Barefaced Lies and Boogie-Woogie Boasts

Barefaced Lies and Boogie-Woogie Boasts PDF Author: Harriet Vyner
Publisher: Penguin UK
ISBN: 0141904747
Category : Biography & Autobiography
Languages : en
Pages : 400

Book Description
Jools Holland has had a fascinating life. From playing on bomb sites as a boy in the East End, to skiving off school and then selling millions of records with Squeeze, the first twenty years of his life were eventful, chaotic and colourful. Then came The Tube with Paula Yates, the seminal live music programme that propelled him to fame. Over the following three decades, Jools succeeded in placing himself at the epicentre of a global community comprising just about anybody who is anybody in music. Through Later with Jools Holland, the longest-running music programme on television, he has given British TV debuts to countless now world famous bands. Packed with hilarious anecdotes written in Holland’s own inimitable style and laced with quirky insights and deliciously acute detail, this autobiography by one of Britain’s most gifted and debonaire musicians is not just for music fans, but for anyone who is looking for something several cuts above the conventional showbiz memoir.

Barefaced Lies and Boogie-woogie Boasts

Barefaced Lies and Boogie-woogie Boasts PDF Author: Jools Holland
Publisher:
ISBN: 9781405648981
Category : Large type books
Languages : en
Pages : 482

Book Description
Packed with hilarious anecdotes and laced with quirky insights, this autobiography provides an inside look into the world of music as well as an insight into the debonair gentleman and national institution that is Jools Holland.

100 Years of British Music

100 Years of British Music PDF Author: Omnibus Press
Publisher: Omnibus Press
ISBN: 1783235659
Category : Music
Languages : en
Pages : 272

Book Description
From Sir Edward Elgar to Adele, great composers and songwriters have been at the heart of the musical landscape for the last 100 years. 100 Years Of British Music is a lavish photo book, specially commissioned by PRS for Music in commemoration of a century of support for music’s creators. Showcased here are composers of film music, opera, symphonies and stage shows, as well as the writers behind the greatest hits of rock and pop, in superb new photographs by Lucy Sewill together with rare and unseen pictures from the archives. The result is a unique ‘living history’ of the PRS and its members that celebrates their vital contribution to British culture.

Fab

Fab PDF Author: Howard Sounes
Publisher: Da Capo Press
ISBN: 0306819384
Category : Biography & Autobiography
Languages : en
Pages : 657

Book Description
Howard Sounes, the bestselling author of Down the Highway: The Life of Bob Dylan and Charles Bukowski: Locked in the Arms of a Crazy Life, turns his considerable reporting and storytelling skills to one of the most famous, talented—and wealthiest—men alive: Paul McCartney. Fab is the first exhaustive biography of the legendary musician; it tells Sir Paul's whole life story, from childhood to present day, from working-class Liverpool beginnings to the cultural phenomenon that was The Beatles to his many solo incarnations. Fab is the definitive portrait of McCartney, a man of contradictions and a consummate musician far more ruthless, ambitious, and moody than his relaxed public image implies. Based on original research and more than two hundred new interviews, Fab also reveals for the first time the full story of his two marriages, romances, family feuds, phenomenal wealth, and complex relationships with his fellow ex-Beatles.

All in the Best Possible Taste

All in the Best Possible Taste PDF Author: Tom Bromley
Publisher: Simon and Schuster
ISBN: 1847378544
Category : Social Science
Languages : en
Pages : 439

Book Description
Television past, as LP Hartley might have once said, is another country. And, in the early 1980s it certainly was a different beast. There were still only three channels to watch; the evening's programmes finished with the playing of the national anthem; and the biggest prize on TV was not Chris Tarrant's million pounds but a speedboat on Bullseye . . . But as Tom Bromley suggests in this funny and warming memoir, all that was about to change: The 1980s saw the end of the original golden era of television, and the beginnings of TV as we know it today. In 1982, Channel 4 became the first new terrestrial channel for almost twenty years and by the end of the decade, Rupert Murdoch's Sky Television was vying to become Britain's first multi-channel provider. The result of all this was that slowly but surely, British viewers had more choice than ever before and the cost of this choice was the erosion of television as a shared national event. And no-one felt this change more deeply than Tom Bromley. Television played a large part in Tom's childhood. His first word was 'two', as in BBC Two, and his earliest childhood memory is seeing Johnny Ball at a church fete. With great humour and affection, Tom Bromley tells the story of a childhood spent with his three siblings and that other all-important family member; the television set.

The Spectator

The Spectator PDF Author:
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : English literature
Languages : en
Pages : 762

Book Description

In the Pleasure Groove

In the Pleasure Groove PDF Author: John Taylor
Publisher: Penguin
ISBN: 0142196940
Category : Biography & Autobiography
Languages : en
Pages : 402

Book Description
With a new introduction by Nick Rhodes The talent. The charisma. The videos. From their 1981 hit "Planet Earth" to their latest number-one album, All You Need Is Now, John Taylor and Duran Duran have enchanted audiences around the world. It's been a wild ride, and—for John in particular—dangerous. John recounts the story of the band's formation, their massive success, and his journey to the brink of self-destruction. Told with humor, honesty—and packed with exclusive pictures—In the Pleasure Groove is an irresistible rock-and-roll portrait of a band whose popularity has never been stronger.

Did They Mention the Music?

Did They Mention the Music? PDF Author: Henry Mancini
Publisher: Cooper Square Press
ISBN: 1461732115
Category : Biography & Autobiography
Languages : en
Pages : 310

Book Description
Best known for the "dead-ant" theme to the Pink Panther films, Henry Mancini also composed the music to Peter Gunn, Breakfast at Tiffany's, Orson Welles' Touch of Evil, and the Academy Award winning soundtracks to Victor/Victoria and The Days of Wine and Roses. In a career that lasted over thirty years, Mancini amassed twenty Grammy awards and more nominations than any other composer. In his memoir, written with jazz expert Lees, Mancini discusses his close friendships with Blake Edwards, Julie Andrews, and Paul Newman, his professional collaborations with Johnny Mercer, Luciano Pavarotti, and James Galway, and his achievements as a husband, father, and grandfather. A great memoir loaded with equal parts Hollywood glitz and Italian gusto.
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