Bob Stanley

Este libro te atrapará con su historia llena de descubrimientos y su amor contagioso por la música. Si alguna vez te has preguntado de dónde viene la música pop, este libro es para ti. Antes de que E

· Tan divertido de criticar como de citar, Yeah! explora lasraíces de la música pop a través del nacimiento del rock,soul, R&B, punk, hip hop, indie, house y techno, englobandocanciones, grupos,

· Tan divertido de criticar como de citar, Yeah! explora las raíces de la música pop a través del nacimiento del rock, soul, R&B, punk, hip hop, indie, house y techno, englobando canciones, gr

The prequel to Bob Stanleys universally acclaimed Yeah Yeah Yeah, Lets Do It is the only book that brings together all genres to tell the definitive story of the birth of Pop, from 1900 to the mid-fifties.An absolute landmark/joy/gossip-fest/door to Narnia: the history of pop music before rocknroll. Fascinating. I cant recommend it enough.CAITLIN MORANAn encyclopaedic introduction to the fascinating and often forgotten creators of Anglo-American hit music in the first half of the Twentieth Century.NEIL TENNANTA perfect guidebook, filled with smart thinking and the kind of communicable enthusiasm that sends you rushing to the nearest streaming service, eager to hear what all the fuss was about.ALEXIS PETRIDIS, GUARDIANPop music didnt begin with the Beatles in 1963, or with Elvis in 1956, or even with the first seven-inch singles in 1949. There was a pre-history that went back to the first recorded music, right back to the turn of the century . . . Who were the earliest record stars, and were they in any meaningful way pop stars? Who were the likes of George Gershwin writing songs for? Why did swing, the hit sound for a decade or more, become almost invisible after the Second World War?The prequel to Bob Stanleys Yeah Yeah Yeah, Lets Do It is the first book to tell the definitive story of the birth of pop, from the invention of the 78 rpm record at the end of the nineteenth century to the beginnings of rock and the modern pop age. Taking in superstars such as Louis Armstrong, Bessie Smith, Duke Ellington and Frank Sinatra alongside the unheralded songwriters and arrangers behind some of our most enduring songs, Stanley paints an aural portrait of pop musics formative years in stunning clarity, uncovering the silver threads and golden needles that bind the form together.Bringing the eclectic, evolving world of early pop to life - from ragtime, blues and jazz to Broadway, country, crooning and beyond - Lets Do It is essential reading for all music lovers.Stanley has provided something invaluable to the growing numbers who get their music via streaming services: a guide to pops back pages, where artists mostly remembered in sepia tones are brought into vivid colour by the authors enthusiastic sense of discovery.BILLY BRAGG, NEW STATESMANInspired.THE TIMESRemarkable.CLASSIC ROCKExhilarating.CAUGHT BY THE RIVEREssential.DAILY TELEGRAPHA joyous read.THE ECONOMISTWholly entertaining.MOJOEnthralling.DAILY MAILGreat fun.LITERARY REVIEWColossal.UNCUTA joy.RECORD COLLECTORA triumph.LOUD & QUIET

Tan divertido de criticar como de citar, "Yeah! Yeah! Yeah! La historia del pop moderno" explora las raíces de la música pop a través del nacimiento del rock, soul, R&B, punk, hip hop, indie, hou

The definitive biography of one of the most influential UK bands of all time, featuring a foreword by Cliff Richard.This is the first definitive biography of the Shadows, one of the most influential British groups of all time. A book that rightly places the band in the pantheon of all time British greats who changed music forever. It is a story of soaring triumphs and crushing lows. Of Soho coffee bars and northern cabaret. Of faith and disillusionment and of some of the most unique and deathless recordings of all time.Told by lifelong fan and bestselling, critically acclaimed music historian Bob Stanley, and featuring a foreword by Cliff Richard, this is the story of how a group of working-class boys from Newcastle upon Tyne became the biggest act in the UK before the Beatles revolution of 1963. Scoring thirty-four hit singles under their own name, the Shadows landed a further thirty-five hits alongside Cliff Richard who along with other surviving members has spoken exclusively to Bob for the book. The Shadows aims to cement the groups legacy as one of the most significant and commercially successful British acts of all time and the worlds first pop group.Bob Stanley is an award-winning, critically acclaimed author, journalist and pop culture historian, whose previous publications include Yeah Yeah Yeah: The Story of Modern Pop, Lets Do It: The Birth of Pop and Bee Gees: Children of the World. He co-founded the band Saint Etienne in 1990 with his childhood friend Pete Wiggs.

THE LOUDER THAN WAR #1 BOOK OF THE YEAR A ROUGH TRADE, THE TIMES, MOJO, UNCUT, THE HERALD BOOK OF THE YEARThis is not a book about a rock band. This is not even a book about Mark E Smith. This is a book about The Fall group - or more precisely, their world.To 50,000 Fall Fans: please buy this inspired ### inspiring, profound ### provocative, beautiful ### bonkers Book of Revelations.DAVID PEACEMind blowing . . . there is so much to enjoy in this brilliant book.TIM BURGESSA container sized treasure trove . . . I strongly advise you to buy it.MAXINE PEAKEThe most wonderful, unashamedly intellectual, pretentious, ridiculous, exciting hymn to this incredible group.ANDY MILLER, BACKLISTED Over a prolific forty-year career, the Fall created a world that was influential, idiosyncratic and fiercely original - and defied simple categorisation.Their frontman and lyricist Mark E. Smith spun opaque tales that resisted conventional understanding### the Falls worldview was an education in its own right. Who wouldnt want to be armed with a working knowledge of M. R. James, shipping-dock procedures, contemporary dance, Manchester City and Can? The group inspired and shaped the lives of those who listened to and tried to make sense of their work.Bringing together previously unseen artwork, rare ephemera and handwritten material, alongside essays by a slate of fans, EXCAVATE! is a vivid, definitive record - an illumination of the dark corners of the Falls wonderful and frightening world.