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The must-read memoir from the visionary figure behind Manchester's legendary music scene, from The Haçienda to The Warehouse Project. Tales From the Dance Floor is an electrifying journey into the heart of Manchester’s music culture with its most influential promoter. Over the past three...

Just what is nostalgia? Here are provocative and exciting stories about a great period of popular music. It was a time when the nation was facing desperate days of the Great Depression as well on-going fears of a World War. The still young radio industry was a major force in helping provide a worried nation with a source of entertainment and comfort. The author/narrator had conversation/interviews with many of the major stars and he tells you about their talent and their wonderful music. It’s as though you’re sitting there listening as to one of the most memorable eras in the nation’s history.

Una biografía sobre los orígenes y el auge del cantante. Mi primera vocación, como tú bien sabes, era escribir, nunca cantar. Algo de bueno tuvo el marichalazo que me dio hace cuatro años... Al quitarme las ganas de escribir canciones y marcarme con agorafobia hacia el público, la calle, las miradas y la prensa, al menos me dejó refugiarme en las rimas. Y luego tuve la suerte de que mis libros funcionaron y me contrataron en la revista Interviú para publicar coplas satíricas. Eso me permitió vivir la vida que había soñado siendo adolescente. Joaquín Sabina.

Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart, legendary Austrian composer: Life and works in a short biography! Everything you need to know, brief and concise. Infotainment, education and entertainment at its best.

Kurt Cobain, founder of grunge rock: Life and works in a short biography! Everything you need to know, brief and concise. Infotainment, education and entertainment at its best.

Jimi Hendrix, guitar legend: Life and works in a short biography! Everything you need to know, brief and concise. Infotainment, education and entertainment at its best.

Achim Reichel, seit weit über 60 Jahren auf der Bühne zuhause, blickt zurück auf sein Leben. 2024 feierte er zu seiner größten Verwunderung seinen 80. Geburtstag - und es ist viel passiert, was sich zu erzählen lohnt: In den Sechzigern feiert er als Frontmann der Rattles Erfolge, wird in den Siebzigern Vorreiter des Krautrocks, veröffentlicht ein Album mit Shantys und Seefahrersongs, vertont Balladen von Goethe und Fontane, arbeitet mit Jörg Fauser und veröffentlicht seine großen Hits "Aloha Heja He" und "Kuddel Daddel Du".

“Famous People Who’ve Met Me” narrated by the author is an outrageous collection of true stories starring oddball characters, behind the scenes gurus, scoundrels, and brilliant superstars in the music business straight out of Minnesota. The unique memoir does more than just recount tales; it’s a true in-depth character study as told through the eyes of musician, agent, concert promoter, and manager Owen Husney.

Johnny Cash, country music legend: Life and works in a short biography! Everything you need to know, brief and concise. Infotainment, education and entertainment at its best.

Frédéric Chopin, composer and pianist: Life and works in a short biography! Everything you need to know, brief and concise. Infotainment, education and entertainment at its best.

Janis Joplin, blues singer with a legendary voice: Life and works in a short biography! Everything you need to know, brief and concise. Infotainment, education and entertainment at its best.

Franz Schubert, Austrian composer: Life and works in a short biography! Everything you need to know, brief and concise. Infotainment, education and entertainment at its best.

When an impressionable young man is powerfully drawn to the blues, and an innocuous instrument enters his life, the die is cast. A happy-go-lucky life will never be the same again. What follows is a crazy series of adventures, spanning continents, musical styles and a wonderful cast of people from many walks of life. Alongside incredible stories and laugh-out-loud situations, you will find a thoughtful take on the power of music in different cultures.

In 1951, the Schmitt Brothers won an international singing competition, besting the top 40 quartets in the U.S. and Canada. They blasted to fame in 18 short months and didn’t stop singing for 35 years—making them the first to win on their first try and the longest performing quartet to retain its original members. But there’s more to the story.

Jim Morrison, sex symbol and singer of the band The Doors: Life and works in a short biography! Everything you need to know, brief and concise. Infotainment, education and entertainment at its best.

Joseph Haydn, Austrian composer: Life and works in a short biography! Everything you need to know, brief and concise. Infotainment, education and entertainment at its best.

Glen Colson lived through the golden age of Rock & Roll during the sixties, seventies and eighties, working as PR for many of the best loved acts in rock history. Among them Lindisfarne, Genesis, Pink Floyd, The Nice, Elvis Costello, Dr Feelgood, Ian Dury, Nick Lowe, Graham Parker, and Van der Graaf Generator. As the press officer at two of the UK's most iconic record labels, Stiff and Charisma, Glen worked alongside managers who made the music industry tick. Famously dry of wit, Glen's take on the inside workings of the music business is both informative and never short of laughs.

Ludwig van Beethoven, legendary composer: Life and works in a short biography! Everything you need to know, brief and concise. Infotainment, education and entertainment at its best.

Mythos! Legende! Kult! Das sind die Worte, die man immer wieder im Zusammenhang mit TON STEINE SCHERBEN hört. Mythos! Legende! Kult! Was die Scherben mit ihrem Sänger Rio Reiser ganz sicher waren, ist: Eine Rock-Band, die in ihrer Zeit - von 1970 bis 1985 - die deutsche Zeitgeschichte der 68er mit all ihren Aspekten an vorderster Front erlebt und gemacht haben. Kai Sichtermann, Bassist der TON STEINE SCHERBEN, und seine Co-Autoren haben versucht, diese Geschichte nachzuzeichnen. Dabei herausgekommen ist eine vielstimmige Historie, die die Lebensgeschichte einer ganzen Generation widerspiegelt.

A moving and inspiring memoir of families lost and rediscovered, by a founding member of legendary band Midnight Oil. For fifty years, songwriter, guitarist and keyboard player Jim Moginie was a driving force behind one of Australia's most iconic rock bands, Midnight Oil. As they made their way...