Love at first sight might be real after all.>Isaac Flores has been playing for the Miami Dolphins for six years and is one of the top wide receivers in the country. The last thing he's looking for is romance. Isaac would rather spend his free time alone than at the bars with his friends. When Evan literally runs into Isaac, sparks fly, but as their relationship blooms, the secrets they keep and the vices they keep hidden might ruin them. Miami...
America and the American Record Business chronicles the history of the music, the business and technology of the recording industry, set against a backdrop of American history.
Cusic traces the personal life and career of Roger Miller, from Erick, Oklahoma, to the Country Music Hall of Fame and shows why he was an American genius.
Cusic traces the personal life and career of Roger Miller, from Erick, Oklahoma, to the Country Music Hall of Fame and shows why he was an American genius.
As a songwriter, James Weldon Johnson is best known for "Life Every Voice, " which he wrote with his brother, J. Rosamond Johnson. However, during the early 1900s he was part of one of the most popular and successful songwriting teams in America. Johnson, along with his brother, Rosamond, and Bob Cole wrote hit songs for musicals during the ragtime era, 1895-1910. Later, he became one of the most prominent African-Americans in the United State...
As a songwriter, James Weldon Johnson is best known for "Life Every Voice, " which he wrote with his brother, J. Rosamond Johnson. However, during the early 1900s he was part of one of the most popular and successful songwriting teams in America. Johnson, along with his brother, Rosamond, and Bob Cole wrote hit songs for musicals during the ragtime era, 1895-1910. Later, he became one of the most prominent African-Americans in the United State...
The Beatles and Country Music is a new, fresh, and insightful look at the Beatles through their connection to country music. Don Cusic, author of a number of books on country music and a long-time citizen of the country music community in Nashville, has unearthed previously unreported stories and facts about the Beatles as a group and as individuals that will cause long-time Beatles fans to look at the group a little differently as well inform...
In 1964 Roger Miller hit the pop charts with "Dang Me"-the same year the Beatles hit America and began the British Invasion. Roger received five Grammys for that year-and six more in 1965 when he had "King of the Road." Roger Miller was not an overnight success-he was a successful country songwriter since 1958, penning hits for Ray Price ("Invitation to the Blues), Jim Reeves ("Billy Bayou" and "Home") and Ernest Tubb ("Half a Mind"). Later, h...
Elvis was connected to Nashville throughout his career. He recorded approximately 260 songs at RCA Studio B in Nashville and performed in several concerts in the area. During his early years, he often visited his manager, Colonel Tom Parker, who lived in Nashville.
Examines the career of superstar "Eddy Arnold in terms of the history of country music as well as the changes in the United States after World War II"--Page 4 of cover.