When Gary Barlow, Howard Donald, Jason Orange and Mark Owen released Patience on November 20, 2006, over a decade since Take That split up, the world welcomed them back with open arms to their rightful position at the top of the charts. This title tells the story of their comeback.

The pop phenomenon that is Take That was formed in Manchester in 1990. Throughout the first half of the 90s the band sold an unbelievable 60 million records, resulting in two of the best-selling albums of the decade: Everything Changes and Greatest Hits in 1996. This title gains an insight into life on tour during those early years.

An insider's portrait of Bon Jovi, one of America's best-loved rock bands. It captures the musicians of the band - Jon, Richie, Dave, and Tico - at both intimate moments and under the limelight in various aspects of their lives, from the private moments backstage, on the road, or at home, to their live performances under the limelight.

A feast for all his many fans and admirers, this is the great Humphrey Lyttelton's last book, a sparkling autobiographical kaleidoscope of memories, anecdotes, and entertaining stories from his colourful life, from his childhood as the son of a famous Eton Housemaster, through to his role as the irrepressible chairman of I'm Sorry I Haven't a Clue. A Renaissance man musician, writer, cartoonist, .

Legendary musician Peter Hook tells the whole story - the fun, the music, the vast loss of money, the legacy - of Manchester's most iconic nightclub

Girls Aloud are the most successful UK girl band. Since winning ITV's Popstars: The Rivals in 2002, the girls have come a very long way. This book presents the story of their success. It gives a insight into their childhoods, their love interests, their struggle for recognition, their party lifestyle and their rock-solid friendships.

The Beatles were a global phenomenon changing various facets of popular music. Would they have achieved what they did without an early grounding in the dance halls and clubs of Liverpool and Hamburg? This book answers these questions, and illustrates why The Beatles were seen but not heard throughout the 1960s.

The charts are the evening news of the music industry. This title collects the charts that show the rise or demise of each single as it enters the charts, either winning over a large audience or just making music for its own smaller group of fans. It includes the song title, act, record label and total number of weeks on chart for each single.

Offers an insight into the Beatles, in pictures. This book features over 200 images that include several early photos of The Quarrymen - when John first met Paul; the filming of A Hard Day's Night at Paddington; the Beatles in the Bahamas in 1965 filming Help ; John and Yoko at home; and Paul on holiday in Frank Sinatra's Learjet - and more.

Best remembered for his operas and his War Requiem, Benjamin Britten's radical politics and his sexuality have also ensured that he remains a controversial public figure. This book presents a selection of his diaries that offer the reader an insight into this complex man.

Twenty-eight years after its original release, The Clash's London Calling was inducted into the Grammy Hall of Fame as a 'recording of lasting qualitative or historical significance'. It has topped polls for the best album of the seventies. It regularly makes the top five in Best of British album polls.

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* A fascinating, informative and very funny guide to rock and roll from one of our finest music journalists and writers

The Rolling Stones have proved themselves to be the ultimate rock band. This book takes a pictorial journey back to roots of rock stardom and to a long-lost age of innocence in the music industry. It presents behind-the-scenes action from the life of the band during the '60s.

This biography of Michael Jackson includes the behind-the-scenes story to many of the landmarks in his life - his legal and commercial battles, his marriages, his passions and addictions and his children.

Follows the amazing journey of the Beatles, from early beginnings to the international supergroup. In this book, each fully-illustrated double-page spread covers either a year of their history, one of the band members or an album. It builds to tell the story of the Fab Four in words and pictures.

Motorhead have always been a band whose reputation for the rock'n'roll lifestyle precedes them, but along the way they have also accumulated an impressive, Grammy-winning back catalogue full of classic songs. And for the first time their creation is explored via exclusive interviews in this one hundred per cent authorised account of the band in the studio. From unpromising beginnings, voted one .

When Paul McCartney told the world in 1970 that he had no plans to work with the Beatles again, it was widely viewed as a cultural tragedy by the media and public alike. This title tells the dramatic story of the personal and business rivalry that has dominated the Beatles' lives since 1969.

A mixture of anecdotes about the author's own growing up in one of America's most formidable Black communities, mixed in with observations on the origins and progress of the music of the South Side: gospel, blues, soul and jazz, and Barack and Michelle Obama's relation to the sound of their community.