Rock, Pop & Music Biography

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 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 Illsley / It's a Long Way From Deptford: My Life in Dire Straits (Large Paperback)

 Some bands go huge - only a few stay huge. One of the most successful music acts of all time, Dire Straits have filled stadia around the world. Their album sales number the hundreds of...

John Jobling / U2: The Definitive Biography (Large Paperback)

John Jobling takes readers beyond the myth in this unauthorized biography of U2 to present the first comprehensive account of the illustrious Irish rockers in 25 years.Drawing on extensive...

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 Lydon / Anger is An Energy - My Life Uncensored

This is the definitive autobiography of John Lydon, one of the most recognizable icons in the annals of music history. As Johnny Rotten, he was the lead singer of the Sex Pistols - the world's most...

John Mendelssohn / Gigantic: The Story of Frank Black & The Pixies

The Pixies were a shock to the system. Emerging from their first rehearsal held in a squalid Boston basement, they were soon the toast of the UK and Europe - the new saviours of rock 'n' roll...

John Peel / The Olivetti Chronicles (Hardback)

John Peel, best known for his four decades of music-scene radio broadcasting, was all the while committing his laconic brilliance to paper in articles and reviews. Selections of these writings...

John Reed / House of Fun: The Story of Madness

Madness were true originals who mixed ska and reggae rhythms with social comment and music hall humour to become a British group like no other.They were the most successful UK singles band of the...

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...

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

    This book is second hand, and while you may not get the same publication/version/reprint/edition shown in the picture it will be the same author and title. Removing existing stickers...

Juliet Peel / Michael Bublé : 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...

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...

Karen O'Brien / Hymn to Her - Women Musicians Talk (Large Paperback)

Women Musicians Talk Breaking down stereotypes, the 16 interviews in this book, including ones with Neneh Cherry, Janis Ian, Yoko Ono and Suzanne Vega, give an insight into those women who have...

Keith Richards / Life

   Once-in-a-generation memoir of a rock legend - the No. 1 SUNDAY TIMES bestseller.With the Rolling Stones, Keith Richards created the riffs, the lyrics and the songs that roused the...

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)

    This book is second hand, and while you may not get the same publication/version/reprint/edition shown in the picture it will be the same author and title. Removing existing stickers...

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...

Leon Hendrix , Adam Mitchell / Jimi Hendrix: A Brother's Story (Hardback)

 More than forty years after his death, Jimi Hendrix—recently named the greatest guitarist of all time by Rolling Stone magazine—continues to inspire fans. Many have...

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...

Lesley-Ann Jones / Bohemian Rhapsody : The Definitive Biography of Freddie Mercury

 *** ***THE TRUE STORY BEHIND THE OSCAR-WINNING, GOLDEN-GLOBE-WINNING FILM.'Exactly the sort of tribute Mercury himself would have wanted'Spectator'No one has captured better than Lesley-Ann...

Lesley-Ann Jones / Freddie Mercury - The Life and Loves of Freddie Mercury.(Large Paperback)

Love Of My Life.  The Life and Loves of Freddie Mercury. If you are one of the many millions who watched the Oscar-winning film Bohemian Rhapsody you may suppose that Mary Austin was the love of...

Lily Allen / My Thoughts Exactly : The No.1 Bestseller (Large Paperback)

 THE NUMBER ONE SUNDAY TIMES BESTSELLERShortlisted for the Specsavers National Book Awards 2018'Raw, beautiful' Dolly Alderton'Unflinching, unputdownable' Guardian'Witty, dark, devastating'...

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...

Louisa Jepson / Harry Styles: Every Piece of Me

Harry Styles is 1/5 of the global boy band sensation that is One Direction. Made up of bandmates Liam Payne, Zayn Malik, Niall Horan, Louis Tomlinson and Harry himself, 1D came to prominence in...

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...

Majella O'Donnell / It's All in the Head (Large Paperback)

In September 2013, on the Late Late Showin front of an audience of more than half a million, Majella O'Donnell had her hair shaved off and raised a phenomenal 600,000 euros for the Irish Cancer...

Marc Shapiro / All Things Must Pass (Large Paperback)

George Harrison was always known as the 'quiet Beatle' As part of the biggest band in pop history, he took a back seat to Paul McCartney and John Lennon, but his talent shone through in the...

Mariah Carey / The Meaning of Mariah Carey (Large Paperback)

 The global icon, award-winning singer, songwriter, producer, actress, mother, daughter, sister, storyteller and artist finally tells the unfiltered story of her life in The Meaning of Mariah...

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 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 Blake / Pigs Might Fly: The Inside Story of Pink Floyd

Incorporating more than 100 new and exclusive interviews, this definitive guide covers Pink Floyd from their Cambridge beginnings in the early 1960s to their...

Mark Blake / Queen - The Untold Story

Based on new interviews and eyewitness testimonies—from former producers and managers, ex-girlfriends and ex-boyfriends--Is This the Real Life? is the first behind-the scenes narrative biography...

Mark Chatterton / U2: The Complete Encyclopedia (Coffee Table Book)

While other bands have fallen by the way side, Bono’s U2 have continued to reinvent from early punk origins to the rootsy rock and soul of Rattle and Hum; from the postmodern pop of Zooropa to...

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...

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...

Max Cavalera / My Bloody Roots (Large Paperback)

  My Bloody Roots is the brutally honest story of life in two of the world's best-known heavy metal bands, Sepultura and Soulfly, by one of the global metal scene's most respected musicians...

Melanie Chisholm / Who I Am (Large Paperback)

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...

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...

Michael Eric Dyson / Know What I Mean? Reflections On Hip Hop (Hardback)

Whether along race, class or generational lines, hip-hop music has been a source of controversy since the beats got too big and the voices too loud for the block parties that spawned them. America...

Michael Heatley / Dave Grohl : Nothing to Lose

 Updated through the Foo Fighters "Greatest Hits," this guide to his career places the singer/guitarist/drummer in the context of contemporaries and musical styles that have influenced him Dave...

Michael Heatley / Elton John: The Life and Music of a Legendary Performer (Coffee Table Book)

Recounts his life and work from his boyhood as Reg Dwight to his tribute to Princess Diana, and describes his relationship with the lyricist Bernie Taupin, his troubles with alcohol, drugs, and...

Michael Heatley / John Peel : A Life in Music (Hardback)

    This book is second hand, and while you may not get the same publication/version/reprint/edition shown in the picture it will be the same author and title. Removing existing stickers...

Michael Jackson / Moonwalk

Moonwalk is the only book about his life that Michael Jackson ever wrote. It chronicles his humble beginnings in the Midwest, his early days with the Jackson 5, and his unprecedented solo...

Michael Jackson / Moonwalk (Large Paperback)

A rerelease of the popular autobiography of the 'King of Pop' features a new introduction and afterword, in a book where the author discusses his fame, his first love, his plastic surgery and his...