It is said that Josh Gibson is the only man ever to have hit a fair ball out of Yankee Stadium. Some claim he hit as many as seventy-five home runs in a season. All agreed he wa...
1000 tulosta hakusanalla Mark Ribowsky.
The Supremes is a sprawling tale of unforgettable music, cutthroat ambition, and heartbreaking betrayal. Mark Ribowsky explodes Dreamgirl fantasies by taking the reader behin...
The first and only definitive biography of legendary Motown group, the TemptationsThe Temptations are an incomparable soul group, with dozens of chart-topping hits such as My Gi...
Signed, Sealed, and Delivered
Mark Ribowsky · ISBN 9780470481509
Julkaistu 2010 Kieli englanti sidottu
The first definitive biography of music legend Stevie WonderStevie Wonder's achievements as a singer-songwriter, multi-instrumentalist, and producer are extraordinary. During a...
As the coach during professional football s most storied era, Tom Landry transformed the gridiron from a no-holds-barred battlefield to the highly-technical chess match it is to...
Chet: King Picker and Pioneer of the Nashville Sound
Mark Ribowsky · ISBN 9780897336925
Julkaistu 2025 Kieli englanti sidottu
Chet Atkins was one of the most legendary country guitarists of the 1950s, but his influence spans both instruments and time. The Country Gentleman developed a distinctive pick...
Sweet Dreams and Flying Machines
Mark Ribowsky · ISBN 9780912777689
Julkaistu 2018 Kieli englanti pokkari
In 1970 a scraggly, antiheroic man from North Carolina by way of Massachusetts began presenting a comforting yet biting new sound. Within a year, when young ears sought the late...
The Everly Brothers—aka Don and Phil to fans with an intimate appreciation for them—seemed to exist almost as an apparition. Emerging within the formative era for young Baby Boo...
Whiskey Bottles and Brand-New Cars
Mark Ribowsky · ISBN 9781613738771
Julkaistu 2018 Kieli englanti pokkari
This intimate story of Lynyrd Skynyrd tells of how a band of lost souls and self-destructive misfits with uncertain artistic objectives clawed their way to the top of the rock '...
When he died suddenly at the age of twenty-six, Otis Redding (1941–1967) was the conscience of a new kind of soul music. Berry Gordy built the first black-owned music empire at...
For generations, American athletes have enjoyed the ever-escalating celebrity lavished upon them when they combine on-the-field talent with off-the field charisma, but never bef...
After he died in the back seat of a Cadillac at the age of twenty-nine, Hank Williams—a frail, flawed man who had become country music’s first real star–instantly morphed into i...
Inducted into the Hall of Fame in 1997, Don Shula remains the winningest coach of all time with 347 career victories and the only undefeated season in NFL history. But before he...
The Big Life of Little Richard
Mark Ribowsky · ISBN 9781635767223
Julkaistu 2020 Kieli englanti sidottu
The first major biography of Little Richard, a rollicking, nuanced celebration of the late singer/songwriter’s life and his role in the history of American music—gospel, soul, r...
The first biography of soul pioneer Isaac Hayes, whose groundbreaking music provided the foundation for hip-hop and a new racial paradigm.“Black men could finally stand up and b...
Everyone knows Yogi Berra, the American icon. He was the backbone of the New York Yankees through ten World Series Championships, managed the National League Champion New York M...
Everyone knows Yogi Berra, the American icon. He was the backbone of the New York Yankees through ten World Series Championships, managed the National League Champion New York M...
Crazy and in Charge: the Autobiography of Abe Hirschfeld
Abraham Hirschfeld; Mark Ribowsky · ISBN 9781410785718
Julkaistu 2003 Kieli englanti pokkari
Crazy and in Charge: the Autobiography of Abe Hirschfeld
Abraham Hirschfeld; Mark Ribowsky · ISBN 9781410785725
Julkaistu 2003 Kieli englanti sidottu
When he died suddenly at the age of twenty-six, Otis Redding (1941–1967) was the conscience of a new kind of soul music. Berry Gordy built the first black-owned music empire at...