Miss Shirley Bassey

Häftad, Engelska, 2011

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Beskrivning

John L. Williams draws on original research and interviews to provide a portrait of a young woman on the cusp of stardom, whose rise to fame was in many ways symbolic of a changing world. -- Cyngor Llyfrau Cymru

Produktinformation

Utgivningsdatum:2011-05-25
Mått:1 x 1 x 28 mm
Vikt:364 g
Format:Häftad
Språk:Engelska
Antal sidor:430
Förlag:Quercus Publishing
ISBN:9781847249753

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Tonsättare och låtskrivare inom Kultur
Biografi: konst och underhållning inom Biografier
Musiker, sångare och grupper inom Kultur

Mer om författaren

John L. Williams is the author of six books, most noticeably his Cardiff trilogy and Bloody Valentine (which the police force tried unsuccessfully to ban). He currently writes for the Mail on Sunday, having worked for the Independent, Sunday Times, NME and as contributing editor of GQ magazine. He was born and still lives in Cardiff.

Recensioner i media

'The rags-to-riches legend of the gritty girl from Tiger Bay' Daily Mail.

Innehållsförteckning

Introduction: For One Night Only. Prologue: The Gambler. Mother and Father. In Tiger Bay Before the War. The Canadian Cafe. Life During Wartime. On the Street Where You Live. The Rainbow Club. Down the Docks. Hot from Splott. Stormy Weather. Talk of the Town. Burn My Candle. My Body's More Important Than My Mind. Viva Las Vegas. Sophisticated Lady. Cruel to Be Kind. Shirley the Weirdie. Screen Dreams. Love and Marriage. I (Who Have Nothing). A Knight in Shining Armour. The Man with the Midas Touch. The Second Time Around. Napoleon and Josephine. After the Rain. Discography. Appendices: A Short History of Tiger Bay; Bute Street and its Cafes; A Short History of Mahmood Mattan and the Murder of Lily Volpert; A Short History of Minstrel Shows; A Short History of British Striptease. Notes. Acknowledgments. Picture Acknowledgments. Text Acknowledgments. Index.