Music

The Beatles are the ultimate rock 'n' roll band, bar none. No other group has achieved so much in so little time and left such a lasting impression on music, popular culture, fashion and even politics. This book tells the amazing story of four simple guys from Liverpool who took over the world, and whose catchy tunes still top the chart.

The 1970s was a decade of contrasts. Pop music boomed as teenagers swooned over David Cassidy and Danny Osmond, and the Jackson Five burst onto the scene with a lead singer who would become a pop culture phenomenon. Variety was the name of the game at the movies...

The essential second volume of memoirs by Brett Anderson, which reveals the key years of the Suede story

The story of the band who defined a generation and a genre - their history and their key concerts, recordings, members and more.

Jun 2017 marks the 50th anniversary of the Beatles' most famous album, SGT. PEPPER'S LONELY HEARTS CLUB BAND. This landmark publication, written by a record company insider, is a must-have for all Beatles fans.

Welcome to Stats, Records & Rock 'n' Roll, an exploration of the aural beauty of music told through 80 visually stunning infographics - the most popular information medium of the 21st century.

Features popular television shows, actors and actresses, music, and dances, and includes a chronology of events for each decade.

Features popular television shows, actors and actresses, music, and dances, and includes a chronology of events for each decade.

Augments their albums by giving a track-by-track analysis of their output, exploring the creative context behind the music, the albums and the concepts that shaped these masterpieces.

Sidney Bechet ranks among the greatest of the early masters of Jazz, up there with Louis Armstrong, Duke Ellington and Dizzy Gillespie. Born of a Creole family in New Orleans, and very conscious of the evils of slavery, his genius flowered at an early age. He is acknowledged as the greatest player ever ...

Radio broadcasts from the Cotton Club from 1927 onwards brought national recognition to Duke Ellington and his band; recordings of his compositions - particularly Saddest Tale, Echoes of Harlem, Black and Tan Fantasy, and Mood Indigo - spread their fame internationally.

A Rock's Backpages anthology of Radiohead, the most radical and fascinating rock band in modern music history, edited and introduced by Barney Hoskyns.

This book gives an overview of Aimee Mann's career from her earliest days, making it big with 'Til Tuesday and onward through her solo career to date, investigating every recorded track in a comprehensive guide for fans and new listeners keen to investigate a true original and double Grammy winner.

Propelled into stardom at an exhilarating speed due to clever marketing and virtuosity in their musicianship, particularly violinist Darryl Way, the story of Curved Air in the 1970s is of a band that burned brightly before collapsing well ahead of their time.

Stephen Lambe's enlightening book guides the reader through Focus's early history year by year, dealing with all eight Focus albums song by song, while also giving the same treatment to Akkerman and Van Leer's lesser know solo work between 1970 and 1979.

If you are a musician, you need this book, which is rooted in real-life music business experience, not classroom theory. It reveals the secrets of artist development using the creative process as the foundation for success, and provides solid direction for you to plan and evaluate your path to success. ...

Set against the legendary 1980s scene, this book maps the bipolarities of rap and pop, rebellion and acceptance, glitz and gangsterdom, with an energy and exuberance which is as fresh today as when it was written.

The most talented musical family in the world