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Author : Lindsay Wright
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 9780908561353
Total Pages : 92 pages
Book Rating : 4.5/5 (613 download)
Download or read book Red Sails, No Sunset written by Lindsay Wright and published by . This book was released on 1993 with total page 92 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Author : J. J. Kennedy
Publisher : AuthorHouse
ISBN 13 : 146788569X
Total Pages : 337 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (678 download)
Download or read book The Man Who Wrote the Teddy Bears' Picnic written by J. J. Kennedy and published by AuthorHouse. This book was released on 2011-11-04 with total page 337 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A first biography of one of Britain's leading lyric songwriters. The Man Who Wrote The Teddy Bears' Picnic tells the story of Irish-born Jimmy Kennedy, one of the last - and arguably the finest - of the professional Tin Pan Alley songwriters of the pre-Beatles 'golden age' of popular song. A fascinating insight into the life of a man who rose from small town beginnings to become for fifty years the lyrical and musical power behind some of the twentieth centurys top popular song entertainers from the days of Variety right up to The Beatles era. Jimmy had something like 30 No. 1 hits to his credit worldwide but is little known outside of music business circles. The book, written by his younger son, ex journalist J.J.Kennedy, sets out to remedy this omission and celebrates his contribution to the genre. Though his romantic ballads like Red Sails in the Sunset continue to be played all round the world, Jimmy is possibly best rembered today for the Cokey Cokey, which he adapted from a Canadian folk song in 1943, and The Teddy Bears' Picnic, which gave magical childrens' words to an old American tune. Well written and easy to read, the book serves as an excellent historical record of pop and is full of facts, observations and authoritative comment on the cut and thrust village that was Tin Pan Alley. It captures the bustle of the place and its almost industrial approach to song creation. It paints a colourful picture of some of the leading characters of the period and exposes the double dealing, greed and downright exploitation prevalent in that world. But the book also creates a romantic mysticism around the characters who dashed around in Denmark street, peddling their talent so often in vain. It transports you to smoky little rooms with music coming from every corridor and it tells the story in black and white, like an old Hollywood movie. Swimming among all these sharks is the unlikely figure of Jimmy Kennedy dapper and charming, modest and artistically fine-tuned, yet steely, resilient and highly commercial. A man who could spot the financial worth of his work, write to order sometimes in lightning-quick time and stand his ground when he knew he had a hit. He was in fact, a one man hit machine. But it wasnt always one man, and the book illuminates the winning partnerships with Michael Carr, Will Grosz et al. One of the key strengths of the book is its nostalgia appeal and has some wonderful anecdotes including recollections from Terry Wogan, Val Doonican and others and non-musical people such as Denis and Margaret Thatcher. All in all, a very intelligent book and one which will become a work of reference for anyone studying the popular music art form of the twentieth century.
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Publisher : Alfred Music Publishing
ISBN 13 : 9780757930485
Total Pages : 72 pages
Book Rating : 4.9/5 (34 download)
Download or read book Sing Out! -- All Time and Old Time Favourites written by and published by Alfred Music Publishing. This book was released on 1997-07 with total page 72 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In 1970 the Ontario government prepared a book of All Time and Old Time Favourites to be available to all Senior Citezen Homes, Clubs and Centers, and adult Charitable Institutions for use by the members, residents, auxiliaries and staff. But these contained only the words! In 1973 the Markhaven Committe produced a music book to go along with the word. The songs are pitched a little lower, in a key that is easier for seniors to sing, and tha arrangements are simple enough for most pianists to be able to sit down and play.
Author : Engelbert Humperdinck
Publisher : Random House
ISBN 13 : 1448133114
Total Pages : 258 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (481 download)
Download or read book Engelbert - What's In A Name? written by Engelbert Humperdinck and published by Random House. This book was released on 2012-05-10 with total page 258 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The man known simply as 'Enge' by his millions of fans worldwide has sold over 150 million records and is in the Guinness Book of Records for achieving 56 consecutive weeks in the chart with 'Release Me'. From living on the dole and receiving last rites with tuberculosis, to buying a Hollywood palace with a heart-shaped pool and a fleet of fourteen Rolls Royces, Engelbert wears his 'King of Romance' crown so well that horticulturists even named a rose after him. And the love god has certainly lived up to his reputation, indulging in a string of affairs and one-night stands, whilst remaining happily married to his first love Patricia. Forty years on from his early hits 'Enge' is still at the very top, selling out concerts across the world, representing the UK at the 2012 Eurovision Song Contest, and topping the charts in all the major markets. Inspired by the warmth of his millions of affectionate fans and the endless support of his wife, Engelbert shares his incredible life story with openness, humour and astonishing honesty.
