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Author
Publisher
Simon & Schuster
Pub. Date
©2016.
Language
English
Description
"A frank personal account by the Grammy and Academy Award-winning songwriter traces the story of her life in and out of the recording studio, from her formative relationships to her collaborations with some of today's leading composers and music artists,"--NoveList.
Author
Publisher
Applause Theatre & Cinema Books
Pub. Date
[2021]
Language
English
Description
"This biography of "America's most brilliant and successful woman lyricist"charts the course of the modern musical-and celebrates the life and accomplishments of the lone female writer in the so-called boys' club of popular song"--
Author
Publisher
Dutton, Penguin Random House LLC
Pub. Date
2023.
Language
English
Description
"From a frequent music and culture contributor to The New Yorker, the mysterious, true story of the life of Connie Converse-a mid-century New York City singer/songwriter whose haunting music never found recognition-and the tale of one man's quest to uncover the truth"--
Author
Publisher
Twelve
Pub. Date
2022.
Language
English
Description
"In PARTY LIKE A ROCKSTAR, J.T. Harding charts his life from a kid growing up in Michigan to a chart-topping songwriter living in Nashville and working with country music stars like Keith Urban and Kenny Chesney. As a kid playing rock n' roll in his parents' garage, Harding's was a world in which every taste of new music-from KISS to Prince and everyone in between-was a revelation. Inspired by his favorite artists, Harding abandons the classic "American...
Author
Publisher
Permuted Press
Pub. Date
[2022]
Language
English
Description
As a writer and musician, Holly Knight worked hard and played hard with the likes of KISS, Rod Stewart, Bon Jovi, Aerosmith, and Heart. She showed the boys how it was done when many women were still struggling to get a foot in the door. Starting in the late 1970s in post-punk New York, Knight, a gifted keyboardist, joined the band Spider-which quickly ascended to buzzworthy status before things began to disintegrate. Fortunately, her song "Better...
Author
Publisher
The University of Georgia Press
Pub. Date
[2013]
Language
English
Description
John Herndon "Johnny" Mercer (1909-76) remained in the forefront of American popular music from the 1930s through the 1960s, writing over a thousand songs, collaborating with all the great popular composers and jazz musicians of his day, working in Hollywood and on Broadway, and as cofounder of Capitol Records, helping to promote the careers of Nat "King" Cole, Margaret Whiting, Peggy Lee, and many other singers. Mercer's songs-sung by Bing Crosby,...
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