Títulos en Compositores y músicos

Un ragazzino cicciottello e un po' tarchiato, un adolescente problematico con gli occhiali spessi, un adulto inquieto che paga a caro prezzo il successo, la fama, il denaro, ma soprattutto un grande autore con una voce stupenda. Questo e molto altro è stato George Michael, un artista spesso incompreso e altrettanto frequentemente inserito a forza in categorie che gli stavano strette come un laccio al collo.

Ce livre audio raconte l'histoire d'Elvis Presley, la genèse de ses plus grands hits et plusieurs sujets de réflexion : Les records de ventes battus par Elvis. Sa générosité sans borne. Le chanteur qui a vendu le plus de disques au monde ? Le Colonel Parker a-t-il brisé la carrière d'Elvis ? Pourquoi le Colonel Parker n'a-t-il jamais autorisé Elvis à tourner en Europe ? En rendant visite à Nixon, Elvis a-t-il cherché à devenir un agent de la lutte contre la drogue ?

Schumann representa una de las cimas del romanticismo alemán. Su legado es un precioso conjunto de obras musicales (instrumentales, vocales, corales y numerosos conciertos para piano) que siguen vigentes y constituyen fuente de belleza para todos los seres humanos.

Cuatro años de carrera alcanzaron para convertir a Jimi Hendrix en el símbolo máximo de la guitarra eléctrica en el rock. Fue tiempo suficiente para que pudiera asombrar con actuaciones inolvidables en los escenarios del Monterrey Pop Festival de 1967 y Woodstock 1969, por ejemplo. Junto a su banda The Jimi Hendrix Experience sacó tres discos ampliamente celebrados, de los que salen temas como "Hey Joe", "Foxy lady", "Voodoo child" y "Purple haze".

In February 1969, the Beatles began working on what became their final album together. Abbey Road introduced a number of new techniques and technologies to the Beatles' sound and included "Come Together", "Something", and "Here Comes the Sun", which all emerged as classics. Womack's colorful retelling of how this landmark album was written and recorded is a treat for fans of the Beatles. Solid State takes listeners back to 1969 and into EMI's Abbey Road Studios, which boasted an advanced solid state transistor mixing desk.

The life and death of the legendary lead singer of INXS, as remembered by his sister Tina. He died at only 37, but his fans are legion. INXS singer/songwriter Michael Hutchence was the celebrated front man of a band that was the biggest in the world. Michael's big sister, Tina, adored him from the start. From a 12-year-old holding him in her arms as a newborn, to being his teenage nanny, Tina remained Michael's trusted confidante until his sudden death.

The New York Times Bestseller! After decades of silence, Robyn Crawford, close friend, collaborator, and confidante of Whitney Houston, shares her story. Whitney Houston is as big a superstar as the music business has ever known. She exploded on the scene in 1985 with her debut album and spent...

Steve Blacknell takes listeners through the, at times, gruesome details of his life as an MTV video jock to television presenting while coping with Bulimia, Anorexia, drug addiction through a life of excess. His successes and failures are documented in painful detail with, at times, hilarious outcomes. Steve Blacknell watched his first love achieve worldwide fame, interviewed the cream of the music industry and was present at both the UK and US Live Aid days. His grandest ambitions were almost achieved, but his failures were no less grand. This is a no holds barred memoir.

TAYLOR SWIFT: The Making of a Pop Machine is the real story of how a Pennsylvania girl with a dream became a billion-dollar brand, a streaming superpower, and the most influential artist of her generation. From country roots to stadium dominance. From Kanye interruptions to ten-minute revenge ballads. From Big Machine drama to legal warfare with Taylor’s Versions. From sad songs to supply chains. This isn’t just a pop star biography. It’s a business case study, a cultural timeline, and a reminder that no one weaponized heartbreak better than Taylor Swift.

Este libro es mucho más que la historia de cómo un niño, que rasgaba una escoba imaginando que era una guitarra en la vereda de una de las polvorientas calles de Santa Cruz, se convierte en el líder, cantante y compositor del grupo de música pop más exitoso del Bolivia: Azul Azul. Es mucho más que la historia del compositor del hit La bomba, que sonó en todos los rincones del planeta, y que alcanzó a ser la canción latina número uno del mundo, certificada por la revista Billboard y convertida hoy en un clásico mundial que ha vendido más de 16 millones de copias.

