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Book Synopsis Gordy's Got a Problem by : A.F. Henley
Download or read book Gordy's Got a Problem written by A.F. Henley and published by JMS Books LLC. This book was released on 2020-03-21 with total page 206 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Living in downtown Toronto can be expensive and frustrating, but Leo is willing to deal with the traffic and working the overtime in order to experience everything else the city has to offer. Or would be, if he had any energy left to do so. The fact that his upstairs neighbour is making more noise that a herd of elephants isn't helping things either. Tired, irritated, and on the verge of losing his patience, Leo knows that things have got to change. Gordy is one of the most attractive young men that Leo has ever met, and Leo has no doubt in his mind that Gordy has been using those good looks to get whatever he wants for a very long time. So when Gordy starts turning on the charm, Leo can't help but wonder if it's actual interest or merely appeasement. Together they're going to try and figure out just what can be done with Gordy's new roommate -- an energetic, excitable, and very noisy young goat whose visit comes with a deathbed promise and a tight family bond. What Leo doesn't realise is that she also comes with an ability to make him understand more about himself than he could have ever imagined he needed to learn.
Download or read book Motown written by Gerald Posner and published by Random House. This book was released on 2009-04-02 with total page 386 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In 1959, twenty-nine-year-old Berry Gordy, who had already given up on his dream to be a champion boxer, borrowed eight hundred dollars from his family and started a record company. A run-down bungalow sandwiched between a funeral home and a beauty shop in a poor Detroit neighborhood served as his headquarters. The building’s entrance was adorned with a large sign that improbably boasted “Hitsville U.S.A.” The kitchen served as the control room, the garage became the two-track studio, the living room was reserved for bookkeeping, and sales were handled in the dining room. Soon word spread that any youngster with a streak of talent should visit the only record label that Detroit had seen in years. The company’s name was Motown. Motown cuts through decades of unsubstantiated rumors and speculation to tell the true behind-the-scenes narrative of America’s most exciting musical dynasty. It follows the company and its amazing roster of stars from the tumultuous growth years in Detroit, to the drama and intrigue of Hollywood in the 1970s, to resurgence in 2002. Set against the civil rights movement, the decay of America’s northern industrial cities, and the social upheaval of the 1960s, Motown is a tale of the incredible entrepreneurship of Berry Gordy. But it also features the moving stories of kids from Detroit’s inner-city projects who achieved remarkable success and then, in many cases, found themselves fighting the demons that so often come with stardom—drugs, jealousy, sexual indulgence, greed, and uncontrollable ambition. Motown features an extraordinary cast of characters, including Diana Ross, Michael Jackson, Marvin Gaye, Smokey Robinson, and Stevie Wonder. They are presented as they lived and worked: a clan of friends, lovers, competitors, and sometimes vicious foes. Motown reveals how the hopes and dreams of each affected the lives of the others and illustrates why this singular story is a made-in-America Greek tragedy, the rise and fall of a supremely talented yet completely dysfunctional extended family. Based on numerous original interviews and extensive documentation, Motown benefits particularly from the thousands of pages of files crammed into the basement of downtown Detroit’s Wayne County Courthouse. Those court records provide the unofficial—and hitherto largely untold—history of Motown and its stars, since almost every relationship between departing singers, songwriters, producers, and the label ended up in litigation. From its peaks in the late 1960s and early 1970s, when Motown controlled the pop charts and its stars were sought after even by the Beatles, through the inexorable slide caused by their failure to handle their stardom, Motown is a riveting and troubling look inside a music label that provided the unofficial soundtrack to an entire generation.
Download or read book To Be Loved written by Berry Gordy and published by Rosetta Books. This book was released on 2013-12-12 with total page 587 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The 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).
Book Synopsis Mr. Bojangles, Dance by : Ryan B. Case
Download or read book Mr. Bojangles, Dance written by Ryan B. Case and published by McFarland. This book was released on 2024-04-03 with total page 257 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Three men's lives, told through the story of one song. Jerry Jeff Walker, the singer and writer behind the classic hit "Mr. Bojangles," never would have expected that his song, inspired by an experience in a New Orleans jail cell, would make Richard Nixon cry, or that it would be covered by Sammy Davis, Jr., the entertainment giant and, controversially, a supporter of Nixon. This work, told through the perspective of writer, performer and listener, traces these three men's overlapping journeys through the American consciousness. Chapters discuss the history of Walker's song, Davis's rise from rags to riches, Nixon's journey from grocer's son to president, and more.
