Division changed the face of music. Godfathers of alternative rock, they reinvented music in the post-punk era, creating a new sound—dark, hypnotic, and intense—that would influence U2, Morrissey, R.E.M.,...

Portrait of Johnny

de Gene Lees

An intimate biography of the great songwriter, this is also a deeply affectionate memoir by one of Johnny Mercer's best friends.

"Moon River," "Laura," “Skylark,” ”That Old Black Magic,” “One for My...

Roadshow: Landscape with Drums: A Concert Tour by Motorcycle

de Neil Peart

For thirty years, drummer, author, and songwriter Neil Peart had wanted to write a book about “the biggest journey of all in my restless existence: the life of a touring musician.” Finally, the right time,...

Decoded

de Jay-Z

Expanded edition of the acclaimed New York Times bestseller features 16 pages of new material, including 3 new songs decoded.

Decoded is a book like no other: a collection of lyrics and their meanings that...

98% Funky Stuff: My Life in Music

de Maceo Parker

Maceo Parker’s signature style became the lynchpin of James Brown's band when he and his brother Melvin joined the Hardest Working Man in Show Business in 1964. That style helped define Brown’s brand of...

Last Train to Memphis: The Rise of Elvis Presley

de Peter Guralnick

From the moment that he first shook up the world in the mid 1950s, Elvis Presley has been one of the most vivid and enduring myths of American culture.

Last Train to Memphis: The Rise of Elvis Presley is the...

Careless Love: The Unmaking of Elvis Presley

de Peter Guralnick

Careless Love is the full, true, and mesmerizing story of Elvis Presley's last two decades, in the long-awaited second volume of Peter Guralnick's masterful two-part biography.

Last Train to Memphis, the first...

Marga Richter

de Sharon Mirchandani

This is the first full-length introduction to the life and works of significant American composer Marga Richter (born 1926), who has written more than one hundred works for orchestra, chamber ensemble, dance,...

Follow Your Heart: Moving with the Giants of Jazz, Swing, and Rhythm and Blues

de Joe Evans & Christopher Brooks

Detailing the career of Joe Evans, Follow Your Heart chronicles the career of Joe Evans, an alto saxophonist who between 1939 and 1965 performed with some of America's greatest musicians, including Louis Armstrong,...

Frank: The Voice

de James Kaplan

Bestselling author James Kaplan redefines Frank Sinatra in a triumphant new biography that includes many rarely seen photographs.

Frank Sinatra was the best-known entertainer of the twenti­eth century—infinitely...

On the Road with Bob Dylan

de Larry Sloman & Kinky Friedman

“The War and Peace of Rock and Roll.” —Bob Dylan

In 1975, as Bob Dylan emerged from eight years of seclusion, he dreamed of putting together a traveling music show that would trek across the country like...

A Light That Never Goes Out: The Enduring Saga of the Smiths

de Tony Fletcher

The definitive book about The Smiths, one of the most beloved, respected, and storied indie rock bands in music history.

They were, their fans believe, the best band in the world. Hailing from Manchester, England,...