Rock, Pop & Music Biography

Irwin Stambler / The Encyclopedia of Pop, Rock and Soul (Hardback)

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J. Randy Taraborrelli / Becoming Beyonce : The Untold Story (Hardback)

 She's adored by her millions of fans, writes and performs songs that move and inspire, but Beyonce is truly known by very few. Now highly acclaimed biographer J. Randy Taraborrelli reveals the...

J. Randy Taraborrelli / Becoming Beyonce : The Untold Story

   Insightful and entertaining, Becoming Beyonce: The Untold Story is the first authoritative biography of the most famous woman in the world today and a must-have for the 'Bey Hive'.She's...

J. Randy Taraborrelli / Diana Ross: An Unaithorized Biography (Hardback)

The bestselling author of "Call Her Miss Ross, " J. Randy Taraborrelli knows and understands Diana better than any other writer and tells her story in vivid detail in a no-holds-barred page-turning...

J. Randy Taraborrelli / Madonna : An Intimate Biography (Hardback)

 Whereas other books about Madonna have been based on previously published material, this biography is the result of ten years of exclusive interviews with people who are speaking publicly for...

Jake Brown / AC/DC in the Studio (Hardback)

AC/DC in the Studio: The Stories Behind Every Album Jake Brown     Exclusive interviews with producers and engineers and extensive commentary from band members on...

James Ball / Should I Stay Or Should I Go? (Hardback)

They're some of the most famous questions ever asked. But do you know the answer to them? In Should I Stay or Should I Go?, award-winning journalist James Ball travels from the economic status of...

James Kirkwood Jr. / A Chorus Line: The Complete Book of the Musical (Hardback)

It is hard to believe that over 25 years have passed since A Chorus Line first electrified a New York audience. The memories of the show's birth in 1975, not to mention those of its 15-year-life and...

James Rhodes / Instrumental: A Memoir of Madness, Medication and Music (Hardback)

James Rhodes' passion for music has been his absolute lifeline. It has been the thread that has held him together through a life that has encompassed abuse, breakdown and addiction. Listening to...

Joe Shooman / Trivium - The Mark of Perseverance (Large Paperback)

 The four members of Florida-based metal phenomenon Trivium have shaken the world of heavy metal since their inception in 2000 - yet this group of regular kids from Orlando had to work harder...

johan Bakker / Behind The Rainbow: The Tragic Life of Eva Cassidy : The Tragic Life of EVA Cassidy (Hardback)

  Eva Cassidy's story if one of the most compelling and poignant in recent music history. In this thoughtful and probing biography Johan Bakker re-evaluates her brief performing career and...

John Collis / Van Morrison (Hardback)

 This biography provides an insight into Van Morrison's 25-album-strong career and includes full discography and 30 carefully researched photographs. After three decades, Van Morrison has become...

John Cussans / Bruce Springsteen: The Illustrated Biography (Large Paperback)

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John Harris - Hail! Hail! Rock'n'Roll: The Ultimate Guide to the Music, the Myths and the Madness (Hardback)

This amusing miscellany delves into hundreds of interesting corners of rock 'n' roll history, from Keith Moon's drum kit set- up to the relative quality of ex-Beatles' solo albums...

John L. Williams / Miss Shirley Bassey (Large Paperback)

 From 'Hot from Harlem' to 'Goldfinger', the story of how a two-bit jazz singer from Cardiff became an immortal icon.     All of our books are second hand, and while you may not get...

John Waters / Race of Angels: Ireland and the Genesis of U2 (Large Paperback)

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Johnny Cash / Cash - The Autobiography

 This fascinating autobiography of the country music legend recounts the highs and lows, the struggles and hard-won triumphs of his remarkable life. The story takes us from Johnny Cash's...

Johnny Marr / Set the Boy Free

 The Sunday Times Bestseller and Winner of the NME Best Book Award 2017Few groups have had a bigger impact than The Smiths and few musicians are as celebrated as Johnny Marr. He is an icon who...

Jonathan Cott / Dylan on Dylan (Large Paperback)

Bob Dylan: The Essential Interviews charts Dylan's public transformation, from the early sixties to the present day, as he repeatedly re-creates himself. Dylan expert and longtime Rolling Stone...

Jonathan Lethem, Paul Bresnick / Da Capo Best Music Writing 2002 (Large Paperback)

It's the third and latest volume in the series that you have come to rely upon for your music-reading fix. The 2002 volume will celebrate the year's best writing about music and its culture, as...

Jonathan Maitland / Eva Cassidy: Songbird - By Those Who Knew Her Authorised by Hugh and Barbara Cassidy (Coffee Table Book)

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Jools Holland / Barefaced Lies and Boogie-woogie Boasts (Hardback)

 The marvellously witty memoir by Britain's most popular pianist and bandleader. Jools Holland has had a fascinating life. From playing on bomb sites as a boy in South East London, to skiving...

Juliet Peel / Michael Buble : The Biography

Michael Bublé is an international singing sensation. Since his debut in 2003, he has sold 18 million albums, won numerous awards (including a Grammy), reached the top 10 in the UK charts with his...

June Skinner Sawyers / Tougher Than the Rest - The 100 Best Bruce Springsteen Songs (Large Paperback)

Tougher Than the Rest: 100 Best Bruce Springsteen Songs   June Skinner Sawyers, Christopher Phillips (Foreword)     Simply put, Bruce Springsteen is the...

Justin Bieber / First Step 2 Forever: My Story (Coffee Table Book)

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Justin Bieber: Just Getting Started (Coffee Table Book)

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Karen Farrington / The Music, Songs, & Instruments of Ireland (Coffee Table Book)

Throughout the centuries the allure of the Emerald Isle has spread far and wide through the joyful melodies and haunting refrains of its music. In recent years Irish music, in its many forms, has...

