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Rave on : the biography of Buddy Holly / Philip Norman.

By: Material type: TextTextPublisher: New York : Simon & Schuster, [2014]Description: 332 pages, 16 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations ; 24 cmContent type:
  • text
Media type:
  • unmediated
Carrier type:
  • volume
ISBN:
  • 9781476779461
  • 1476779465
Other title:
  • Biography of Buddy Holly
  • Buddy Holly
Subject(s):
Contents:
Prologue: Listen to me -- Blue days, black nights -- Looking for someone to love -- It's so easy -- Learning the game -- Epilogue: Crying, waiting, hoping.
Summary: Philip Norman uses his unique skills to recreate the impetuous yet shy, modest yet steely willed Texan who was his first musical hero. He has gained exclusive access to an extraordinary archive of never-before-seen letters, contracts, and personal memorabilia, which dispel the many mysteries still lingering around Buddy's name and allow the reader to share some of the most intimate moments in his short but crowded life. Buddy's family and close friends have also spoken.
List(s) this item appears in: The Day the Music Died
Holdings
Item type Home library Collection Call number Materials specified Status Date due Barcode Item holds
Adult Book Adult Book Main Library Biography Holly, B. N843 Available 33111008395523
Total holds: 0

Enhanced descriptions from Syndetics:

Drawing on interviews with almost everyone who ever associated with Buddy Holly, including his widow, this biography creates a vivid picture of a young man who took the American music scene by storm and then died suddenly in a tragic plane crash.

Philip Norman is a journalist and a novelist who in 1968 was assigned to cover the Beatles' own business utopia, Apple Corps, from the inside. He is the author of Rave On: The Biography of Buddy Holly and many other books.

Includes index.

Prologue: Listen to me -- Blue days, black nights -- Looking for someone to love -- It's so easy -- Learning the game -- Epilogue: Crying, waiting, hoping.

Philip Norman uses his unique skills to recreate the impetuous yet shy, modest yet steely willed Texan who was his first musical hero. He has gained exclusive access to an extraordinary archive of never-before-seen letters, contracts, and personal memorabilia, which dispel the many mysteries still lingering around Buddy's name and allow the reader to share some of the most intimate moments in his short but crowded life. Buddy's family and close friends have also spoken.

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