Lonely Avenue: The Unlikely Life and Times of Doc Pomus - Brossura

Halberstadt, Alex

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ISBN 10: 0224073680 ISBN 13: 9780224073684

Casa editrice: Jonathan Cape, 2007

Riassunto

One of the most original, influential and commercially successful American songwriters, Doc Pomus (1927-1991) is remembered best for the dozens of hits he wrote during rock 'n' roll's first decade. A role model for several generations of composers, Doc was renowned for his mastery of virtually every popular style, from the gutbucket rhythm and blues of 'Lonely Avenue' and the symphonic invention of 'Save the Last Dance for Me' to the pop confection of 'Viva Las Vegas'. His songs have been recorded by everyone from Ray Charles, Elvis Presley and B.B. King to Bob Dylan, Led Zeppelin and Bruce Springsteen.

Despite his successes, few acquaintances knew that this writer of jukebox hits led one of the most dramatic lives of his time. Born Jerome Felder to middle-class Jewish parents, Pomus was crippled by polio at the age of seven and thereafter always used crutches. His disability did not stop him singing with some of the best black musicians of the 1950s before he met Mort Shuman, who would become his partner in one of the great songwriting teams of the 60s. Spanning extravagant wealth and desperate poverty, suburban family life and the depths of New York's underworld, enduring love and persistent loneliness, Doc's story remains one of the great untold American lives.

Lonely Avenue is a beautifully written narrative that reads like a novel, fortified by full access to Doc Pomus's family and friends, voluminous journals and archives.

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Descrizione del libro:

The first biography of one of the key figures in the history of rock 'n' roll: the colourful and legendary songwriter Doc Pomus, who wrote such beloved songs as 'Lonely Avenue', 'Save the Last Dance for Me' and 'A Teenager in Love'.

L'autore:

Alex Halberstadt's writing has appeared in the New York Times, the Washington Post, GQ, the Los Angeles Times, Salon, the Oxford American and elsewhere. He lives in Brooklyn, New York.

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• Editore: Jonathan Cape
• Data di pubblicazione: 2007
• ISBN 10: 0224073680
• ISBN 13: 9780224073684
• Rilegatura: Copertina flessibile
• Numero di pagine: 256