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The long-awaited memoir of Booker T. Jones, leader of the famed Stax Records house band, architect of the Memphis soul sound, and one of the most legendary figures in music....

It's 2013. You're a teenager squinting at your laptop in the dead of night, flicking between iTunes and YouTube and PirateBay. Endless reams of artists unspool at the click of...

Composer, pianist and writer Erik Satie was one of the great figures of Belle Epoque Paris. Known for his unvarying image of bowler hat, three-piece suit and umbrella, Satie was...

Metallica have sold in excess of 100 million albums and won seven Grammys. Their journey from scuzzy Los Angeles garages to the stages of the world's biggest stadia has been...

Published to accompany a three-part Channel 4 television series, this is a biography of Enrico Caruso, whose rich and brilliant tenor voice filled the great opera houses of the world...

'A must for fans and rock buffs' The Sun'Fascinating read' PowerplayJudas Priest formed in Birmingham in 1969. With its distinctive twin-guitar sound, studs-and-leather image, and international sales of over 50...

A human cartoon of hair, super-strength cigarettes and the world's most famous top hat, Slash is the epitome of Rock 'n' Roll. One of the most iconic guitarists of all-time,...

When the world heard the news on 25 June 2009 that Michael Jackson had died, it was both a shocking end to a cruelly curtailed and extraordinary life, and a...

'A special occasion in its own right. As with their historical tours, massive new coffee table book Infinite Dreams is the very best version of what such a thing could...

"Did you hear Evan Dando died last night?"Evan Dando spills the true story of his band's tumultuous history and what it was like to be famous in the pre-internet days...

Robert Plant is one of the few genuine living rock legends. Frontman of Led Zeppelin, musical innovator and seller of millions of records, Plant has had a profound influence on...

The Instant #1 New York Times Bestseller The Global #1 Bestseller After more than seventy years of fighting to live her life on her own terms, Cher finally reveals her...

With Duran Duran, John Taylor has created some of the greatest songs of our time. From the disco dazzle of debut single 'Planet Earth' right up to their latest number...

Turn My Head Into Sound: A history of Kevin Shields and My Bloody Valentine tells the story of one of the great sonic innovators of the late twentieth and early...

Embark on an extraordinary journey through the life, music and spiritual adventures of Yusuf/Cat Stevens, one of the iconic figures of our time. CAT ON THE ROAD TO FINDOUT is...

'Tom captured the times - the lows and the many highs - and shared them all with us, documenting, encouraging and capturing a real, authentic timeline of fantastic pictures.'This is...

Without the determination, magnetism, vision, good manners, respectable clothes and financial security of Brian Epstein, no one would ever have heard of John, Paul, Ringo and George. In Liverpool, in...

Foreword by Roddy DoyleMichael Bradley joined his school friend's group in Derry, Northern Ireland in the summer of 1974. They had two guitars and no singer. Four years later the...

The Number One Global Bestselling Memoir'Stunningly candid . . . Keough's portrait of her mother in her final months is especially indelible' - The Washington PostIn 2022, Lisa Marie Presley...

There are pop stars, and then there is Prince. In this kaleidoscopic, freewheeling biography, John McKie examines the remarkable life and career of one of the most mysterious figures in...

No book has taken us closer to the music of the Beatles' Tony Parsons 'Consistently brilliant' SUNDAY TIMES 'Essential' Q The Beatles achievement was so dazzling, so extraordinary, that few...

The story of two sisters who landed on Planet Pop and how they survived thanks to each other. Since they first hit the charts in 1997 with the "All Saints",...

'A forensic exploration of their compositions and recordings, and everything that has been poured into them . . . completely definitive' MOJO The story of Manic Street Preachers is unique...

When Fun Lovin' Criminals released their debut album Come Find Yourself in 1996, its fusion of hip-hop, funk, blues and rock quickly became one of the most iconic and influential...

Embrace your individuality and blaze your own trail with this gorgeously illustrated guide to all things Billie Eilish.From her debut single "Ocean Eyes" to winning two Academy Awards for her...

A candid autobiography of the great rock diva of Jefferson Airplane and Jefferson Starship, revealing her wild life at the forefront of the Sixties and Seventies counterculture.She has been called...

On May 27th, 1784, Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart met a flirtatious little starling who sang (an improved version of!) the theme from his Piano Concerto Number 17 in G to him....

Judged by her incandescent fame and her extraordinary voice and dramatic talent, Maria Callas should have led a sublimely happy life. Yet betrayal and tragedy were her constant companions. Without...

PASSION AND PAIN, the second volume of John Suchet's compelling trilogy about the life of Ludwig van Beethoven, depicts the composer at the height of his powers, famous throughout Europe,...

An intimate and evocative celebration of the life and legacy of music and political icon Sinead O'Connor, featuring writers including Neko Case, Sinead Gleeson, Rayne Fisher-Quann, Porochista Khakpour, and more.More...

THE SUNDAY TIMES AND NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER'A triumph.' Deborah Levy, New Statesman'Tremendous.' Alwyn Turner, The Times'Revelatory.' Simon Schama, Financial Times'The gold standard of Beatles books.' Anthony Quinn, Observer'As enthralling...