Friday On My Mind

Author : Jeff Apter
Publisher : Allen & Unwin
ISBN 13 : 1760874949
Total Pages : 303 pages
Book Rating : 4.40/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Friday on My Mind written by Jeff Apter and published by Allen & Unwin. This book was released on 2020-08-04 with total page 303 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Pop star, mentor and icon, George Young was one of the most important figures in Australian pop music history. Jeff Apter reveals the little-known facts that helped create a music empire. George Young wasn't so much on the charts for the best part of three decades: he and his musical partner Harry Vanda were the charts. George's journey began with the trailblazing Easybeats and continued, alongside Harry, as producer/songwriter for hire with John Paul Young, The Angels, Rose Tattoo, Cheetah, Ted Mulry, Stevie Wright and, most crucially, AC/DC. George and Harry also struck gold with Flash and the Pan, almost by accident. George Young helped create such classics as 'Friday on My Mind', 'Sorry', 'Love is in the Air', 'Evie', 'Yesterday's Hero', 'Down Among the Dead Men', 'Hey, St. Peter', 'Bad Boy for Love', 'Jailbreak' and 'It's a Long Way to the Top'. In 2001, APRA voted 'Friday on My Mind' the best and most significant Australian song of the past 75 years. In this long-overdue book, the first to focus exclusively on the life and work of George Young, writer Jeff Apter explores George's long and fruitful association with Harry; his rare ability to maintain a stable married life with his wife Sandra; and his handshake deal with Ted Albert that helped create a music empire. The book also reveals such little-known events as the accident that almost killed off 'Hey, St. Peter' before its release, and the tragedy that bonded George and Harry for life.

Author : Michelle Arrow
Publisher : UNSW Press
ISBN 13 : 0868406627
Total Pages : 284 pages
Book Rating : 4.26/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Friday on Our Minds written by Michelle Arrow and published by UNSW Press. This book was released on 2009 with total page 284 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: From jitterbugging and Big Brother to the introduction of television and the rise of file-sharing, this study explores the ways in which popular culture has developed and changed in Australia from the end of World War II to today. In order to understand the massive social and cultural changes that have taken place Down Under, popular culture is examined through three main lenses: consumerism and the development of a mass consumer society, the impact of technological change, and the ways in which popular culture contributes to and articulates individual and collective identities. Providing the first integrated account of Australian post-war culture, this reference analyzes film, television, sports, music, and leisure in relation to each other rather than as stand-alone cultural forms.

Author : Nicci French
Publisher : Penguin
ISBN 13 : 0698184750
Total Pages : 336 pages
Book Rating : 4.56/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Friday on My Mind written by Nicci French and published by Penguin. This book was released on 2016-10-04 with total page 336 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In Nicci’s French’s thrilling fifth book, London psychotherapist Frieda Klein herself becomes the prime suspect in a murder A bloated corpse turns up in the Thames, throat slashed, and the only clue is a hospital wristband reading Dr. F. Klein. Frieda is taken to see the body and realizes with horror that it is Sandy, her ex-boyfriend. She’s certain that the killer is Dean Reeve—the man who has never stopped haunting her. But the police think he has been dead for years, and Frieda is their number one suspect. With few options, Frieda goes on the run to save herself and try to uncover the truth. Praise for the Frieda Klein Mystery series: “Fierce, fascinating, and full of insight, Frieda Klein is irresistible.” —Val McDermid, bestselling author of Splinter the Silence “Sophisticated, gripping, addictive. Crime novels that stand head and shoulders above the competition.” —Sophie Hannah, bestselling author of Woman with a Secret “Complex psychological suspense at its best.” —Booklist (starred review)

Author : Sarah Hill
Publisher : Bloomsbury Publishing USA
ISBN 13 : 1501368435
Total Pages : 296 pages
Book Rating : 4.31/5 ( download)

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Download or read book One-Hit Wonders written by Sarah Hill and published by Bloomsbury Publishing USA. This book was released on 2022-02-24 with total page 296 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The one-hit wonder has a long and storied history in popular music, exhorting listeners to dance, to teach the world to sing in perfect harmony, to ponder mortality, to get a job, to bask in the sunshine, or just to get up and dance again. Catchy, memorable, irritating, or simply ubiquitous, one-hit wonders capture something of the mood of a time. This collection provides a series of short, sharp chapters focusing on one-hit wonders from the 1950s to the present day, with a view toward understanding both the mechanics of success and the socio-musical contexts within which such songs became hits. Some artists included here might have aspired to success but only managed one hit, while others enjoyed lengthy, if unremarkable, careers after their initial chart success. Put together, these chapters provide not only a capsule history of popular music tastes, but also ruminations on the changing nature of the music industry and the mechanics of fame.

