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Author : David Stafford
Release : 2018
Genre : Electronic books
Kind : eBook
Book Rating : 747/5 ( reviews)
Book Synopsis Halfway to Paradise: The Life of Billy Fury by : David Stafford
Download or read book Halfway to Paradise: The Life of Billy Fury written by David Stafford. This book was released on 2018. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Author : Tony Orlando
Release : 2003-11-08
Genre : Biography & Autobiography
Kind : eBook
Book Rating : 127/5 ( reviews)
Book Synopsis Halfway to Paradise by : Tony Orlando
Download or read book Halfway to Paradise written by Tony Orlando. This book was released on 2003-11-08. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: He's known the world over for his heyday with Dawn, but that glittering 1970's whirl was just one chapter in Tony Orlando's rich life. Orlando began his showbiz career as a teen heartthrob with the single "Halfway to Paradise" and had a second successful act as a record company A&R man before he was lured back into the limelight as a performer. Fans from the l960s to the present day have loved his voice, his stage presence and his hits, like "Knock Three Times" and "Tie a Yellow Ribbon 'Round the Old Oak Tree." Now, Tony has written an autobiography as warm and heartfelt as his songs. Halfway to Paradise is rich with stories from the music world-from doo wop to the disco era, from early recording with Gerry Goffin and Carole King to recent concerts in Branson, Missouri and across the United States. It's also full of behind-the-scenes detail of how it felt to be at the top of the entertainment heap-with his #1-rated CBS show, Tony's life in front of and behind the camera was grand, but sometimes not all it seemed. Orlando succumbed to one of the familiar antidotes to the pressures of a big life: drug use, with its predictable toll on family and friendships. And even as his career was soaring, he was unable to save his best friend Freddie Prinze from a fatal downward spiral. With a return to roots-and to the close-knit family that has always sustained him-Tony restored the order and creativity that have allowed him to thrive through four decades of exuberant entertaining. Halfway to Paradise is a wise, funny and spirited life story, and a must-read memoir for fans.
Author : Michael Parkinson
Release : 2021-03-26
Genre : Biography & Autobiography
Kind : eBook
Book Rating : 314/5 ( reviews)
Book Synopsis Amazing Audition by : Michael Parkinson
Download or read book Amazing Audition written by Michael Parkinson. This book was released on 2021-03-26. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This hugely different biography starts with the Amazing Audition that propelled Billy Fury from unknown to pop star. Marty Wilde discloses new poignant information, Michael Parkinson describes promoting Billy Fury Shows with 200 dancers and narrators. Robert worked with young Ronald Wycherley who showed songs that he was writing. Ann used her artistic ability to become a friend. Avril accommodated Billy, Marty and other performers at no charge because they were so badly paid. Christine watched filming of ‘Ive Gotta Horse’. Colin Paul is a tribute singer with a big story. Billy visited Marion in hospital leading to a lifelong friendship. Myra writes a heart wrenching story of male jealousy. Pauline became a dedicated fan club worker. Peter has produced a guitar instrumental tribute to Billy. Sandra describes meeting Billy Fury when she was 15 and wrote about his shyness. One hundred and twenty pictures accompany the stories to make this a very interesting compilation.
Author : Alwyn W. Turner
Release : 2008-10-01
Genre : Music
Kind : eBook
Book Rating : 538/5 ( reviews)
Book Synopsis Halfway to Paradise by : Alwyn W. Turner
Download or read book Halfway to Paradise written by Alwyn W. Turner. This book was released on 2008-10-01. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: From the emergence of Bill Haley and his Comets to the meteoric rise of the Beatles and the Rolling Stones, Halfway to Paradise is an extraordinary photographic tribute to the forces that invented rock. From the 1950s until the early 1960s, photographer Harry Hammond's camera captured rock 'n' roll's most famous names--The Beatles, Elvis Presley, Buddy Holly, Roy Orbison, Jerry Lee Lewis, the Animals, Dusty Springfield, and many other icons. Now, from the legendary Harry Hammond Archive comes this exciting collection of 250 previously unpublished photographs of British and American musicians. Alwyn W. Turner captures the energy of this explosive period in music history as he tells the story of Britain's embrace--and sometime domination--of rock 'n' roll.
Author : K. Gildart
Release : 2013-10-16
Genre : History
Kind : eBook
Book Rating : 255/5 ( reviews)
Book Synopsis Images of England Through Popular Music by : K. Gildart
Download or read book Images of England Through Popular Music written by K. Gildart. This book was released on 2013-10-16. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Drawing on archival sources and oral testimony, Keith Gildart examines the ways in which popular music played an important role in reflecting and shaping social identities and working-class cultures and - through a focus on rock 'n' roll, rhythm & blues, punk, mod subculture, and glam rock - created a sense of crisis in English society.
