The Life and Times of Little Richard
Author | : Charles White |
Publisher | : |
Total Pages | : 0 |
Release | : 1985 |
ISBN-10 | : 0330302817 |
ISBN-13 | : 9780330302814 |
Rating | : 4/5 (17 Downloads) |
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Author | : Charles White |
Publisher | : |
Total Pages | : 0 |
Release | : 1985 |
ISBN-10 | : 0330302817 |
ISBN-13 | : 9780330302814 |
Rating | : 4/5 (17 Downloads) |
Author | : Mark Ribowsky |
Publisher | : Diversion Books |
Total Pages | : 253 |
Release | : 2020-08-25 |
ISBN-10 | : 9781635767230 |
ISBN-13 | : 1635767237 |
Rating | : 4/5 (30 Downloads) |
“This entertaining, fast-paced biography” of the legendary singer-songwriter “will thrill fans of Little Richard and early rock and roll” (Publishers Weekly). Richard Wayne Penniman, known to the world as Little Richard, blazed the trail for generations of musicians: The Beatles, James Brown, the Everly Brothers, Jimi Hendrix, the Rolling Stones, Elton John, Prince . . . the list seems endless. He was “The Originator,” “The Innovator,” and the self-anointed “King and Queen of Rock ’n’ Roll.” In The Big Life of Little Richard, Mark Ribowsky shares the raucous story of his life from early childhood in Macon, Georgia, to his death in 2020. Ribowsky, acclaimed biographer of musical icons―including the Supremes, the Temptations, Stevie Wonder, and Otis Redding―takes readers through venues, gigs, and studios, conveying the sweaty energy of music sessions limited to a few tracks on an Ampex tape machine and vocals sung along with a live band. He explores Little Richard’s musicianship; his family life; his uphill battle against racism; his interactions with famous contemporaries and the media; and his lifelong inner conflict between his religion and his sexuality. By 2020, eighty-seven-year-old Little Richard’s electrifying smile was still intact, as were his bona fides as rock’s royal architect: the ’50s defined his reign, and he extended elder statesmanship ever since. The Big Life of Little Richard not only explores a legendary stage persona, but also a complex life under the makeup and pomade
Author | : David Kirby |
Publisher | : A&C Black |
Total Pages | : 226 |
Release | : 2009-11-02 |
ISBN-10 | : 9780826429650 |
ISBN-13 | : 0826429653 |
Rating | : 4/5 (50 Downloads) |
Looks at the life and career of the rock and roll legend.
Author | : Charles White |
Publisher | : Omnibus Press |
Total Pages | : 215 |
Release | : 2003-06-14 |
ISBN-10 | : 9781783230143 |
ISBN-13 | : 1783230142 |
Rating | : 4/5 (43 Downloads) |
When Little Richard burst onto the scene in the early 1950s, he sounded like nothing on earth. Drenched in sweat, screaming, hollering and pumping his piano, he made all who followed soud tame. His stage act was so explosive that for years people assumed the real man could never match the flamboyant public image. Here comes Charles White's sensational book exposing the even more astonishing life and times of Richard Wayne Penniman from Macon, Georgia. Illustrated with pictures from Little Richard's own archive and including a comprehensive discography.
Author | : Keith Richards |
Publisher | : Little, Brown |
Total Pages | : 451 |
Release | : 2010-10-26 |
ISBN-10 | : 9780316128568 |
ISBN-13 | : 0316128562 |
Rating | : 4/5 (68 Downloads) |
The long-awaited autobiography of Keith Richards, guitarist, songwriter, singer, and founding member of the Rolling Stones. With The Rolling Stones, Keith Richards created the songs that roused the world, and he lived the original rock and roll life. Now, at last, the man himself tells his story of life in the crossfire hurricane. Listening obsessively to Chuck Berry and Muddy Waters records, learning guitar and forming a band with Mick Jagger and Brian Jones. The Rolling Stones's first fame and the notorious drug busts that led to his enduring image as an outlaw folk hero. Creating immortal riffs like the ones in "Jumping Jack Flash" and "Honky Tonk Women." His relationship with Anita Pallenberg and the death of Brian Jones. Tax exile in France, wildfire tours of the U.S., isolation and addiction. Falling in love with Patti Hansen. Estrangement from Jagger and subsequent reconciliation. Marriage, family, solo albums and Xpensive Winos, and the road that goes on forever. With his trademark disarming honesty, Keith Richard brings us the story of a life we have all longed to know more of, unfettered, fearless, and true.