Author : Frederic Weinstein
Publisher : iUniverse
ISBN 13 : 0595410855
Total Pages : 223 pages
Book Rating : 4.5/5 (954 download)
Download or read book Circus written by Frederic Weinstein and published by iUniverse. This book was released on 2006-12 with total page 223 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A tour de force of astonishing power and poetry, Circus uses the mystic panorama of a traveling mud show as a metaphor for the neverending cycle of life. Dwarves and roustabouts, clowns and elephants, freaks and puppet shows, snakes and ringmasters, talking beasts and a single elusory beauty all parade before a silently observant child over the course of a single day, engaging him as well as the reader with humor, ribaldry and prophetic wisdom. A testament to the mystery of creation, Circus challenges and inspires. To read it is to celebrate everything majestic and terrible about the world, the firmament and mankind's precarious place in it.
Download or read book Billboard written by and published by . This book was released on 1951-04-07 with total page 158 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In its 114th year, Billboard remains the world's premier weekly music publication and a diverse digital, events, brand, content and data licensing platform. Billboard publishes the most trusted charts and offers unrivaled reporting about the latest music, video, gaming, media, digital and mobile entertainment issues and trends.
Author : Benedict Kiely
Publisher : David R. Godine Publisher
ISBN 13 : 9781567922486
Total Pages : 792 pages
Book Rating : 4.9/5 (224 download)
Download or read book The Collected Stories of Benedict Kiely written by Benedict Kiely and published by David R. Godine Publisher. This book was released on 2003 with total page 792 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "The first meaning of 'the state of Ireland' is that it's a place where stories are still told, deliciously and by masters of the art, of whom Benedict Kiely is one, perhaps the foremost."--Guy Davenport, New York Times Book Review This treasure chest of a book contains the complete short stories and novellas by Benedict Kiely's, one of the great storytellers of our time and any nation. This edition contains a new introduction by the author, as well as his afterword to the acclaimed novella, Proxopera.
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Publisher : The Escapes Group ltd
ISBN 13 : 160643795X
Total Pages : 309 pages
Book Rating : 4.6/5 (64 download)
Download or read book Yachting Escapes: The Caribbean written by and published by The Escapes Group ltd. This book was released on with total page 309 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Author : Charles Mee
Publisher : New Word City
ISBN 13 : 1640191453
Total Pages : 446 pages
Book Rating : 4.6/5 (41 download)
Download or read book History Plays written by Charles Mee and published by New Word City. This book was released on 2018-03-05 with total page 446 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: ". . . sheer subversive bravado . . ." - The New York Times Here are six enthusiastically received history plays by Charles Mee: The Life of George Washington, Full Circle, The War to End War, Vienna: Lusthaus, Gone, and Requiem for the Dead. "The War to End War . . . is engrossing as it spins its arguments, brilliant even in its detours and diversions. . . . When the lights came back up, it was clear Mee had blown the collective mind of the audience. By sheer force of intellect and provocation, he had violated nearly all rules of theater-making and playwriting, in an evening that was never boring. . . . If there were more smart theater like this, more smart people would go to see theater." - theater2k.com "The titillating eeriness of impending doom is exploited so gorgeously in Vienna: Lusthaus that you can understand how civilizations become complicit in their own demise. A . . . seamless amalgam of dance, music and drama is set before World War I in Vienna, where Freud and Hitler overlapped, which it presents in a delicately surreal fashion as a hothouse of sensuality and incipient Nazism." - The New York Times "Through the ages, the tale of the judgment of the chalk circle has been told many times by many authors, but never, ever, not once in a blue moon, has it been told with the abundant imagination and affirmation of [Charles Mee's Full Circle] at Steppenwolf Theatre. . . . This is, as its final stage picture so beautifully shows, a play of hope, one that believes some good may someday come from our turbulent times. Rarely has that hope been expressed with such passion, such strength, such joy." - Chicago Tribune
Author : Gerit L. Fenega
Publisher : Trafford Publishing
ISBN 13 : 1490728279
Total Pages : 171 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (97 download)
Download or read book Sky Hawk written by Gerit L. Fenega and published by Trafford Publishing. This book was released on 2014-03-13 with total page 171 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book is a firsthand account of the Vietnam conflict as it unfolded before a midlevel-career military officer. In a first-person account, it does not portend to be a microcosm of that war but, rather, what it was like for one year, at one place to participate and ultimately lead an attack squadron in combat. This an upbeat, anecdote-filled, historically accurate but nonscholarly tale of events seen or taken part in by the author. The book aims for a wide audience that likes aviation, adventure, and insight into leadership. It forcefully brings home the lessons we as a country should learn from such turmoil. This is no memoir to justify the action or inaction of a midlevel manager, but a month-by-month account of controlled mayhem and high humor among professionals in the maelstrom of battle.
Download or read book Billboard written by and published by . This book was released on 1997-06-14 with total page 96 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In its 114th year, Billboard remains the world's premier weekly music publication and a diverse digital, events, brand, content and data licensing platform. Billboard publishes the most trusted charts and offers unrivaled reporting about the latest music, video, gaming, media, digital and mobile entertainment issues and trends.