Download or read book Motown written by Adam White and published by National Geographic Books. This book was released on 2019-01-29 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Now in paperback, the definitive visual history of Motown, the Detroit-based record company that became a music powerhouse. The music of Motown defined an era. From the Jackson 5 and Diana Ross to Stevie Wonder and Smokey Robinson, Berry Gordy and his right-hand man, Barney Ales, built the most successful independent record label in the world. Not only did Motown represent the most iconic recording artists of its time and produce countless global hits—it created a cultural institution that redefined pop and gave us the vision of a new America: vibrant, innovative, and racially equal. This new paperback edition of the first official visual history of the label includes a dazzling array of images, and unprecedented access to the archives of the makers and stars of Motown. Extensive specially commissioned photography of treasures extracted from the Motown archives, as well as the personal collections of Barney Ales and Motown stars, lends new insight into the lives of the legends. Motown also draws on interviews with key players from the label’s colorful history, including Motown founder Berry Gordy; Barney Ales; Smokey Robinson; Mary Wilson, founding member of the Supremes; and many more.
Book Synopsis Murder at the Tokyo American Club by : Robert J. Collins
Download or read book Murder at the Tokyo American Club written by Robert J. Collins and published by Tuttle Publishing. This book was released on 2012-02-14 with total page 168 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Welcome to the Tokyo American Club, playground of the city's elite, where, In the middle of the annual dinner, club manager Pete Peterson's head has been found bobbing In the swimming pool. A headless torso is alongside it: the trouble is, the body doesn't match the head. Captain Tim Kawamura of the Azabu Police Department must cut through a tangle of bizarre blood ties and business connections between a swelling list of suspects as he pieces together the puzzle as well as the missing body parts.
Book Synopsis The Complete Soul Trilogy by : Stuart Cosgrove
Download or read book The Complete Soul Trilogy written by Stuart Cosgrove and published by Birlinn Ltd. This book was released on 2023-04-20 with total page 769 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Spanning three different cities across the United States, Stuart Cosgrove's bestselling Soul Trilogy blends history, culture and music to paint a vivid picture of social change through the last years of the 1960s. Strap in for a journey through urban riots, escalating war in Vietnam, police corruption, the assassination of Martin Luther King, the rise of musical pioneers such as Aretha Franklin, Elvis Presley and Johnny Cash, the arrest of the Black Panther members and their controversial trials, and much, much more. Award-winning and critically acclaimed, these are books that no soul music enthusiast should be without. 'Cosgrove's lucid, entertaining prose is laden with detail, but never at the expense of the wider narrative' – Clash Magazine Titles included in this bundle are: Detroit 67 Memphis 68 Harlem 69
Book Synopsis Berry, Me, and Motown by : Raynoma Gordy Singleton
Download or read book Berry, Me, and Motown written by Raynoma Gordy Singleton and published by McGraw-Hill/Contemporary. This book was released on 1990 with total page 376 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The ex-wife of Motown executive Berry Gordy, Jr., chronicles the years of her tumultuous marriage, her role at Motown, and the evolution of the company from a family business into a faceless corporation.
Download or read book Abigail Sommers written by Joyce Arendt and published by Christian Faith Publishing, Inc.. This book was released on 2023-02-09 with total page 428 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Abigail Sommers thought her life as a girl Friday in a big New York law firm was just what she always wanted, until her Uncle Frank died and left her everything back in her home town of Sommerville, Illinois. When she found a "handyman" to help her renovate the house so she could sell it, her whole world changed. How could she have known this man was linked to her past and her long-estranged brother? Circumstances swirled around her, making her wonder if she had made the right choice to leave her friends and family. Was it too late to make a change? What will happen when she finds out why her brother has nearly lost his mind, and what part Ty played in that scenario? Will she ever be able to forgive him? Will her brother recover? Severely wounded in a friendly fire plane crash, "Ty" Taylor has been putting his life back together, trying desperately to cling to his faith and forgive the man who shattered his career and his life. Determined to never give his heart away again, he cannot resist the attraction he feels for the intriguing Abigail. But is he truly recovered from his injuries and his bitterness over his lost career, especially when he finds out who Abigail Sommers really is?
