The Black Elvis, Jackie Wilson

The Black Elvis, Jackie Wilson
Title The Black Elvis, Jackie Wilson PDF eBook
Author Doug Carter
Publisher Heyday Pub Incorporated
Pages 261
Release 1998
Genre African American singers
ISBN 9780966942507

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Jackie Wilson

Jackie Wilson
Title Jackie Wilson PDF eBook
Author Tony Douglas
Publisher Routledge
Pages 290
Release 2016-04-14
Genre Biography & Autobiography
ISBN 1136776516

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To his many fans, he was known simply as "Mr. Excitement," a singer whose music and stage presence influenced generations of performers, from Elvis Presley to Michael Jackson. Jackie Wilson: Lonely Teardrops looks at the life and career of this deeply troubled artist. Published briefly in a limited edition in the United Kingdom, this Routledge edit

Jackie Wilson

Jackie Wilson
Title Jackie Wilson PDF eBook
Author Tony Douglas
Publisher Mainstream Publishing Company
Pages 290
Release 2001
Genre Biography & Autobiography
ISBN

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Biography of singer Jackie Wilson who had twenty-four top forty hits during the '60s, suffered a heart attack in 1975 and remained in a vegetative state until his death in 1984.

Jackie Wilson

Jackie Wilson
Title Jackie Wilson PDF eBook
Author Doug Saint Carter
Publisher Heyday Publishing
Pages 236
Release 2017-05-12
Genre Rock music
ISBN 9780966942538

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American History, Black History and Music History. Known as Mr. Excitement and dubbed "The Black King of Rock 'n' Roll," Jackie Wilson was the greatest combination of singer and showman. The 11th artist elected into the Rock 'n' Roll Hall of Fame, with one of the largest fan clubs of any American Artist. His story reads like fiction yet it's t

Room Full of Mirrors

Room Full of Mirrors
Title Room Full of Mirrors PDF eBook
Author Charles R. Cross
Publisher Hachette Books
Pages 337
Release 2006-08-08
Genre Music
ISBN 1401382819

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It has been more than thirty-five years since Jimi Hendrix died, but his music and spirit are still very much alive for his fans everywhere. Charles R. Cross vividly recounts the life of Hendrix, from his difficult childhood and adolescence in Seattle through his incredible rise to celebrity in London's swinging sixties. It is the story of an outrageous life--with legendary tales of sex, drugs, and excess--while it also reveals a man who struggled to accept his role as idol and who privately craved the kind of normal family life he never had. Using never-before-seen documents and private letters, and based on hundreds of interviews with those who knew Hendrix--many of whom had never before agreed to be interviewed--Room Full of Mirrors unlocks the vast mystery of one of music's most enduring legends.

Careless Love

Careless Love
Title Careless Love PDF eBook
Author Peter Guralnick
Publisher Little, Brown
Pages 677
Release 2012-12-20
Genre Biography & Autobiography
ISBN 0316206725

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Hailed as "a masterwork" by the Wall Street Journal, Careless Loveis the full, true, and mesmerizing story of Elvis Presley's last two decades, in the long-awaited second volume of Peter Guralnick's masterful two-part biography. Winner of the Ralph J. Gleason Music Book Award Last Train to Memphis, the first part of Guralnick's two-volume life of Elvis Presley, was acclaimed by the New York Times as "a triumph of biographical art." This concluding volume recounts the second half of Elvis' life in rich and previously unimagined detail, and confirms Guralnick's status as one of the great biographers of our time. Beginning with Presley's army service in Germany in 1958 and ending with his death in Memphis in 1977, Careless Love chronicles the unravelling of the dream that once shone so brightly, homing in on the complex playing-out of Elvis' relationship with his Machiavellian manager, Colonel Tom Parker. It's a breathtaking revelatory drama that for the first time places the events of a too-often mistold tale in a fresh, believable, and understandable context. Elvis' changes during these years form a tragic mystery that Careless Love unlocks for the first time. This is the quintessential American story, encompassing elements of race, class, wealth, sex, music, religion, and personal transformation. Written with grace, sensitivity, and passion, Careless Love is a unique contribution to our understanding of American popular culture and the nature of success, giving us true insight at last into one of the most misunderstood public figures of our times.

To Be Loved

To Be Loved
Title To Be Loved PDF eBook
Author Berry Gordy
Publisher Rosetta Books
Pages 587
Release 2013-12-12
Genre Biography & Autobiography
ISBN 0795333706

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The story of Motown Records and how it changed the course of American music, as told by its founder—“an African American culture hero of historic stature” (The New York Times). Berry Gordy Jr., who once considered becoming a boxer, started a record company with a family loan of $800 in 1959. Gordy’s company, Motown Records, went on to create some of the most popular music of all time. By the time he sold the company nearly thirty years later, it was worth $61 million and had produced musical legends including Jackie Wilson, Smokey Robinson and the Miracles, the Temptations, Marvin Gaye, Diana Ross and the Supremes, Stevie Wonder, and the Jackson 5. Here, the revolutionary who shattered the color barrier in the American entertainment industry and forever changed the way the world hears music, shares his story of ambition and vision. From humble beginnings, Gordy amassed a fortune and became a musical kingmaker in the cultural heydays of the 1960s and ’70s. Quelling rumors and detailing his relationships with the artists he managed, Gordy pens “a vivid recreation of a great period and a seminal company in popular music” (Kirkus Reviews).