Author | : Richard S. Tedlow |
Publisher | : Penguin |
Total Pages | : 612 |
Release | : 2007 |
ISBN-10 | : 1591841828 |
ISBN-13 | : 9781591841821 |
Rating | : 4/5 (28 Downloads) |
Brilliant, brave, and willing to defy conventional wisdom, Andy Grove, the CEO of Intel during its years of explosive growth, is on the shortlist of America's most admired businesspeople. Grove gave Tedlow unprecedented access to his private papers, along with wide-ranging interviews and access to friends and key business associates. The result is not just a life story but a fascinating analysis of how Grove attacks problems. Born a Hungarian Jew in 1936, András István Gróf survived the Nazis only to face the Soviet invasion of his country. He fled to America at age twenty, studied engineering, and arrived in Silicon Valley just in time to become the third employee of Intel. As talented as he was as an engineer, Grove became an even better manager. Tedlow shows us exactly how the penniless immigrant taught himself to lead a major corporation through some of the toughest challenges in the history of business.--From publisher description.
Author | : Hazel Rowley |
Publisher | : University of Chicago Press |
Total Pages | : 645 |
Release | : 2008-02-15 |
ISBN-10 | : 9780226730387 |
ISBN-13 | : 0226730387 |
Rating | : 4/5 (87 Downloads) |
Skillfully interweaving quotations from Wright's writings, Rowley portrays a man who transcended the times in which he lived and sought to reconcile opposing cultures in his work. In this lively, finely crafted narrative, Wright--passionate, complex, courageous, and flawed--comes vibrantly to life. Two 8-page photo inserts.
Author | : Anthony Cheetham |
Publisher | : Weidenfeld & Nicolson |
Total Pages | : 224 |
Release | : 1992 |
ISBN-10 | : 0297831674 |
ISBN-13 | : 9780297831679 |
Rating | : 4/5 (74 Downloads) |
Concise account, placing the life of Richard III in its historical context
Author | : David Kirby |
Publisher | : Bloomsbury Publishing USA |
Total Pages | : 167 |
Release | : 2010-06-01 |
ISBN-10 | : 9781441174369 |
ISBN-13 | : 1441174362 |
Rating | : 4/5 (69 Downloads) |
A brilliant new biography of the extraordinary, outrageous performer who helped open the floodgates of Rock 'n' Roll. In June, 2007, Little Richard's 1955 Specialty Records single, "Tutti Frutti," topped Mojo magazine's list of "100 Records That Changed the World." But back in the early 1950s, nobody gave Little Richard a second glance. It was a time in America where the black and white worlds had co-existed separately for nearly two centuries. After "Tutti Frutti," Little Richard began garnering fans from both sides of the civil rights divide. He brought black and white youngsters together on the dance floor and even helped to transform race relations. Little Richard: The Birth of Rock 'n' Roll begins by grounding the reader in the fertile soil from which Little Richard's music sprang. In Macon, Georgia, David Kirby interviews relatives and local characters, who knew Little Richard way back when, citing church and family as his true inspiration. His antics began as early as grade school, performing for his classmates every time the teacher would leave the room, connecting to an age-old American show biz tradition of charade and flummery. On the road, Little Richard faced competition from his peers, honing his stage show and making it, too, an act that could not be counterfeited. Kirby sees Little Richard as a foxy warrior, fighting with skill and cunning to take his place among the greats. In the words of Keith Richards (on hearing "Tutti Frutti" for the first time), "it was as though the world changed suddenly from monochrome to Technicolor." Those sentiments have consistently been echoed by the music-listening world, and the time is ripe for a reassessment of Little Richard's genius and legacy.
Author | : Richard A. Lertzman |
Publisher | : Simon and Schuster |
Total Pages | : 624 |
Release | : 2015-10-20 |
ISBN-10 | : 9781501100987 |
ISBN-13 | : 150110098X |
Rating | : 4/5 (87 Downloads) |
A definitive biography of the iconic actor and Hollywood legend Mickey Rooney (1920-2014) and his extravagant, sometimes tawdry life, drawing on exclusive interviews, and with those who knew him best, including his heretofore unknown mistress of sixty years. “I lived like a rock star,” said Mickey Rooney. “I had all I ever wanted, from Lana Turner and Joan Crawford to every starlet in Hollywood, and then some. They were mine to have. Ava [Gardner] was the best. I screwed up my life. I pissed away millions. I was #1, the biggest star in the world.” Mickey Rooney began his career almost a century ago as a one-year-old performer in burlesque and stamped his mark in vaudeville, silent films, talking films, Broadway, and television. He acted in his final motion picture just weeks before he died at age ninety-three. He was an iconic presence in movies, the poster boy for American youth in the idyllic small-town 1930s. Yet, by World War II, Mickey Rooney had become frozen in time. A perpetual teenager in an aging body, he was an anachronism by the time he hit his forties. His child-star status haunted him as the gilded safety net of Hollywood fell away, and he was forced to find support anywhere he could, including affairs with beautiful women, multiple marriages, alcohol, and drugs. In The Life and Times of Mickey Rooney, authors Richard A. Lertzman and William J. Birnes present Mickey’s nearly century-long career within the context of America's changing entertainment and social landscape. They chronicle his life story using little-known interviews with the star himself, his children, his former coauthor Roger Kahn, collaborator Arthur Marx, and costar Margaret O’Brien. This Old Hollywood biography presents Mickey Rooney from every angle, revealing the man Laurence Olivier once dubbed “the best there has ever been.”