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Thirty Men and a Girl

Elisabeth Parry had just left school, planning to study French and German literature at Oxford, when war was declared on her eighteenth birthday, 3rd September 1939. She was already having singing lessons with Mark Raphael in London, and a chance audition with the Staff Band of the Royal Army Medical Corps led to her becoming …

Nilsson: The Life of a Singer-Songwriter

Paul McCartney and John Lennon described him as the Beatles' "favorite group," he won Grammy awards, wrote and recorded hit songs, and yet no figure in popular music is as much of a paradox, or as underrated, as Harry Nilsson. In this first ever full-length biography, Alyn Shipton traces Nilsson's life from his Brooklyn childhood …

Frank Sinatra, the Boudoir Singer

Every time I sing a song, I'm actually making love on stage. Call me 'The Boudoir Singer,' or so claimed Frank Sinatra. The crooner's career spanned more than half a century, earning him millions of fans. His boudoir conquests involved some of the most stunning women of the 20th century. But exactly who was this …

Jerome Just One More Song!

Jerome Just one more Song! A Local, Social & Political History in the Repertoire of a Newfoundland-Irish Singer. This timeless Songs collection, recorded in Codroy Valley, Newfoundland, 1980 by folklorists Kenneth S. Goldstein and Margaret Bennett , is a tribute to singer Jerome Downey. This is not only a song book but is a Local, …

Sinatra! the Song Is You

Frank Sinatra was the greatest entertainer of his age, invigorating American popular song with innovative phrasing and a mastery of drama and emotion. Drawing upon interviews with hundreds of his collaborators as well as with The Voice himself, this book chronicles, critiques, and celebrates his five-decade career. Will Friedwald examines and evaluates all the classic …

Singer, Songwriter Harry Nilsson in Conversation

Featuring exclusive, unpublished interviews with many of the most important icons of the music world and those closest to them.

Hearts Of Darkness

HEARTS OF DARKNESS: JAMES TAYLOR JACKSON BROWNE CAT STEVENS AND THE UNLIKELY RISE OF

The New Singer/Songwriter Rule Book

Muziekreeks 4 - Rootsrock

In meer dan vijftig stukken beschouwt Wiebren Rijkeboer het rootsrocklandschap van de jaren tachtig en negentig. In Rootsrock – 53 singer-songwriters in de periode 1980 - 2000 die rocken neemt Rijkeboer de lezer mee naar begin jaren tachtig wanneer het onder zware concurrentie van punk en new wave moeilijke tijden zijn voor vele Amerikaanse singer- …

Smart Singer Songwriters Home Studio

(Berklee Guide). Record songs in your own home studio! Today's smart singer-songwriter needs to be able to record high quality demo recordings. Whatever your budget, living arrangement, or technological aptitude, this book will help you acquire songwriter-appropriate home studio gear and use it effectively. You will understand the key concepts about how the recording process …