In this new book, authors Matt Richards & Mark Langthorne dig deep to find out exactly who Sir Cliff Richard really is. In profiling his life and career, his success, his relationships and his beliefs, they uncover a man of contradictions: the rock & roller who rejected sex and drugs, the poster boy for Christianity, the public performer who's really a ruthless and calculated businessman, the star who's both a National Treasure and a figure of fun.

After dropping out of college, he became immersed in the colorful world of pool hustlers as he managed the largest pool hall in Chicago. During a stint as a paratrooper early in the Vietnam war, he applied for discharge as a conscientious objector, and lived in San Francisco during 1967's "summer of love." While bumming around Europe the following year, Portnoy heard the blues again on a record by Sonny Boy Williamson and became obsessed with mastering blues harmonica.

An electrifying journey through the history of rock and roll, told through the lives of fifteen iconic drummers and their percussion rivals—from John Bonham and Charlie Watts to Ringo Starr and Questlove. Rock and roll thrives on rhythm, but the drummers who drive that pulse often stay in the...

Selena Quintanilla Pérez nació en 1971 en Lake Jackson, Texas, en una familia de ascendencia mexicana y cheroqui. Su talento para el canto no tardó en revelarse y desde los nueve años formó parte de una banda de música junto con sus hermanos. Desde el restaurante de comida mexicana de su padre hasta los principales escenarios de música, Selena se convirtió en la reina del tex-mex, la música texana. Durante toda su vida reivindicó su mestizaje y sus raíces latinas y norteamericanas.

Primera biografía (autorizada) de Manu Chao, compuesta a la carrera por quien tuvo el raro privilegio de acompañarlo en sus azarosas giras por medio mundo. Durante la mayor parte de un lustro, el escritor, compositor, crítico y periodista británico Peter Culshaw tuvo el raro privilegio (pues a ningún otro cronista le ha sido concedida tal gracia) de acompañar a Manu Chao en su periplo por medio mundo desde el corazón del África sahariana a buena parte de las Américas y, de vuelta ya en el viejo mundo, de Finisterre a los Urales con el empeño de cantar sus gestas.

Singer-songwriter Hayley Gene Penner's memoir takes a brutally honest yet humorous look at the dark, intimate truths we spend our lives running from. Like a map of beautiful mistakes, Hayley’s stories of questionable sexual encounters, artistic aspirations, and emotional abuse trace her coming of age in the music industry.

Lo storico leader e fondatore dei Timoria - pionieri del rock italiano anni Novanta - affida a questo ascolto il racconto di tutto quello che la musica gli ha regalato: incontri, canzoni, occasioni e luoghi che hanno messo in discussione la sua vita, salvandola, tra rivoluzioni, precipizi e svolte. Dopo un difficile intervento al cuore, il terzo, a causa della malattia che lo accompagna da sempre, Omar Pedrini decide di parlare di sé. E lo fa componendo un libro che sembra quasi il film della sua vita, o il suo personalissimo concept album.

Franz Schubert, al escucharlo en un concierto, exclamó: "He oído cantar a un ángel". Rossini lo reverenciaba. Liszt igualmente quedó fascinado al escucharlo. Berlioz lo consideró "único en su especie y fue descrito por un dramaturgo vienés como el "Dios del violín". Pese a todo lo anterior, Niccolò Paganini no fue solamente el ídolo de Europa sino que se convirtió en un mito viviente en su época.

Esta nueva biografía, impactante y reveladora como las anteriores, profundiza en los aspectos más importantes de su vida. Desnuda al ser humano que hay detrás de la leyenda, comparte las claves de su extenso legado musical lleno de anécdotas y complicadas decisiones, así como el bagaje existencial de amor, dolor, amistades, traiciones, heridas familiares, sueños rotos, amargura y esperanza.

Now fully revised and expanded, this new edition of While My Guitar Gently Weeps: The Music of George Harrison is the most comprehensive evaluation of George Harrison's musical career ever published. Treating each of Harrison's songs with unprecedented analysis, author Simon Leng reveals Harrison's eclectic approach – from teenage Nashville twang through Indian raga, psychedelia, gospel, soul, and pure pop – and thoroughly defines Harrison's role in the Beatles.