They called Michael Jackson the "King of Pop". He outsold Elvis and every other performer of the past fifty years. His story is one of success, heartbreak and loneliness: extreme highs and terrible ……続きを見る
Welcome to another in the Legends of Rock & Roll series.
This is, like the others, a mini-biography of one the greatest performers in the music world. This time, I highlight a British performer who ……続きを見る
Rick Nelson (known as Ricky in his younger years) started out playing himself in the "Adventures of Ozzie and Harriet" TV show in the Fifties and Sixties. He then discovered Rock and Roll and found ……続きを見る
I have resisted writing about Elvis Presley ever since I started this project. This is the 27th book in what is so-far, three different series of books. How can you write about the legends of rock a……続きを見る
Bobby Darin was one of the great performers of the Fifties and Sixties. He started as a rock and roller and ended up on the same level as greats like Frank Sinatra. He married one of the heart throb……続きを見る
"It's All About the Music!"
Welcome to another in the Legends of Rock & Roll series.
This is, like the others, a mini-biography of one the greatest of American performers and bands, Bruce Springstee……続きを見る
“At the end of the day, it was and still is about the music.” - Don Henley
Welcome to another in the Legends of Rock & Roll series.
The Legends of Rock & Roll series is about the music we have liste……続きを見る
Billy Joel is one of the very best performers and song writers of the past 40 years. He has published an enormous amount of work on record, CD and DVD. His music defines a generation.
Billy Joel was……続きを見る
Chuck Berry is known as “the Father of Rock and Roll”. Without Chuck Berry, rock and roll would have been very different. He is its greatest songwriter, one of its greatest guitar players and one of……続きを見る
Before there was Prince, before there was Michael Jackson, before even the Beatles there was Little Richard, a true Rock and Roll trailblazer.
It seems like everybody in Rock and Roll has a title. J……続きを見る
Jerry Lee Lewis, also known as “The Killer”, and the “Ferriday Fireball” had a tumultuous career. Is there an early rock and roller who had the energy he had, who could play (or pound) a piano with ……続きを見る
Neil Diamond began his career in the Sixties. He started as a songwriter. He grew his career from songwriter to singer to major recording artist to international star. He has withstood the changes i……続きを見る
Roy Orbison had one of the best voices in pop music. It was a forceful, almost operatic bel canto tenor that is unlike anyone else in music. When you hear a Roy Orbison song, you almost immediately ……続きを見る
"It's All About the Music!"
Welcome to another in the Legends of Rock & Roll series.
This is, like the others, a mini-biography of one the greatest performers, The Bee Gees.
I love the music of the ……続きを見る
Everyone knows that Aretha Franklin is the Queen of Soul. Growing up in Detroit, she was the daughter of one of the most charismatic evangelists in the city. So, you would think she would become a g……続きを見る
Donna Summer seemingly rose from nowhere to become the Queen of Disco in the Seventies. She recorded the sexy song that could only be played after midnight, "Love to Love You, Baby" and became an ov……続きを見る
“If we all could sound like we wanted to, we'd all sound like George Jones.” - Waylon Jennings
This is the second in the "Legends of Country Music" series.
This does for Country Music what "The Lege……続きを見る
Garth Brooks has been certified one of the bestselling artists in history. In the United States, he is third, only behind Elvis Presley and The Beatles. That includes all types of music, not just co……続きを見る
You've seen the movie, now get the rest of the story.
This book is about the music.
James Brown has had more of an influence on the music we listen to today than almost anyone else. He grew up in ab……続きを見る
The Jackson family started out in a humble four room home in Gary, Indiana. But, due to the persistence and drive of their father, a group of singers known as the Jackson Five became the leading per……続きを見る
Welcome to Volume 2 in the Legends of Soul series.
If you have read any of The Legends of Rock & Roll series, this is similar, except I am spotlighting artists who perform primarily in the genre of ……続きを見る
"What a long, strange trip it's been."
Welcome to another in the Legends of Rock & Roll series.
The Legends of Rock & Roll series is about the music we have listened to over the past fifty years. Th……続きを見る
Legends of Rock & Roll: The Monkees
“Hey, Hey, We’re the Monkees!” Who doesn’t remember those famous words?
This is another in the series of tributes to rock and roll heroes of the past and present.……続きを見る
Reba McEntire started out singing for the rodeos that came near her Oklahoma home. She had a dream of singing for everyone, one which she fulfilled beyond her wildest expectations.
Once her talent w……続きを見る
Is there anyone in this country who has not heard of Madonna. The superstar with one name has come from a normal childhood in Michigan to a star
of unequaled prominence.
She is, unquestionably, the ……続きを見る
The Beatles are arguably, the greatest band of the rock and roll era and perhaps of all time. They struggled to get started,
having several personnel changes and name changes over the first two or t……続きを見る
The Everly Brothers were one of the most important and influential of the early rock and roll bands. They set the standard high with close two-part harmonies and were the first of the rockers who co……続きを見る
This is a love letter. I love the music of the Fifties. Actually, I love the music of the Sixties and Seventies, etc. as well, but the Fifties have always been my favorite. I hope that love comes th……続きを見る
Connie Francis is the biggest selling female performer of them all. Having sold in excess of 100 million albums and who knows how many singles, she made her mark on the music of the Fifties and of t……続きを見る
Buddy Holly lived a short life, killed at the age of 22 while touring in the mid-west in the middle of a freezing winter in 1959. That day is called "The Day the Music Died", but the music never rea……続きを見る
