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In 1956 Duke Ellington was featured on the cover of Time magazine after a bravura performance at the Newport Jazz Festival that summer. This remains one of his most iconic achievements and a landmark for jazz music as a whole; only four jazz musicians were ever displayed on the cover of Time. At the same time, however, this recognition stands as one of the prevailing ironies of Ellington's career, as he was deep into the latter stages of his performing life by this point.

Almost from the second they played the first note, the Beatles would be hit with the resounding screams, which made it impossible for them to even hear themselves sing. When they made their American debut on The Ed Sullivan Show in early 1964, they were greeted by young fans who whipped themselves up into such a frenzy that some of them fainted. Beatlemania had struck North America, creating a musical and pop culture phenomenon unlike anything the world had ever seen.

Born in Mississippi, a young kid named Elvis Presley came to Memphis as a teenager and changed music forever. Fusing country and rhythm and blues with rock, Elvis brought traditional African-American sounds to the forefront of music in the 1950s, but he did so as a handsome white man before the height of the Civil Rights Movement. On top of that, his famous stage fright led to the hip gyrations that would make him the envy of young girls and the scorn of their parents.

Sir Paul may have never topped the highs established by the Beatles, but he has gone on to have the longest and most productive solo career of the four. While that was helped in part by the tragic murder of Lennon in 1980, McCartney has nonetheless remained at the forefront of pop culture since 1970, and the Guinness Book of World Records has recognized him as the most successful recording artist of all time. Indeed, McCartney wrote or co-wrote over 30 #1 hits and has sold over 100 million albums and 100 million singles in his music career.

In the majority of cases, a pop or rock fan who is asked about a particular celebrity will answer in unambiguous terms.

Heartfelt and honest, Poster Girl is the inspirational memoir of a strong woman who epitomises the authentic spirit of country music and of Australia. "The truth is, all I've ever wanted is to be onstage and present my songs and stories.... If they come to see me, I'm giving them something to see." (Beccy Cole) Known for her hugely entertaining live shows and songs that are beloved by people of all ages, Beccy Cole has won nine Golden Guitars and seven songwriting awards, amongst other accolades.

No longer dismissed as relics of the hippie era, a new generation has lionized the Dead for creating a culture that paved the way for social networking, free music swapping, and the uncompromising anticorporate attitude of indie rock. Now, fifty years after the band first began changing rock 'n' roll both sonically and psychically, So Many Roads paints the most vivid portrait yet of the Grateful Dead, one of the most enduring institutions in American music and culture.

Wer war Michael Jackson, der König, der King des Pop? Wie wurde der Musiker zu dem größten Künstler der Welt und wie starb er...

On her 17th birthday in 1973, Janice Hunter met Marvin Gaye - the soulful prince of Motown with the seductive liquid voice whose chart-topping, socially conscious album What's Going On made him a superstar two years earlier. Despite a 16-year-age difference and Marvin's marriage to the sister of Berry Gordy, Motown's founder, the star-struck teenager and the emotionally volatile singer began a scorching relationship.

Autobiographie des Gitarristen Ulli Boegershausen: Ulli Boegershausen begann vor 50 Jahren Gitarre zu spielen. "Love, love me do" von den Beatles hatte 1963 den damals 9-jährigen so begeistert, dass er loszog und sich eine Gitarrenlehrerin suchte.In einer westfälischen Kleinstadt in den 60er Jahren gab es noch niemanden, der sich mit einer E-Gitarre auskannte, es gab keine Noten, keine Videos. Ulli hörte die Musik von Schallplatten ab, gründete seine eigene Band und begann nach vielen Umwegen eine Karriere als Berufsmusiker. Seine Laufbahn führte ihn durch die Beatclubs der 60er, die Berliner Folkclubs der 70er und ab den 80er Jahren auf die internationalen Konzertbühnen.

"Ueber Johann Sebastian Bachs Leben, Kunst und Kunstwerke" stellt nicht nur die erste Bach-Biographie dar, das Buch ist generell die erste Monographie über einen Musiker und Komponisten in den deutschen Landen. Die Gestirne für das Verfassen der Biographie standen günstig, war Forkel doch mit dem Hamburger Generalmusikdirektor Carl Philipp Emanuel Bach befreundet und konnte darüber hinaus noch dessen ältesten Bruder Wilhelm Friedemann interviewen.

Jimi Hendrix è stato senza dubbio l'uomo che ha cambiato per sempre la concezione stessa di chitarra elettrica...

Zarah Leander gilt als berühmtester und umstrittenster weiblicher UFA-Star der 40er Jahre. Sie spielte in einer Vielzahl deutscher Filmproduktionen aus Nazi-Deutschland, doch es ist vor allem ihre einzigartige, rauhe Stimme, die bis heute Erinnerungen weckt...

Un poeta de la canción popular contemporánea. Cantautor, compositor, intérprete y músico español, se trata de una de las figuras más destacadas de la canción moderna tanto en lengua castellana como catalana. Su obra, que tiene influencias de poetas como Benedetti, Machado, Hernández, Alberti, García Lorca, Neruda o León Felipe, es reconocida hoy como una de las más sensibles y románticas del siglo XX.

Are you ready to create a living on your own terms? The purpose of this book is to inspire you to take your talents and know-how and turn them into a flourishing livelihood - one that makes a difference in the world while allowing you to make a decent living. I've been self-employed much of my adult life. In this audiobook, for the first time, I share the actions and principles that helped me design a life that's ideally suited to who I am.

From the author's first glimpse of a magical recording studio in the mid-1960s up through a busy career that continues to the present day, this rollicking story can only be told by those that were there. As the young tape operator on sessions for the Rolling Stones, Jimi Hendrix, and Joe Cocker at the famed Olympic Sound Studios in London, Phill learned the ropes from experienced engineers and producers such as Glyn Johns and Eddie Kramer.

Written by his wife of twenty years, The Magnificent Elmer is the first book about Elmer Bernstein, a seminal figure of movie music. In this book, Elmer's former wife Pearl tells in vivid anecdotes of their move from a fifth-floor Manhattan walk-up to the red carpets of Hollywood. Pearl participated in the ups and downs of McCarthy, Will Hays, and Otto Preminger. She presents an array of Hollywood's leading men, warts and all, from Sinatra to Odets, from DeMille to Elmer's eponymous rival, Leonard Bernstein.

The second volume of Metallica's definitive biography opens as the band breaks through to mainstream with its fifth album, Metallica (a.k.a. The Black Album), topping the Billboard charts and its hit single "Enter Sandman" dominating the airwaves. By 1993, after a two-year tour, Metallica had become the biggest hard-rock band in the world. Success naturally brought new challenges, and the band ran the risk of alienating its original fans.

This audiobook takes you full circle through Whitney Houston's life, starting with her first solo in her mother's choir at the New Hope Baptist Church in New Jersey to her funeral in that very same church. Every page will give you more and more insight into the tragic superstar, leaving you with an understanding of just how incredible she was, even when the tabloids were declaring otherwise.

Will Ackerman and Heidi Breyer's composition sets the stage as Pete Seeger recites Jeff Haynes' poem about the Underground Railroad. This single is part of the ongoing project called Pete Seeger: The Storm King - an audio collection presenting Seeger's spoken words as he captivatingly recounts his most engaging stories, narratives, and poem - set to new music, produced by world-renowned percussionist/producer Jeff Haynes, from over 50 musicians.