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Author
Publisher
Little, Brown and Company
Pub. Date
2015.
Language
English
Formats
Description
The author of Last Train to Memphis brings us the life of Sam Phillips, the visionary genius who singlehandedly steered the revolutionary path of Sun Records. The music that Phillips shaped in his tiny Memphis studio, with artists as diverse as Elvis Presley, B.B. King, Howlin' Wolf, Jerry Lee Lewis, Ike Turner, and Johnny Cash, introduced a sound that had never been heard before. He brought forth a singular mix of black and white voices unabashedly...
Author
Publisher
Harper, an imprint of HarperCollins Publishers Inc
Pub. Date
[2016]
Language
English
Description
Over the last three decades, one music producer and record man has transformed the business, discovering and producing some of the greatest acts in pop music history, including Toni Braxton, Kanye West, Rihanna, TLC, Outkast, Mariah Carey, Pink, Justin Bieber, and Usher. At the helm of four celebrated and innovative music labels--LaFace, Arista, Island Def Jam, and Epic--LA Reid set his sights on finding one star after the next, and then worked behind...
Author
Publisher
St. Martin's Press
Pub. Date
2019.
Language
English
Description
DJ/producer Steve Aoki tells his life story. He recounts the epic highs of music festivals, clubs and pool parties around the world, as well as the lows of friendships lost to drugs and alcohol, and his relationship with his flamboyant father. Illustrated with candid photos gathered throughout his life, the book reveals how Aoki became a force of nature as an early social media adopter, helping to turn dance music into the phenomenon it is today.
Author
Publisher
Schaffner Press
Pub. Date
[2016]
Language
English
Description
"It is 1973 in New York City. A young man is about to embark on his life-changing journey to become apprentice to the legendary recording engineer and producer Phil Ramone at A&R Studios. Join Glenn Berger as he steps into this magical world and takes part in music-making history on sessions with some of the greatest recording artists and rock and roll icons of the 20th century."--Back cover.
11) Sound man
Author
Publisher
Blue Rider Press
Pub. Date
[2014]
Language
English
Description
Born just outside London in 1942, Glyn Johns was 16 years old at the dawn of rock and roll. His big break as a producer came on the Steve Miller Band's debut album, Children of the Future, and he went on to engineer or produce iconic albums for the best in the business: Abbey Road with the Beatles, Led Zeppelin's and the Eagles' debuts, Who's Next by the Who, and many others. Even more impressive, Johns was perhaps the only person on a given day in...
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