James Kaplan
Author
Series
Frank Sinatra (James Kaplan) volume 2
Publisher
Doubleday
Pub. Date
[2015]
Language
English
Description
Presents a behind-the-scenes examination of the life and career of the legendary performer that offers insight into his prolific accomplishments, multidimensional character, and complex relationships.
In 2010's Frank: The Voice, James Kaplan told the story of Frank Sinatra's meteoric rise to fame, subsequent failures, and reinvention as a star of live performance and screen. The story of "Ol' Blue Eyes" continues with Sinatra: The Chairman, picking...
Author
Series
Publisher
Yale University Press
Pub. Date
[2019]
Language
English
Description
A fast-moving, musically astute portrait of arguably the greatest composer of American popular music. Irving Berlin (1888-1989) has been called-by George Gershwin, among others-the greatest songwriter of the golden age of the American popular song. "Berlin has no place in American music," legendary composer Jerome Kern wrote; "he is American music." In a career that spanned an astonishing nine decades, Berlin wrote some fifteen hundred tunes, including...
Author
Publisher
Doubleday
Pub. Date
2005.
Language
English
Description
A memoir by the legendary funny man recalls his long-time partnership with crooner Dean Martin, their decade-long success as a team, their traumatic breakup and individual careers, and the effects of their estrangement and its aftermath.
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