Keith Richards / Life: Keith Richards (Hardback)

With the Rolling Stones, Keith Richards created the riffs, the lyrics and the songs that roused the world, and over four decades he lived the original rock and roll life: taking the chances he...

Kurt Cobain / Journals (Coffee Table Book)

Kurt Cobain filled dozens of notebooks with lyrics, drawings and writings about his plans for Nirvana and his thoughts about fame, the state of music and the people who bought and sold him and his...

Kyran O'Brien / Oh Boyz! : The New Boyzone Book (Coffee Table Book)

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Laura Jackson / Bono : The Biography (Hardback)

  U2's lead singer, Bono, has been one of rock music's biggest stars since the 1980s. This biography gives an insight into his life and music, as well as his strong social conscience and...

Leona Lewis / Dreams (Coffee Table Book)

Winning X Factor was amazing. I didn't even think I'd get through the first audition, so I just couldn't believe it when I kept getting further and further. I really didn't expect to win.I just feel...

Lisa Peters / Celine Dion : The Complete Biography (Hardback)

  Born the youngest of 14 children, into a poor French Canadian family, Celine Dion began to sing at the age of five, soon she was a child star spending most of her teenage years on stage...

Liz Evans / Women, Sex and Rock 'n' Roll - In Their Own Words(Large Paperback)

This collection of interviews with notable women performers from the rock world focuses on both new performers with a more radical approach and the more established, but still progressive, artists...

Louis Walsh / Louis Walsh's Fast Track To Fame (Coffee Table Book)

X-Factor judge, Louis Walsh, has managed acts such as Westlife, Girls Aloud, Shayne Ward and G4. He formerly steered Boyzone to chart topping success and also propelled Ronan Keating to solo...

Luciano Pavarotti / Pavarotti : My World (Hardback)

   The operatic tenor Luciano Pavarotti has attained the kind of superstardom usually only reached by film and pop stars. He is the most celebrated tenor today, his concerts attended by...

Malcolm Croft / Shawn Mendes: Ultimate Fan Book (Coffee Table Book)

The first—and the ultimate—illustrated hardcover dedicated to the singer who’s causing a worldwide fan frenzy.With every album he releases, excitement over Shawn Mendes’s work...

Malcolm MacKenzie / The Taylor Swift Book (Coffee Table Book)

The Ultimate Guide to the Music, Life, Eras, and Legacy of an Icon The Taylor Book is the ultimate guide to a generation-defining pop sensation, packed with stunning images and all the context...

Marc Eliot / Paul Simon: A Life (Hardback)

The definitive biography of legendary singer-songwriter Paul Simon. Paul Simon, one of the country's most popular musicians, has been a dynamic creative force for more than half a century. Now...

Marcus Connaughton / Rory Gallagher : His Life and Times (Hardback)

  Rory Gallagher (1948-1995) is a hero and icon of rock music. Contemporaries, road crew, family and friends contribute to this compelling testament to the musical life of a legendary rock...

Mariah Carey, Michaela Angela Davis / The Meaning of Mariah Carey (Hardback)

 It took me a lifetime to have the courage and the clarity to write my memoir. I want to tell the story of the moments - the ups and downs, the triumphs and traumas, the debacles and the dreams,...

Marie Clayton / Elvis Presley: Unseen Archives (Coffee Table Book)

Elvis Presley: The Unseen Archives charts the life and achievements of the boy from Tupelo, Mississippi, from the first taste of fame in the early 1950s to his untimely death in 1977. Over...

Marie Osmond & Marcia Wilkie / Might As Well Laugh About It Now (Hardback)

Recollections, wisdom, and advice from the beloved entertainer, American icon, mother of eight children, and New York Times bestselling author.When the Donny and Marie show ended...

Mark Beaumont / Jay-Z: The King of America (Hardback)

Author Mark Beaumont met and interviewed Jay Z in 2009 and many quotes from that interview feature in this biography. Also included are interviews with Kanye West, Chris Martin, Busta...

Mark Ellen / Rock Stars Stole My Life! (Hardback)

In a sodden tent at a '70s festival, the teenage Mark Ellen had a dream. He dreamt that music was a rich meadow of possibility, a liberating leap to a sparkling future, an industry of human...

Mark F. Dewitt / Roots Music (Coffee Table Book)

When we talk about roots music, what do we mean and what is at stake? Ethnomusicologist Mark F. DeWitt delves into these questions in an introductory bibliographic essay and selects twenty-one...

Mark Ribowsky / He's a Rebel: Phil Spector (Large Paperback)

 Phil Spector created the "wall of sound," produced the Beatles' last record, persuaded the Ramones to go "pop," made the Righteous Brothers sound respectable, and was a millionaire by the age...

Martin Roach / The Virgin Book of British Hit Singles (Coffee Table Book)

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Mary Byrne / This Is My Life (Large Paperback)

 From a Tesco check-out to the X Factor stage ... Mary Byrne has lived every undiscovered singer's dream.With a voice of pure gold, Mary Byrne took X Factor by storm. Millions tuned in each week...

Mary Coughlan / Bloody Mary: My Story (Large Paperback)

Since she rose to international fame in 1985 with her seminal Irish jazz album Tired and Emotional, Mary Coughlan's battles with addiction, the problems in her personal life and career have been...

Matt Cardle / My Story (Coffee Table Book)

In those weeks following the audition I'd started to think that maybe I could do well in the competition, and even to see beyond bootcamp and what doing well could mean. I knew I never wanted to go...

Melanie Chisholm / Who I Am: My Story (Hardback)

 For the first time ever, Melanie C, aka Sporty Spice, tells her amazing life story in her own words and gives a full and honest account of what life was really like in The Spice Girls.I never...