Motown
Author: Pete McKenna
Publisher:
Published: 2020-09-22
Total Pages:
ISBN-13: 9781912587353
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Motion Pictures from the Fabulous 1980's
Author: Terry Rowan
Publisher: Lulu.com
Published: 2015-06-27
Total Pages: 146
ISBN-13: 1329246500
DOWNLOAD EBOOKThe decade of the 1980s and its movies and events that shape this Comeback decade. The Reagan Years. Michael Jackson, Whitney Houston, Cher, and Madonna. The Berlin Wall coming down..
Motown: The Golden Years
Author: Bill Dahl
Publisher: Penguin
Published: 2011-02-28
Total Pages: 616
ISBN-13: 1440225575
DOWNLOAD EBOOKThis is the book for lovers of Motown! Author and Motown historian Bill Dahl has expertly compiled this comprehensive guide to the musical combination of pop and gospel, known as Motown. This new compilation features an A-to-Z listing and biography of nearly every Motown group since its beginning in 1959. Also included are never-before-published photos from former Motown promotions guru Weldon A. McDougal III. Enthusiasts will now have a chance to own a complete encyclopedia of groups and artists, along with information about their music, including a discography and price guide. • 32-page color section containing many never-before-published photos • Complete encyclopedia of groups, artists, plus discography and price guide for all Motown acts
Mary Wells
Author: Peter Benjaminson
Publisher: Chicago Review Press
Published: 2012-11-01
Total Pages: 347
ISBN-13: 161374529X
DOWNLOAD EBOOKComplete with never-before-revealed details about the sex, violence, and drugs in her life, this biography reveals the incredibly turbulent life of Motown artist Mary Wells. Based in part on four hours of previously unreleased and unpublicized deathbed interviews with Wells, this account delves deeply into her rapid rise and long fall as a recording artist, her spectacular romantic and family life, the violent incidents in which she was a participant, and her abuse of drugs. From tumultuous affairs, including one with R&B superstar Jackie Wilson, to a courageous battle with throat cancer that climaxed in her gutsiest performance, this history draws upon years of interviews with Wells's friends, lovers, and husband to tell the whole story of a woman whose songs crossed the color line and whose voice captivated the Beatles.
Every Chart Topper Tells a Story
Author: Sharon Davis
Publisher: Random House
Published: 2012-01-06
Total Pages: 459
ISBN-13: 178057410X
DOWNLOAD EBOOKThe seventies witnessed great changes not only in dress style but also in music. The psychedelia of the late sixties had mutated into glam rock by the early seventies, while the latter half of the decade is best remembered for the punk and disco explosions which gripped both Britain and America. The number-one singles of the decade are recalled in Every Chart Topper Tells a Story: The Seventies, from artists as diverse as Gary Glitter, David Bowie, Jimi Hendrix, Diana Ross, The Bee Gees, T-Rex, Commodores, Donny Osmond, The Three Degrees and Abba. It is the ideal volume both for those wanting a trip down memory lane and for serious music connoisseurs.
The Motown Story
Author: Don Waller
Publisher: Macmillan Reference USA
Published: 1985
Total Pages: 262
ISBN-13:
DOWNLOAD EBOOKMotown from the Background
Author: Vickie Wright
Publisher:
Published: 2007-10
Total Pages: 0
ISBN-13: 9781904408291
DOWNLOAD EBOOKEstimates of the number of records The Andantes appear on vary wildly, up to and including twenty thousand. Their sweet, pure and powerful voices were every bit as much a part of the Motown phenomenon as the fantastic Funk Brothers, the ace arrangers and the peerless producers. Louvain Demps, Marlene Barrow and Jackie Hicks added their voices, and their own vocal arrangements, to classics by the Four Tops, Jimmy Ruffin, Marvin Gaye, Stevie Wonder, and all the company's uniquely successful roster of male stars. Perhaps more surprisingly, they also contributed more than they have ever been given credit for to records, not only by solo female perfomers such as Kim Weston and Brenda Holloway, but by Motown's legendary girl groups. The time for keeping their contribution a secret is over. These great ladies need to be recognised for their momentous contribution to musical history, and Bank House is proud and delighted to play a part in making that possible. Author Vickie Wright, fresh from telling the true story of tragic Motown songstress Tammi Terrell in collaboration with her sister, Ludie Montgomery, has done another first-rate job in coaxing the stories, the memories, the emotions and the truth from The Andantes themselves. Now it can be told. This is Motown from the Background.
1977
Author: Michael Fitzalan
Publisher: Lulu.com
Published: 2017-10-20
Total Pages: 350
ISBN-13: 0244004528
DOWNLOAD EBOOKA teenager and the punk revolution, a clash of hormones and The Undertones; what was it really like in London in the aftermath of the punk explosion. Looking back on the summer of Seventy six and reeling from the power of punk in the following year, Michael reveals the excruciating details of growing up in the punk period.
To Be Loved
Author: Berry Gordy
Publisher: Rosetta Books
Published: 2013-12-12
Total Pages: 587
ISBN-13: 0795333706
DOWNLOAD EBOOKThe story of Motown Records and how it changed the course of American music, as told by its founder—“an African American culture hero of historic stature” (The New York Times). Berry Gordy Jr., who once considered becoming a boxer, started a record company with a family loan of $800 in 1959. Gordy’s company, Motown Records, went on to create some of the most popular music of all time. By the time he sold the company nearly thirty years later, it was worth $61 million and had produced musical legends including Jackie Wilson, Smokey Robinson and the Miracles, the Temptations, Marvin Gaye, Diana Ross and the Supremes, Stevie Wonder, and the Jackson 5. Here, the revolutionary who shattered the color barrier in the American entertainment industry and forever changed the way the world hears music, shares his story of ambition and vision. From humble beginnings, Gordy amassed a fortune and became a musical kingmaker in the cultural heydays of the 1960s and ’70s. Quelling rumors and detailing his relationships with the artists he managed, Gordy pens “a vivid recreation of a great period and a seminal company in popular music” (Kirkus Reviews).
All Music Guide
Author: Vladimir Bogdanov
Publisher: Hal Leonard Corporation
Published: 2001
Total Pages: 1508
ISBN-13: 9780879306274
DOWNLOAD EBOOKArranged in sixteen musical categories, provides entries for twenty thousand releases from four thousand artists, and includes a history of each musical genre.
