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2023
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In June 2021, the whole world was listening as Britney Spears spoke in open court. The impact of sharing her voice - her truth - was undeniable, and it changed the course of her life and the lives of countless others. She reveals for the first time her incredible journey - and the strength at the core of one of the greatest performers in pop music history. Written with remarkable candour and humour, Spears's groundbreaking book illuminates the enduring...
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Bolinda audio
Pub. Date
2019
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Love's got everything to do with it. Tina Turner is the Queen of Rock 'n' Roll, a musical icon celebrating her 60th year in the industry. In this dramatic autobiography, she tells the story of a truly remarkable life in the spotlight. From her early years picking cotton in Nutbush, Tennessee to her rise to fame alongside Ike Turner, and finally to her phenomenal success in the 1980s and beyond, Tina candidly examines her personal history, from her...
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Constable
Pub. Date
2015
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Carly Simon has had a career that has spanned four decades, resulting in 13 Top 40 hits, including the Number 1 song 'You're So Vain', numerous Grammy Awards, a Golden Globe and an Academy Award. She was also the first artist in history to win a Grammy Award, an Academy Award and a Golden Globe Award for her song 'Let the River Run' (from the film 'Working Girl'). 'Boys in the Trees' is a rhapsodic memoir of a young woman's coming of age amongst the...
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Michael O'Mara Books
Pub. Date
2013
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Today one of the most successful music stars in the world, Lady Gaga fast became a household name after the release of her first album, The Fame, in 2008. Now noted as much for her flamboyant dress sense and extravagant live performances as her undoubted musical ability, Lady Gaga fascinates fans and critics alike. A throwback to the glam rock entertainers David Bowie and Queen, Gaga is unlike any other musician performing today, and such singularity...
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Sidgwick & Jackson
Pub. Date
2018
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For more than three decades, Madonna has been generating headlines and topping charts. Now J. Randy Taraborrelli has written the definitive biography of one of the richest and most successful pop stars in the world, whose music has constantly evolved and who has remained relevant even as she hits her 60th year. From the driven, ambitious young woman struggling to get a break in New York to the outrageous pop diva and more spiritual mother, the changing...
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Quercus
Pub. Date
2013
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Eartha Kitt was a skinny, mixed-race woman with an odd, angular face who was able to persuade 50s white America that she was the sexiest thing they'd ever seen. In this account of Eartha Kitt and the convulsive era in which she lived, racism, music, and politics combine in an unforgettable portrait of an extraordinary woman.
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Billboard
Pub. Date
2006
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Known as the 'Ghostess with the Mostess' in Hollywood, Marni Nixon is renowned for being the dubbed voice over very prominent stars in stage-to-screen adaptations. Here, she reveals her life as a singer, an actress, and a woman fighting for artistic recognition.
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Omnibus
Pub. Date
c2010
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An intimate profile of one of the most popular American singers of the 20th century, this full-length biography of Karen Carpenter details every aspect of her life, from her modest Connecticut upbringing and her rise to stardom in southern California to the real story of her tragic, untimely death.
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Sidgwick & Jackson
Pub. Date
2015
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She's adored by her millions of fans, writes and performs songs that move and inspire, but Beyonce is truly known by very few. Now J. Randy Taraborrelli reveals the woman behind the star. He takes us from a childhood spent performing in talent shows to finding worldwide success with her group, Destiny's Child, managed by her father Matthew. Beyonce's first solo album, Dangerously in Love, went straight to number one and she has to date released a...
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Simon & Schuster
Pub. Date
2012
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Legendary and iconic singer-songwriter Cyndi Lauper offers a poignant account of the journey that led her to become an international superstar - from her years growing up in Queens, New York, to the making of enduring hits like 'Time After Time', 'Girls Just Wanna Have Fun', and 'True Colors', to becoming an actress, a mother, an outspoken activist, and maintaining a music career that lasted more than 30 years.
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Publisher
Century
Pub. Date
2018
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Tina Turner is the Queen of Rock 'n' Roll, a musical icon celebrating her 60th year in the industry. In this dramatic autobiography, she tells the story of a truly remarkable life in the spotlight. From her early years picking cotton in Nutbush, Tennessee to her rise to fame alongside Ike Turner, and finally to her phenomenal success in the 1980s and beyond, Tina candidly examines her personal history, from her darkest hours to her happiest moments...
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Hal Leonard Books
Pub. Date
2013
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In 1950, Billy Eckstine was the most popular singer in America. Movie-star handsome with an elegant pencil-thin mustache and a wide vibrato, Eckstine possessed one of the most magnificent voices in popular music history. Born in Pittsburgh, Eckstine won a talent contest by imitating Cab Calloway and started leading jazz orchestras, calling himself Baron Billy. This book tells his story.
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Orion
Pub. Date
2016
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Prince was an icon. A man who defined an era of music and changed the shape of popular culture forever. There is no doubt that he was one of the most talented and influential artists of all time, and also one of the most mysterious. On 21st April 2016 the world lost its Prince; it was the day the music died. From his traumatic childhood and demonic pursuit of music as a means of escape, to his rise to superstardom, professional rivalries and marriages...
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John Blake
Pub. Date
[2010?]
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The Walker Brothers - John, Scott and Gary - were one of the biggest pop groups of the 1960s. In this book, John and Gary Walker have broken their silence to reveal the truth about the group, what led to the famous split and they lay bare the details of their private lives.
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JR
Pub. Date
2010
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This biography of the superstar born Frances Ethel Gumm in Grand Rapids, Minnesota, is based on talks with people who actually knew her - from the woman who used to babysit the star to the producers, nightclub owners, musicians and friends who experienced all the problems Judy had, as well as her great successes.