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24 books with the same feel
Include books by the same authorLush Life: A Biography of Billy Strayhorn
David Hajdu · 305 pages
Billy Strayhorn (1915-1967) was one of the most accomplished composers in the history of American music, the creator of a body of work that includes such standards as "Take the 'A' Train," "Lush Life," and "Something to Live For." Yet all his life Strayhorn was overshadowed by another great composer: his employer, friend, and collaborator, Duke Ellington, with whom he worked as the Ellington Orche
Piaf
Simone Berteaut · 440 pages
Interesante biografía de la cantante francesa Edith Piaf, narrada desde la perspectiva de su media hermana Simone Berteaut, con quien compartió prácticamente toda su vida, desde los inicios como cantante en las calles de París hasta su prematura muerte. La narración es ágil, sencilla, sin pretensiones académicas y permite una perspectiva muy íntima de la vida de uno de los íconos de la canción fr
Divided Soul: The Life of Marvin Gaye
David Ritz · 376 pages
Lennon: The Definitive Biography
Ray Coleman · 784 pages
The long-time friend of John Lennon draws on his personal knowledge and the cooperation of Lennon's family and friends to detail the popular musician's life, career, and influence.
Mozart
Paul Johnson · 200 pages
A superb examination of Mozart and his glorious music by eminent historian Paul Johnson.
Tearing Down the Wall of Sound
Mick Brown · 480 pages
The strange life and times of Phil Spector - legendary record producer, recluse and demented control freak, who was charged in 2002 with the murder of an actress, just hours after giving his first interview in 25 years to journalist Mick Brown.
The Fifth Beatle: The Brian Epstein Story
Vivek J. Tiwary · 168 pages
"In 1961, twenty-seven-year-old Brian Epstein walked into a dank Liverpool basement to see an unknown rock band perform--and our world was forever changed. The fifth Beatle is Epstein's untold true story: the tale of a genuine visionary who discovered, managed, and guided the Beatles to unprecedented international stardom, rewriting the rule of the pop music business in the process. But Brian Epst
Fab: An Intimate Life of Paul McCartney
Howard Sounes · 634 pages
Lennon Revealed
Larry Kane · 296 pages
Draws on personal accounts and interviews to present a profile of John Lennon, examining his life, relationships, and involvement in the peace movement of the 1970s; and contains a DVD of the author's 1968 interview with Lennon and Paul McCartney.
Bruce
Peter Ames Carlin · 494 pages
"... a stunning biography of Bruce Springsteen describing his life and work in vivid intimate detail"--
Dream Boogie: The Triumph of Sam Cooke
Peter Guralnick · 759 pages
Acclaimed Elvis biographer Peter Guralnick returns with a revealing portrait of Sam Cooke--a black performer who appealed to white audiences, wrote his own songs, and controlled his own business destiny. Fully capturing Cooke's accomplishments, "Dream Boogie" also conveys the astonishing richness of the black America of this era. 55 b/w photos.
Never Fade Away: The Kurt Cobain Story
Dave Thompson · 172 pages
Robert Plant: A Life
Paul Rees · 368 pages
Robert Plant is a living legend. The front man of Led Zeppelin, one of the biggest and most influential rock bands of all time, Plant defined the very notion of what it means to be a rock god. The sheer scale of Led Zeppelin's success is extraordinary. In the United States alone they have sold seventy million records, a figure surpassed only by the Beatles, while "Stairway to Heaven," the band's m
The One: The Life and Music of James Brown
R.J. Smith · 455 pages
A tribute to the life and achievements of the "Godfather of Soul" covers his unconventional youth in a segregated South, his complicated family life, and his work as a civil rights advocate and entrepreneur.
Heavier Than Heaven: The Biography of Kurt Cobain
Charles R. Cross · 400 pages
Frank: The Voice
James Kaplan · 786 pages
Who was Frank Sinatra? And how did who he was lead to him creating such incomparable music? In this book, fans finally have a biography that goes more deeply into who he really was than any previous book about this extraordinary man.
Elliott Smith and the Big Nothing
Benjamin Nugent · 234 pages
"It is rare for a recording artist to move fans so deeply that news of his death sparks instant tributes and concerts across oceans and continents - from Dublin to Boston, Manhattan to Nashville, Toronto to L.A. But that is exactly what happened soon after October 21, 2003, the day Elliott Smith died in Los Angeles of two stab wounds to the chest." "Known best for his Oscar-nominated song "Miss Mi