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Howling At The Moon - The True Story of the Mad Genius of the Music World

English · Paperback / Softback

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Zusatztext It provides a stream of fabulous anecdotes -a fight with Mick! a shared mistress with Marvin! and several disturbing encounters with MJ! who called him "Good Daddy"' ARENA Informationen zum Autor Walter Yetnikoff is a 1953 Phi Beta Kappa graduate of Brooklyn College and received his law degree in 1956 from Columbia University. He joined CBS Records in 1962 and quickly rose through the ranks. In 1975, Yetnikoff was made President of CBS Records Group, spearheading the operation for 15 years and creating the most profitable and prestigious stable of artists in music history. Yetnikoff is generally credited with developing and nurturing the careers of superstars such as Michael Jackson, George Michael, Barbra Streisand, Billy Joel, Living Colour and Public Enemy. He is currently involved in many projects including contemporary performance poetry, the production of soundtrack CDs and counseling new artists. He recently joined the New York board of the Caron Foundation, an addiction treatment facility. David Ritz is the only four-time winner of the Ralph J. Gleason Music Book Award. He is the author of the bestselling biography Divided Soul: The Life of Marvin Gaye and he has collaborated with many famous performing artists on their autobiographies, including Ray Charles, B.B. King, Aretha Franklin, Smokey Robinson and the Neville Brothers. He won a Grammy in 1992 for Best Album Notes and wrote the lyrics to Marvin Gaye's classic song, "Sexual Healing." He lives in Los Angeles.. CO-AUTHOR: David Ritz co-wrote Tavis Smiley's previous bestseller, Death of a King, and has collaborated with Aretha Franklin, Ray Charles, B.B. King, and more. Klappentext More outrageous than Julia Phillip's 'You'll Never Eat Lunch in this Town Again', more star-studded than Robert Evans's 'The Kid Stays in the Picture', this is the soul-baring memoir of the record industry's most outspoken - and self-destructive - music mogul.More outrageous than Julia Phillip's 'You'll Never Eat Lunch in this Town Again', more star-studded than Robert Evans's 'The Kid Stays in the Picture', this is the soul-baring memoir of the record industry's most outspoken - and self-destructive - music mogul. Zusammenfassung More outrageous than Julia Phillip's 'You'll Never Eat Lunch in this Town Again', more star-studded than Robert Evans's 'The Kid Stays in the Picture', this is the soul-baring memoir of the record industry's most outspoken - and self-destructive - music mogul....

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Authors David Ritz, Walter Yetnikoff, Yetnikoff Walter
Publisher Abacus
 
Languages English
Product format Paperback / Softback
Released 03.02.2005
 
EAN 9780349118901
ISBN 978-0-349-11890-1
No. of pages 320
Dimensions 124 mm x 196 mm x 24 mm
Subjects Humanities, art, music > Music
Humanities, art, music > Music > General, dictionaries

Rock, Rock & Pop music, MUSIC / Genres & Styles / General, MUSIC / Genres & Styles / Rock, MUSIC / Genres & Styles / Pop Vocal, Autobiography: arts & entertainment, Pop Music, Popular Music, BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY / Music, Autobiography: arts and entertainment

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