Fame Without Fortune Motown Records The Al Cleveland Story
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Fame Without Fortune Motown Records The Al Cleveland Story
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Author : Daryl Cleveland, Glenn Soucy
language : en
Publisher: ibooks
Release Date : 2014-05-02
Fame Without Fortune Motown Records The Al Cleveland Story written by Daryl Cleveland, Glenn Soucy and has been published by ibooks this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2014-05-02 with Biography & Autobiography categories.
This is a fascinating inside story about one prolific songwriter’s experience working for the famed Motown Records and directly with Motown’s founder Berry Gordy. It is an interesting look into the actual contracts between Mr. Gordy and his talented “family” of musicians told by one of the most famous songwriters of his time. If Motown didn’t grow to be the success it is today, Motown’s royalty contract—work-for-hire—compensation would be fair under the circumstances. The difficulty comes when Mr. Gordy’s success as a businessman exceeds every possible prediction. The FAME WITHOUT FORTUNE story begins in 1959 with Al Cleveland as a young man who makes the hard choice to leave his wife and children behind in order to chase his dreams of being a singer and a songwriter. It follows him through the trials of New York City and putting up with discrimination on the “Chitlin’ Circuit.” There he has an adulterous affair sending the final blow to his marriage. A short time later, he marries his second wife and Al’s big break seemed to come when he signed up with Motown Records under Berry Gordy. He was writing number-one songs for stars such as Smokey Robinson and Marvin Gaye. All along his fame grew, but he was not receiving pay for them. Instead he received headaches, heartaches, excuses, and IRS raids. He left Motown and toured with famous artists, but during that time, there was little room for a black songwriter to make a living. Al had to return to Motown to stay in the business.
Ebony
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language : en
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Release Date : 2005-11
Ebony written by and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2005-11 with categories.
EBONY is the flagship magazine of Johnson Publishing. Founded in 1945 by John H. Johnson, it still maintains the highest global circulation of any African American-focused magazine.
Cleveland Rock And Roll Memories
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Author : Carlo Wolff
language : en
Publisher: Gray & Company, Publishers
Release Date : 2006
Cleveland Rock And Roll Memories written by Carlo Wolff and has been published by Gray & Company, Publishers this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2006 with Music categories.
Music fans who grew up with Rock and Roll in Cleveland remember a golden age. We were young, so was the music, and the sense of freedom and excitement the Rock and Roll scene delivered was electric. There were so many great clubs, like the Agora, where every big band seemed to break in the 1970s. The trendsetting radio stations, from A.M.'s WIXY to F.M.'s groundbreaking "Home of the Buzzard," WMMS. And all those memorable shows. The free Coffee Break Concerts--remember Sprinsteen just when he hit it big? The gigantic World Series of Rock. Nights on the lawn at Blossom (including local favorites the Michael Stanley Band and their record-setting sellout streak). This book collects the favorite memories of Clevelanders who made the scene: fans, musicians, DJs, reporters, club owners, and more. Includes rare photographs and other memorabilia such as concert posters, bumper stickers, pins, and ticket stubs.
Respect
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Author : David Ritz
language : en
Publisher: Little, Brown
Release Date : 2014-10-28
Respect written by David Ritz and has been published by Little, Brown this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2014-10-28 with Biography & Autobiography categories.
The definitive biography of the Queen of Soul from acclaimed music writer David Ritz, hailed by Rolling Stone as "a remarkably complex portrait of Aretha Franklin's music and her tumultuous life." Aretha Franklin began life as the golden daughter of a progressive and promiscuous Baptist preacher. Raised without her mother, she was a gospel prodigy who gave birth to two sons in her teens and left them and her native Detroit for New York, where she struggled to find her true voice. It was not until 1967, when a white Jewish producer insisted she return to her gospel-soul roots, that fame and fortune finally came via "Respect" and a rapidfire string of hits. She has evolved ever since, amidst personal tragedy, surprise Grammy performances, and career reinventions. Again and again, Aretha stubbornly finds a way to triumph over troubles, even as they continue to build. Her hold on the crown is tenacious, and in Respect, David Ritz gives us the definitive life of one of the greatest talents in all American culture. "Comprehensive and illuminating." --USA Today
The New Encyclopedia Of Southern Culture Religion
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Author : Charles Reagan Wilson
language : en
Publisher: Univ of North Carolina Press
Release Date : 2006
The New Encyclopedia Of Southern Culture Religion written by Charles Reagan Wilson and has been published by Univ of North Carolina Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2006 with History categories.
New Encyclopedia of Southern Culture: Volume 1: Religion
Retromania
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Author : Simon Reynolds
language : en
Publisher: Faber & Faber
Release Date : 2011-06-02
Retromania written by Simon Reynolds and has been published by Faber & Faber this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2011-06-02 with Art categories.
We live in a pop age gone loco for retro and crazy for commemoration. Band re-formations and reunion tours, expanded reissues of classic albums and outtake-crammed box sets, remakes and sequels, tribute albums and mash-ups . . . But what happens when we run out of past? Are we heading toward a sort of cultural-ecological catastrophe, where the archival stream of pop history has been exhausted? Simon Reynolds, one of the finest music writers of his generation, argues that we have indeed reached a tipping point and that although earlier eras had their own obsessions with antiquity - the Renaissance with its admiration for Roman and Greek classicism, the Gothic movement's invocations of medievalism - never has there been a society so obsessed with the cultural artifacts of its own immediate past. Retromania is the first book to examine the retro industry and ask the question: Is this retromania a death knell for any originality and distinctiveness of our own?
Elvis Costello S Armed Forces
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Author : Franklin Bruno
language : en
Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing USA
Release Date : 2005-04-28
Elvis Costello S Armed Forces written by Franklin Bruno and has been published by Bloomsbury Publishing USA this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2005-04-28 with Music categories.
Thirty-Three and a Third is a series of short books about critically acclaimed and much-loved albums of the past 40 years. Over 50,000 copies have been sold! "Passionate, obsessive, and smart." -Nylon "...an inspired new series of short books about beloved works of vinyl." -Details Franklin Bruno's writing about music has appeared in the Village Voice, Salon, LA Weekly, and Best Music Writing 2003 (Da Capo). He has a Ph.D. in Philosophy from UCLA, and his musical projects include Tempting: Jenny Toomey Sings the Songs of Franklin Bruno (Misra) and A Cat May Look At A Queen (Absolutely Kosher), a solo album. He lives in Los Angeles.
Jersey Boys Songbook
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Author : Frankie Valli
language : en
Publisher: Hal Leonard Corporation
Release Date : 2012-10-01
Jersey Boys Songbook written by Frankie Valli and has been published by Hal Leonard Corporation this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2012-10-01 with Music categories.
(Easy Piano Vocal Selections). Easy piano arrangements of 15 tracks from the hit Broadway musical, including: Big Girls Don't Cry * Can't Take My Eyes off of You * December 1963 (Oh, What a Night) * My Boyfriend's Back * Rag Doll * Sherry * Walk like a Man * Working My Way Back to You * and more.
Who S Who Among African Americans
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Author :
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 2008
Who S Who Among African Americans written by and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2008 with African Americans categories.
Ebony
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language : en
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Release Date : 2005-11
Ebony written by and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2005-11 with categories.
EBONY is the flagship magazine of Johnson Publishing. Founded in 1945 by John H. Johnson, it still maintains the highest global circulation of any African American-focused magazine.