Author : Robert Reynolds
Publisher : Lulu.com
ISBN 13 : 0359046150
Total Pages : 102 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (59 download)
Download or read book Hepcats & Rockabilly Boys written by Robert Reynolds and published by Lulu.com. This book was released on 2018-08-27 with total page 102 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In the 1950s, country music merged with the rising new fad called ""rock and roll"" to form what would become known as ""Rockabilly."" In short, Rockabilly was fast paced, guitar and bass driven ditties with thundering rhythms. The songs were often less than memorable made up with a conglomeration of silly lyrics and phrases like ""bop,""""shake,""""mama,"" and""go cat!"" Cars, especially Cadillacs, and colors, pink and black, were prevalent in many of the songs. Songs like ""Oobie Doobie,"" ""Ubangi Stomp,"" ""Be Boppin' Baby,"" and ""Rockin' In the Congo"" were common record chart contenders. Many up and coming country crooners would go on to achieve widespread acclaim as names like Presley, Holly and Orbison conquered radio station playlists. They, among others, would become R&R legends. Others like Jack Scott, Boyd Bennett, and Dale Hawkins, found success to a lesser degree in the new genre. It's many of these ""lesser knowns"" that Hepcats & Rockabilly Boys explores. Here are some of their stories...
Author : Grant Alden
Publisher : University of Texas Press
ISBN 13 : 0292719302
Total Pages : 145 pages
Book Rating : 4.2/5 (927 download)
Download or read book No Depression # 78 written by Grant Alden and published by University of Texas Press. This book was released on 2009-09-15 with total page 145 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A latest installment of the periodical series on American roots music focuses on prominent families whose influence has spanned multiple generations, illuminating the artistic contributions of such dynasties as the Carters, the Cashes, and the Seegers. Original.
Author : Paul Kidd
Publisher : Wizards of the Coast
ISBN 13 : 0786959215
Total Pages : 336 pages
Book Rating : 4.7/5 (869 download)
Download or read book Red Sails in the Fallout written by Paul Kidd and published by Wizards of the Coast. This book was released on 2011-07-05 with total page 336 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In the fall of 2012, scientists at the Large Hadron Collider in Geneva, Switzerland, embarked on a series of high-energy experiments. No one knows exactly what went wrong, but in the blink of an eye, thousands of possible universes all condensed into a single reality . . . . Between a desert and a dried up sea lies the town of Watering Hole, the only oasis for miles and the home of our intrepid heroes Shaani and Xoota. After some rather harrowing adventures in the desert, they are followed home by a swarm of empathic earwigs. As if a psychic bug infestation weren't enough, the town's water supply has suddenly died up. Where there was once fresh water to spare, there is only a trickle of brackish sludge. Theorizing that the water came from a source beyond the desert, Shaani proposes an expedition to re-establish the town's water supply. Xoota, of course, is voted to go with her. Crossing the desert has never been done--and with water in short supply, the task seems impossible. But the ever-helpful Shanni appeals to the town patron Benek, and his love of cryogenically frozen brides, to back the project. What follows is the adventure of a thousand lifetimes.
Download or read book SPIN written by and published by . This book was released on 1985-08 with total page 72 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: From the concert stage to the dressing room, from the recording studio to the digital realm, SPIN surveys the modern musical landscape and the culture around it with authoritative reporting, provocative interviews, and a discerning critical ear. With dynamic photography, bold graphic design, and informed irreverence, the pages of SPIN pulsate with the energy of today's most innovative sounds. Whether covering what's new or what's next, SPIN is your monthly VIP pass to all that rocks.
Author : Hal Leonard Corp.
Publisher : Hal Leonard Corporation
ISBN 13 : 1480323497
Total Pages : 418 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (83 download)
Download or read book The Daily Ukulele - Leap Year Edition written by Hal Leonard Corp. and published by Hal Leonard Corporation. This book was released on 2018-02-01 with total page 418 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: (Fake Book). This super collection features 366 more well-known songs arranged for ukulele from the 1950s through today, by artists such as Carole King, Elton John, the Bee Gees, Stevie Wonder, the Beatles, Paul Simon, Bob Dylan, Michael Jackson and others, plus favorites from movies, Broadway, Motown and more! Just like the first Daily Ukulele book, all arrangements feature melody, lyrics and ukulele chord grids in uke-friendly keys. A special "Ukulele 101" section, a chord chart, and vintage ukulele-themed photos round out the fun. Tunes include: Ain't No Sunshine * Anticipation * Bubbly * Calendar Girl * Come Monday * Falling Slowly * Hallelujah * I Got You Babe * Lean on Me * Moondance * Route 66 * Sweet Caroline * We Are the World * Y.M.C.A. and scores more! The Daily Ukulele: Leap Year Edition offers ukulele fun all year long even on February 29th!
Author : Bruce C. Elrod
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 492 pages
Book Rating : 4.F/5 ( download)
Download or read book Your Hit Parade written by Bruce C. Elrod and published by . This book was released on 1985 with total page 492 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
