?Provocative and deadly accurate? - Time Out Dusty Springfield was one of our greatest pop singers. From 60s hits like ?I Only Want To Be With You?, ?Son of a Preacher Man? and ?You Don?t Have To Say You Love Me? to her 80s collaboration with the Pet Shop Boys and beyond, she was a musical pioneer and the very essence of authentic white soul. A member of the US Rock and Roll and UK Music Halls of Fame, international polls have named Dusty among the...

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...

Mariah Carey tells the story of her life - the ups and downs, the triumphs and traumas, the debacles and the dreams, that contributed to the person she is today.

In 1954, Shirley Bassey was 17 years old. She had just returned from an exploitative revue tour. Disillusioned & four months' pregnant, she decided that her dream of being a professional singer was over. Ten years later, she was one of the biggest stars in the world and was poised to conquer America.

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...

Dusty Springfield is a pop-music legend. Goddess of the sixties, reluctant recluse of the seventies, enigmatic icon of the eighties and nineties, she attracted a passionate following that has remained loyal to this day. This biography tackles many unanswered questions about Springfield's life.

As a young girl toiling in a South Wales tin works, Dorothy Squires dreamt of being a singing star, but was ridiculed by all around her. At the tender age of sixteen she escaped the valleys and boarded a train for London. It was here that she met and fell in love with songwriter and band leader Billy Reid, the older man who was to make her a star. The pair became an international success, but the relationship foundered, and Dorothy found herself falling...

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...

Singer Kirsty MacColl was killed in a hit-and-run speedboat accident in 2000. In this book, Kirsty's mother tells the story of Kirsty's life and also relates her unfinished quest to bring those responsible for the accident to justice.

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...