Author : Ian D. Marks
Publisher : Verse Chorus Press
ISBN 13 : 1891241281
Total Pages : 354 pages
Book Rating : 4.84/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Wild about You! written by Ian D. Marks and published by Verse Chorus Press. This book was released on 2011-05 with total page 354 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The astonishing outpouring of rock 'n' roll in the 1960s in Australia and New Zealand gave birth to such iconic bands such as the Easybeats, the Masters Apprentices, Billy Thorpe and the Aztecs, the Purple Hearts, and the Missing Links. It also launched the careers of a generation of musicians who would go on to greater, international fame with their later groups (the Bee Gees, AC/DC, Little River Band, and more). Wild About You! includes chapters on 35 bands that made the scene, as well as the editors' list of the top 100 beat and garage songs of the era. Heavily illustrated throughout, and with a detailed discography, this is the definitive work on these bands, and compulsory reading for 60s obsessives and garage band enthusiasts worldwide.

Author : David Nichols
Publisher : Verse Chorus Press
ISBN 13 : 1891241613
Total Pages : 608 pages
Book Rating : 4.11/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Dig written by David Nichols and published by Verse Chorus Press. This book was released on 2016-10-11 with total page 608 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: David Nichols tells the story of Australian rock and pop music from 1960 to 1985 – formative years in which the nation cast off its colonial cultural shackles and took on the world. Generously illustrated and scrupulously researched, Dig combines scholarly accuracy with populist flair. Nichols is an unfailingly witty and engaging guide, surveying the fertile and varied landscape of Australian popular music in seven broad historical chapters, interspersed with shorter chapters on some of the more significant figures of each period. The result is a compelling portrait of a music scene that evolves in dynamic interaction with those in the United States and the UK, yet has always retained a strong sense of its own identity and continues to deliver new stars – and cult heroes – to a worldwide audience. Dig is a unique achievement. The few general histories to date have been highlight reels, heavy on illustration and short on detail. And while there have been many excellent books on individual artists, scenes and periods, and a couple of first-rate encylopedias, there’s never been a book that told the whole story of the irresistible growth and sweep of a national music culture. Until now . . .

Author : Edward Francis Nimmervoll
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 9781741240481
Total Pages : 239 pages
Book Rating : 4.84/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Friday on My Mind written by Edward Francis Nimmervoll and published by . This book was released on 2004 with total page 239 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A story of rock'n'roll and pop music told from an Australian perspective. It chronicles popular music's evolution from just before rock's arrival in 1956 through to the present day; what changed around the world and what changed in Australia.

Author : Jeff Apter
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 9780369346162
Total Pages : 410 pages
Book Rating : 4.65/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Friday on My Mind written by Jeff Apter and published by . This book was released on 2020-08-20 with total page 410 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: George Young wasn't so much on the charts for the best part of three decades: he and his musical partner Harry Vanda were the charts. George's journey began with the trailblazing Easybeats and continued, alongside Harry, as producer/songwriter for hire with John Paul Young, The Angels, Rose Tattoo, Cheetah, Ted Mulry, Stevie Wright and, most crucially, AC/DC. George and Harry also struck gold with Flash and the Pan, almost by accident.George Young helped create such classics as 'Friday on My Mind', 'Sorry', 'Love is in the Air', 'Evie', 'Yesterday's Hero', 'Down Among the Dead Men', 'Hey, St. Peter', 'Bad Boy for Love', 'Jailbreak' and 'It's a Long Way to the Top'. In 2001, APRA voted 'Friday on My Mind' the best and most significant Australian song of the past 75 years.In this long-overdue book, the first to focus exclusively on the life and work of George Young, writer Jeff Apter explores George's long and fruitful association with Harry; his rare ability to maintain a stable married life with his wife Sandra; and his handshake deal with Ted Albert that helped create a music empire. The book also reveals such little-known events as the accident that almost killed off 'Hey, St. Peter' before its release, and the tragedy that bonded George and Harry for life.

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ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 980 pages
Book Rating : 4.0A/5 ( download)

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Author : John Bowles Daly
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 276 pages
Book Rating : 4.18/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The Dawn of Radicalism written by John Bowles Daly and published by . This book was released on 1892 with total page 276 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: