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Girl Singer
Crown Publishing Group 2002; US$ 19.00At the top of her form and topping the charts, Rosemary Clooney looks back at a life of triumph and tragedy more dramatic than any work of fiction. Rosemary Clooney made her first public appearance at the age of three, on the stage of the Russell Theater in her hometown of Maysville, Kentucky, singing, "When Your Hair Has Turned to Silver," an odd... more...
The House That George Built
Random House Publishing Group 2008; US$ 16.00From Irving Berlin to Cy Coleman, from ?Alexander?s Ragtime Band? to ?Big Spender,? from Tin Pan Alley to the MGM soundstages, the Golden Age of the American song embodied all that was cool, sexy, and sophisticated in popular culture. For four glittering decades, geniuses like Jerome Kern, George Gershwin, Cole Porter, and Harold Arlen ran their fingers... more...
Wild Boy
Grand Central Publishing 2008; US$ 9.99Wild Boy is the explosive first inside account of the rise and fall of Duran Duran. The band rose to conquer the globe with a string of unforgettable hits such as " Rio ," "Hungry Like the Wolf," and "The Reflex." With Simon Le Bon as their frontman, they were the defining pop act of the 1980s, but Andy Taylor, the enigmatic lead guitarist, is widely... more...
Life with My Sister Madonna
Gallery Books 2008; US$ 15.00Madonna up close, by the brother who knows her better than anyone. Christopher Ciccone's extraordinary memoir is based on his forty-seven years of growing up with, working with, and understanding the most famous woman of our time, who has intrigued, scandalized, and entertained millions for half a century. Through most of the iconic... more...
Pop Princesses
Random House Publishing Group 2008; US$ 15.00THE GIRL'S CLUB They're young, they're beautiful, and they're changing the face of pop music with their dazzling talent and style! Christina Aguilera: This GENIE IN A BOTTLE is making all her wishes come true! Destiny's Child: THE WRITING'S ON THE WALL! With one Grammy nomination already, this group is headed for great things. Jessica Simpson: This... more...
78 Blues
University Press of Mississippi 2008; US$ 50.00When record men first traveled from Chicago or invited musicians to studios in New York, these entrepreneurs had no conception how their technology would change the dynamics of what constituted a musical performance. 78 Blues: Folksongs and Phonographs in the American South covers a revolution in artist performance and audience perception through close... more...
A Night Without Armor
HarperCollins 2010; US$ 9.99One of the most respected artists in popular music today, Jewel is much more than a music industry success with her debut album selling more than 10 million copies. Before her gifted songwriting comes an even more individual art: Poetry. Now available in paperback, A Night without Armor highlights the poetry of Jewel taken from her journals... more...
Match Prints
HarperCollins 2010; US$ 31.99Match Prints is a visual and editorial dialogue between two important photographers and longtime friends. Over the course of their twenty-year friendship, Jim Marshall and Timothy White discovered that their work often shared striking similarities despite time differences of as much as three decades. Sometimes the similarity presented itself in... more...
Focus: Music, Nationalism, and the Making of a New Europe
Taylor and Francis 2010; US$ 49.95Two decades after the fall of communism in Eastern Europe and one decade into the twenty-first century, European music remains one of the most powerful forces for shaping nationalism. Using intensive fieldwork throughout Europe -- from participation in alpine foot pilgrimages to studies of the grandest music spectacle anywhere in the world, the Eurovision... more...
Back to the Miracle Factory
Tom Doherty Associates 2010; US$ 6.99Paul Williams has been writing about pop music for decades, never flagging in his enthusiasm or his emotional and intellectual openness to the newest music. He has been doing this ever since he founded the rock magazine, Crawdaddy , in 1966. His insight into how it feels when we listen to certain performers or certain performances makes a connection... more...