Book Synopsis MICHAEL JACKSON: by : J. Randy Taraborrelli
Download or read book MICHAEL JACKSON: written by J. Randy Taraborrelli and published by Grand Central Publishing. This book was released on 2009-07-15 with total page 784 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This major biography includes the behind-the-scenes story to many of the landmarks in Jackson's life: his legal and commercial battles, his marriages to Lisa Marie Presley and Debbie Rowe, his passions and addictions, his children; objective and revealing, it carries the hallmarks of all of Taraborrelli's best-sellers: impeccable research, brilliant storytelling and definitive documentation. So much has how been said and written about the life and career of Michael Jackson that it has become almost impossible to disentangle the man from the myth. This book is the fruit of over 30 years of research and hundreds of exclusive interviews with a remarkable level of access to the very closest circles of the Jackson family - including Michael himself. Cutting through tabloid rumours, J. Randy Taraborrelli traces the real story behind Michael Jackson, from his drilling as a child star through the blooming of his talent to his ever-changing personal appearance and bizarre publicity stunts.
Author :United States. Congress. House. Committee on Small Business. Subcommittee on Energy, Environment, and Safety Issues Affecting Small Business Publisher : ISBN 13 : Total Pages :224 pages Book Rating :4.:/5 (327 download)
Book Synopsis Insurance Problems Affecting Small Businesses by : United States. Congress. House. Committee on Small Business. Subcommittee on Energy, Environment, and Safety Issues Affecting Small Business
Download or read book Insurance Problems Affecting Small Businesses written by United States. Congress. House. Committee on Small Business. Subcommittee on Energy, Environment, and Safety Issues Affecting Small Business and published by . This book was released on 1986 with total page 224 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Detroit 67 written by Stuart Cosgrove and published by Birlinn Ltd. This book was released on 2016-10-02 with total page 472 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Detroit 67 is the story of Motor City in the year that changed everything. Twelve chapters take you on a turbulent year-long journey through the drama and chaos that ripped through the city in 1967 and tore it apart in personal, political and interracial disputes. It is the story of Motown, the break-up of The Supremes and the damaging disputes at the heart of the most successful African-American music label ever. Set against a backdrop of urban riots, escalating war in Vietnam and police corruption, the book weaves its way through a year when soul music came of age and the underground counterculture flourished. LSD arrived in the city with hallucinogenic power and local guitar band MC5 – self-styled holy barbarians of rock – went to war with mainstream America. A summer of street-level rebellion turned Detroit into one of the most notorious cities on earth, known for its unique creativity, its unpredictability and self-lacerating crime rates. The year 1967 ended in social meltdown, rancour and intense legal warfare as the complex threads that held Detroit together finally unravelled. Features the true story of DETROIT, now a major motion picture.
Book Synopsis The Black Culture Industry by : Ellis Cashmore
Download or read book The Black Culture Industry written by Ellis Cashmore and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2006-06-07 with total page 216 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Cashmore's controversial study argues that black culture has been converted into a commodity, usually in the interests of white owned corporations. Using detailed studies of the marketing of Motown, Michael Jackson and the Artist Formerly Known as Prince, Cashmore suggests that inflating the significance of this commodified 'black culture' may actually be counter-productive in the struggle for racial justice.
Author :United States. Congress. Senate. Committee on Interior and Insular Affairs Publisher : ISBN 13 : Total Pages :856 pages Book Rating :4.0/5 (18 download)
Book Synopsis Stockpile and Accessibility of Strategic and Critical Materials to the United States in Time of War: Titanium by : United States. Congress. Senate. Committee on Interior and Insular Affairs
Download or read book Stockpile and Accessibility of Strategic and Critical Materials to the United States in Time of War: Titanium written by United States. Congress. Senate. Committee on Interior and Insular Affairs and published by . This book was released on 1953 with total page 856 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Book Synopsis Stepping on the Cracks by : Mary Downing Hahn
Download or read book Stepping on the Cracks written by Mary Downing Hahn and published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt. This book was released on 2009 with total page 229 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In a small Southern town in 1944, two girls secretly help a seriously ill army deserter, a decision that changes their perceptions of right and wrong. Issues of moral ambiguity and accepting consequences for actions are thoughtfully considered in this deftly crafted story.
Book Synopsis Hearings by : United States. Congress Senate
Download or read book Hearings written by United States. Congress Senate and published by . This book was released on 1953 with total page 2862 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Author :United States. Congress. Senate. Committee on Interior and Insular Affairs Publisher : ISBN 13 : Total Pages :2048 pages Book Rating :4.3/5 (91 download)
Book Synopsis Stockpile and Accessibility of Strategic and Critical Materials to the United States in Time of War by : United States. Congress. Senate. Committee on Interior and Insular Affairs
Download or read book Stockpile and Accessibility of Strategic and Critical Materials to the United States in Time of War written by United States. Congress. Senate. Committee on Interior and Insular Affairs and published by . This book was released on 1953 with total page 2048 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
