Michael Heatley
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The first biography of Manchester born singer David Gray, from his early years in obscurity though the gradual building of support in Ireland to the huge mainstream success of the White Ladder album, which has sold over a million copies in the UK and produced massive hit singles, Babylon and Please Forgive Me.
Updated and revised to cover the chart-topping follow-up album, A New Day At Midnight.
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Eliza Doolittle, Holly Golightly, Sabrina Fairchild-these character names immediately bring to mind the elfin charms of one of the most beautiful actresses stage and screen have ever seen: Audrey Hepburn, whose talent and work for UNICEF showed that she had more than beauty to offer. Nearly two decades after her final film appearance, film star, style icon, and humanitarian Audrey Hepburn continues to captivate the world with her beauty, grace, image,...
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Four volatile bursts of energy whose incendiary music and intelligent lyrics made them articulate spokesmen for a dissatisfied generation. This is the band in their own words - from their anarchic beginnings to their current mainstream success and life in the aftermath of guitarist Richey Edwards' disappearance.
4) Ryan Adams
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Ryan Adams is American roots music's first superstar of the new century. First finding cult fame with alternative country band Whiskeytown, his rebellious image and photogenic street urchin looks have won a wide fan following that includes Elton John and Noel Gallagher. In this first account of his life, Michael Heatley traces Adams' progress from small town North Carolina to trysts with actress Winona Ryder, the broken romances and personal demons...
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Sex, drugs, egos, money, fans, music, god and who we love and hate... the rock stars have their say.
Featuring over 2,000 words of wisdom and stupidity from all your favourite rock stars and five decades of rock'n'roll.
Quotes include:
• 'Don't interpret me. My songs don't have any meaning. They're just words.' - Bob Dylan.
• 'I was a veteran before I was a teenager.' - Michael Jackson.
• 'I would rather eat my own testicles...
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The Boy in the Song is a follow up to 2010's The Girl in the Song. It features the real-life stories that inspired some classic pop songs about the male of the species. While the first book was filled with songs about unrequited love, the follow-up is more varied, with songs written from a number of emotions. There are songs motivated by love and hate, there are tributes and there are biographical tales. Each song is featured on two, four or six pages...
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Michael Buble soared to overnight fame at the comparatively late age of 25 after performing at the Canadian Prime Minister's daughter's nuptials in 2000. Since then, the UK hit artist has sold over 25 million albums and has won two Grammy Awards.
At This Moment: The Story of Michael Bublé tells the story of a humble fisherman's son in Vancouver who turned his back on MTV to embrace the music of the Forties, Fifties and Sixties. With exclusive...
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The Girl in the Song tells the stories of 50 women who have inspired classic rock songs. Who was Emily in Pink Floyd's See Emily Play? What happened to Suzanne Verdal, immortalised in Leonard Cohen's Suzanne? Did life change for Prudence Farrow after John Lennon penned Dear Prudence? And whatever happened to 'the girl with mousy hair', an ex-girlfriend Bowie sings about in Life on Mars? This fascinating book explains how each song came about, when...
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Describes the "girlfriends, wives, rivals, exes, groupies, celebrities, and even complete strangers who inspired 50 of rock's greatest songs ... There are minibiographies of each muse--some short and sad, others longer and inspirational. Music buffs will appreciate information on the performers as well as trivia from recording history." -- Cover, p. [4]
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