SHE BOP: The Definitive History of Women in Popular Music
Revised and Updated 25th Anniversary Edition. Englische Originalausgabe/Original English Edition.
Revised and Updated 25th Anniversary Edition. Englische Originalausgabe/Original English Edition.
A memoir from Skin, lead singer of rock band Skunk Anansie.
A pioneering biography re-evaluating the life and legacy of transcendent musician Karen Carpenter.
A pioneering biography re-evaluating the life and legacy of transcendent musician Karen Carpenter.
Fully revised and updated with fresh interviews and a striking new cover to celebrate its 25th anniversary, She Bop is the definitive in-depth study of women in popular music.
Material Girl . . . Immaculate sexpot . . . Superstar . . . Mother . . . Kabbalah enthusiast . . . For three decades she has defied categorization. . . . She remains one of our greatest living pop icons. Here is the groundbreaking biography that finally solves the mystery at the heart of Madonna's chameleonlike existence. Drawing upon scores of candid interviews with producers, musicians, collaborators, lovers, and friends, Lucy O'Brien's Madonna: Like an Icon explores the complex personality and legendary drive that have made Madonna the most famous female pop artist of our time. From her mother's premature death to Madonna's dynamic arrival on the New York club scene, from "Like a Virgin" to Evita and beyond, every stage of this dazzling star's life and career is brilliantly illuminated—the stereotypes deconstructed, the lies exposed, the artist examined, the legend celebrated.
The story of Dusty Springfield from the people who knew her, from her troubled childhood to 60s mod queen and enduring pop music icon.