Famous American, chorus leader, showman, glee club pioneer, golf tournament host, and entrepreneur--the man who taught America how to sing! Fred Waring was all of these and more, an enigma who held together a major musical organization for sixty-seven years, a man at ease on stage but loathe to sit through meetings, a man so earnest in his ......
Describes Herskovits' attempt to make sense of his life in an alien culture, and details what Kate Bush - known alternately as 'the barmiest bird in pop', has been up to in the silent decade - since the release of her last album. This is a b format version of the satirical novel and music biography.
World famous concert pianist Grant Johannesen completed this memoir shortly before his sudden death in 2005. Born in Salt Lake City, Johannesen gives an account of his childhood and education in Utah, his early career and study in Europe and New York, his growing reputation as a pianist, and his worldwide performances. He writes also of his early ......
"In the Mirror Land: Reflections on a Self-Reflection," the central essay in this collection of texts by and about French composer Joel-Francois Durand, is a wideranging self-interview in which Durand speaks candidly and engagingly about how and why he became a composer and about the ways in which this choice has shaped his musical and ......
Mary Margaret McBride was one of the first to exploit the cultural and political importance of talk radio, pioneering the magazine-style format of many talk shows. This radio biography recreates the world of daytime radio from the 1930s through the 1950s, confirming the significance of radio to everyday life, especially for women.
Originally published in 1972, and now updated to include Spector's work over the following three decades and the bizarre circumstances surrounding the shooting of Lana Clarkson at Spector's Los Angeles mansion in February 2003.
Fusing blues, jazz and psychedelia with an outrageous personal style, Hendrix is still revered as the most important instrumentalist in rock history. Capturing the essence of Hendrix's intense and tragic life, the author covers Hendrix's life from his boyhood to the legacy he left behind.
An award-winning actor on screen and stage (The Defiant Ones, The African Queen, The Sound of Music, My Fair Lady, Fiddler on the Roof), an activist for civil rights and progressive causes worldwide, and a singer whose voice has won him great applause, Theodore Bikel here tells his own compelling life story. Born in Austria, raised in Palestine, ......
The very talented, intelligent, and beautiful Susan Sarandon is anything but the typical Hollywood actress. A woman for whom commitment and causes are equally important as her next starring role, Sarandon has been passionately promoting political and social change from the start of her illustrious career. This biography explores her idealism.
