James Arena

Europe's Stars of '80s Dance Pop

32 International Music Legends Discuss Their Careers

• Broschiertes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

Beginning early in the 1980s, a dance music revolution swept across Europe and Britain, merging rock, new wave, disco and worldbeat sounds. The resulting explosion of high-energy, increasingly electronic dance-pop caused a sensation worldwide. In this book of original interviews, 32 of the era's most celebrated artists, producers and industry professionals discuss their lives and careers: Thomas Anders (Modern Talking's "You're My Heart, You're My Soul"), Pete Burns (Dead or Alive's "You Spin Me Round (Like a Record)"), Desireless ("Voyage Voyage"), Phil Harding (PWL Mixmaster), Junior ("Mama Used to Say"), Leee John (Imagination's "Just an Illusion"), Liz Mitchell (Boney M.'s 1988 "Megamix"), Fab Morvan (Milli Vanilli's "Girl You Know It's True"), Taco ("Putting On the Ritz"), Jennifer Rush ("The Power of Love"), Sabrina ("Boys"), Spagna ("Call Me"), Amii Stewart ("Knock on Wood"), Yazz ("The Only Way Is Up") and many more. Includes special commentary by Academy Award winner Mel Brooks and Audrey Landers, star of Dallas.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: McFarland
• Seitenzahl: 242
• Erscheinungstermin: 1. Juli 2017
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 254mm x 178mm x 14mm
• Gewicht: 463g
• ISBN-13: 9781476671420
• ISBN-10: 1476671427
• Artikelnr.: 48029518

Autorenporträt

James Arena is a New York-based author, host and commentator who has been featured on MSNBC, Fox, SiriusXM and other networks. He is the author of the pop culture books Fright Night on Channel 9, First Ladies of Disco and Legends of Disco and a recipient of a G.E.M.A. Foundation/City of Philadelphia award for preserving dance music history.

Inhaltsangabe

Table of Contents Acknowledgments delete deletevi Foreword by Mel Brooks delete Foreword by Audrey Landers delete
4 Preface delete
7 Thomas Anders, Modern Talking Jo Bogaert, Technotronic Pete Burns, Dead or Alive Phil Creswick, Big Fun Hazell Dean Manfred Esser, Photographer Yasmin Evans, aka Yazz Claudie Fritsch, aka Desireless Junior Giscombe, aka Junior Jaki Graham Phil Harding, PWL Mixmaster Klaus Hirschburger, Songwriter Tom Hooker Leee John, Imagination Carmelo La Bionda, Producer, Composer Caroline Loeb Paul Mazzolini, aka Gazebo Liz Mitchell, Boney M. Fab Morvan, Milli Vanilli Romano Musumarra, Producer, Composer Taco Ockerse, aka Taco Linda Jo Rizzo Jack Robinson, Songwriter Fabio Roscioli, aka Ryan Paris Jennifer Rush Sabrina Salerno, aka Sabrina Ivana Spagna, aka Spagna Amii Stewart Ric Tess Teiges, aka Fancy Harriette Weels, MaiTai Appendix: The Record Shop-Noteworthy Tracks delete
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