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Darryl W Bullock
A major new biography of Joe Meek, the legendary maverick engineer, songwriter, artist manager and record producer.
Meek pioneered independent production, established one of the earliest independent labels - the…
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A long-overdue look at the history of LGBTQ communities within early blues, jazz, and soul music. Considers musicians including Ma Rainey, Bessie Smith, and Josephine Baker.
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Darryl W. Bullock
A treasure-trove of untold histories, David Bowie Made Me Gay is a moving and provocative story of the right to be heard and the need to keep the fight for…
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The biography of Florence Foster Jenkins, considered the world’s worst opera singer, soon to be portrayed by Meryl Streep in the forthcoming film.
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Raised in poverty, the Cherry Sisters had little education and no training. But they possessed a desire to take to the stage and show the world what they could do…
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Winner of the prestigious Penderyn Music Book Prize 2022 Compelling and enlightening, The Velvet Mafia explores how the LGBT professionals at the heart of the music industry were working together…
Pride, Pop and Politics charts the development of gay culture and the rise of LGBTQ politics in the UK, from the formation of the Gay Liberation Front to the present…
The definitive book on the influence of LGBT performers on modern music: a Duckworth contemporary classic, beautifully repackaged for our 125th anniversary
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Bullock Darryl W
The most sweeping and comprehensive (Kirkus Reviews, Best Nonfiction Books of 2017) history of LGBT music ever compiled, encompassing a century of music by and for the LGBT community
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