Jaký je historicky nejúspěšnější skladatel Paul McCartney? Nejuznávanější autor biografií hudebních legend ho vykresluje jako složitého, nejistého workoholika, který má potřebu stále si něco dokazovat. Autor se nevyhýbá ani tématům, jako je složitý vztah s Johnem Lennonem, deprese po rozpadu Beatles nebo dojemná smrt jeho ženy Lindy. To a mnohem více najdete v první a jediné biografii schválené Paul McCartneym a jeho nejbližšími.
Po celých pět desetiletí, kdy stojí v čele Rolling Stones, je Mick Jagger vnímán jako nanejvýš arogantní, narcistická superstar, jejíž sexuální apetit a povýšené zacházení s ženami si v ničem nezadá s Casanovou a jejíž údajné bezhlavé užívání drog odstartovalo jeden z nejslavnějších skandálů v historii rocku. I když je nyní dědečkem se sedmi křížky na krku a rytířem britské monarchie, zůstává i nadále vzorem pro každého mladého rockového zpěváka, který vystoupí na pódium. Mistrovská biografie Philipa Normana ukazuje, že tato nejznámější a přitom stále tajemná rocková ikona není jen pouhým mýtickým arcisvůdcem, ale je mnohem složitější osobností. Konečně zde máme skutečný příběh o tom, jak král popových manipulátorů Andrew Oldham proměnil plachého studenta ekonomie jménem Mike Jagger v moderního Antikrista…
Through extensive interviews with those who knew Buddy Holly, including his widow, this biography paints a detailed portrait of the influential musician who revolutionized American music before his untimely death in a plane crash. It captures his vibrant personality, artistic journey, and the impact he had on the music industry, offering readers a deep understanding of his legacy and the profound loss felt by those who loved him.
For more than a quarter century, Philip Norman's internationally bestselling Shout! has been unchallenged as the definitive biography of the Beatles. Now, at last, Norman turns his formidable talent to the Beatle for whom belonging to the world's most beloved pop group was never enough. Drawing on previously untapped sources, and with unprecedented access to all the major characters, here is the comprehensive and most revealing portrait of John Lennon that is ever likely to be published. This masterly biography takes a fresh and penetrating look at every aspect of Lennon's much-chronicled life, including the songs that have turned him, posthumously, into a near-secular saint. In three years of research, Norman has turned up an extraordinary amount of new information about even the best-known episodes of Lennon folklore? his upbringing by his strict Aunt Mimi; his allegedly wasted school and student days; the evolution of his peerless creative partnership with Paul McCartney; his Beatle-busting love affair with a Japanese performance artist; his forays into painting and literature; his experiments with Transcendental Meditation, primal scream therapy, and drugs. The book's numerous key informants and interviewees include Sir Paul McCartney, Sir George Martin, Sean Lennon? whose moving reminiscence reveals his father as never before? and Yoko Ono, who speaks with sometimes shocking candor about the inner workings of her marriage to John. Honest and unflinching, as John himself would wish, Norman gives us the whole man in all his endless contradictions? tough and cynical, hilariously funny but also naive, vulnerable and insecure? and reveals how the mother who gave him away as a toddler haunted his mind and his music for the rest of his days
BEYOND is the first in a series, a sci-fi fantasy adventure set in a mysterious and sometimes nightmarish world, weaving fast action narrative around plucky children fighting against a brutal system. By turns comic and absurd, there is a dark undercurrent that sweeps up from time to time to engulf the unwary.
From the author of the million-copy selling Shout!: The Beatles in Their Generation and the bestselling John Lennon: The Life comes a revealing portrait of George Harrison, the most undervalued and mysterious Beatle. číst celé
This is the story of Elton John, whose career began as Reg Dwight pounding the piano in a Pinner pub, but who achieved massive fame with his performance at the funeral of Diana, Princess of Wales. This edition updates his story.
A beautifully written and insightful portrait of a musical legend by one of our most acclaimed biographers
A biography of rock superstar Elton John by the author of "Shout! The True Story of the The Beatles", "Stones", "The Skater's Waltz" and "The Life and Good Times of the Rolling Stones"
A fresh look at the story of the Beatles' rise to success and the people who helped them develop their music, image, and style.