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Posted By: rich-joy
24-May-05 - 05:29 AM
Thread Name: Folk Singers/Musicians - published bios
Subject: RE: Folk Singers/Musicians - published bio's
I'm gonna try and paste my list of Folk, Jazz, Blues Singers & Musicians biogs here (it's originally from Excel, so I'm hoping it will behave!!!) Apologies for any that have already been mentioned above ...


ACKER BILK        
Acker Bilk - Gordon Williams - Mayfair Books, London, 1962
BILL WATKINS        
Scotland is Not for the Squeamish (Pt 2) - Bill Watkins        
Flamingo, Sydney, 2000-01
BILL WATKINS        
A Celtic Childhood (Pt 1) - Bill Watkins        
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BILLY CONNOLLY        
The Big Yin : The Life & Times of Billy Connolly - Jonathan Margolis Orion, London, 1994
BING CROSBY        
The Story of Bing Crosby - Ted Crosby        
Forum (World Pub), Cleveland, 1937-1946
BOB COPPER        
Early to Rise : A Sussex Boyhood - Bob Copper        
Heinemann, London, 1976
BOB COPPER        
A Song for Every Season : 100 Years of a Sussex Farming Family -
Bob Copper        
Heinemann, London, 1971-73
CIARAN CARSON        
Last Night's Fun : In & Out of Time with Irish Music - Ciaran Carson North Point Press, New York, 1996-97
CLEO LAINE        
Cleo - Cleo Laine        
Simon & Schuster, London, 1994
COLE PORTER        
Cole Porter : the Definitive Biography - William McBrien HarperCollins, London, 1998-99
ELLA FITZGERALD        
First Lady of Song : Ella Fitzgerald for the Record -
Geoffrey Mark Fidelman        
Citadel Press, New York, 1994-96
ELLA FITZGERALD        
Ella Fitzgerald : 1917 - 1996 -        
Stuart Nicholson        
Indigo, London, 1993-96
FISK JUBILEE SINGERS        
Dark Midnight When I Rise : the story of the Fisk Jubilee Singers - Andrew Ward        
Amistad, New York, 2000-01
FRANK SINATRA        
Frank Sinatra -        Tony Scaduto        
Sphere Books, London, 1976-77
FRANK SINATRA        
Sinatra - Alan Frank        
Hamlyn, London, 1978
FRANKIE ARMSTRONG        
As Far As the Eye Can Sing : an autobiography -
Frankie Armstrong & Jenny Pearson        
Women's Press, London, 1992
GEORGE MELLY        Owning Up (Pt 3) - George Melly        
Futura, London, 1965-85
GEORGE MELLY        Rum, Bum and Concertina (Pt 2) -        
George Melly
Futura, London, 1977-78
GEORGE MELLY        Scouse Mouse, or, I Never Got Over It (Pt 1) -
George Melly        
Futura, London, 1984-85
HAMISH IMLACH        
Cod Liver Oil & Orange Juice : Reminiscences of a Folk Singer -
Hamish Imlach & Ewan McVicar        
Mainstream, Edinburgh, 1992
HENRY LAWSON        
A Stranger on the Darling -        
Robyn Burrows & Alan Barton        
Angus & Robertson, Sydney, 1996
JIM DAVIDSON        
A Showman's Story : the Memoirs of Jim Davidson -        
Jim Davidson        
Rigby, Adelaide, Oz, 1983
JOAN BAEZ        
And a Voice to Sing With : Baez - Her Own Story -        
Joan Baez        
Arrow, London, 1989
JUDITH DURHAM        
Colours of My Life - Graham Simpson        
Random House, Sydney, 1994
K. D. LANG        
All You Get Is Me - Victoria Starr
HarperCollins, London, 1994
LOUIS ARMSTRONG        
My Life in New Orleans - Louis Armstrong        
Ace (Harborough), London, 1955-57
MEL TORME        
It Wasn't all Velvet : an autobiography        - Mel Torme
Robson, London, 1988-89
PADDY TUNNEY        
The Stone Fiddle : My Way to Traditional Song -        
Paddy Tunney        
Appletree Press, Belfast, 1979-91
PETA MATHIAS        
Burnt Barley : How to Eat, Dance & Sing Your Way Around Ireland -
Peta Mathias        
Vintage (Random House), Auckland, 2000
PETE SEEGER        
How Can I Keep From Singing : Pete Seeger -        
David King Dunaway         
Harrap, London, 1981-85
SLIM DUSTY        
Walk a Country Mile - Slim Dusty & John Lapsley
Rigby, Adelaide, Oz, 1979-84
SWEET HONEY in the ROCK        
We Who Believe in Freedom … Still on the Journey -         
Bernice Johnson Reagon & SH/R        
Anchor (Doubleday), New York, 1993
TED EGAN        
Sitdown Up North : an autobiography (Pt 2) -         
Ted Egan        
Kerr, Sydney, 1997
TED EGAN        
The Paperboy's War : an autobiography (Pt 1) -         
Ted Egan        
Kerr, Sydney, 1993
TED EGAN        
A Drop of Rough Ted (based on the Nomad Enterprises' film) -         
Ted Egan        
self, Sydney, 1979
THEODORE BIKEL        
… on loan …        ?        ?
WOODY GUTHRIE        
Bound for Glory - Woody Guthrie        
Picador (Pan), London, 1943-74
various        
Bandstand … and All That! - John Byrell        
Kangaroo Press, Sydney, 1995
various        
Bluegrass - Bob Artis        
Leisure Books, New York, 1975
various        
Blues : the British Connection - Bob Brunning        
Blandford Press, Dorset, 1986
various        
Buried Country : the Story of Aboriginal Country Music -
Clinton Walker
Pluto Press, Sydney, 2000
various        
Celtic Women in Music -        Maireid Sullivan        
Quarry Music, Ontario, 1999
various        
Folk Music Encyclopedia, The - Kristin Baggelaar & Donald Milton
Omnibus Press, London, 1976-77
various        
Hoot! : A 25 year History of the Greenwich Village Music Scene -
Robbie Woliver        
St Martin's Press, New York, 1986
various        
Illustrated Enc.of Jazz : an Indispensable A-Z of the Legends of Jazz, The - Brian Case/Stan Britt/Chrissie Murray        
Tiger Books, London, 1986-91
various        
Jazz Lives : 100 Portraits in Jazz - Gene Lees & John Reeves        
Firefly, New York, 1992-94
various        
Listener's Guide to Folk Music, The - Sarah Lifton        
Quarto Book, New York, 1983
various        
Meet Me at Jim & Andy's : Jazz Musicians & Their World -         
Gene Lees        
Oxford Univ. Press, New York, 1988
various        
Memphis Blues & Jug Bands - Bengt Olsson        
Studio Vista (November Bks), London, 1970
various        
Music City of Babylon : Inside the World of Country Music -         
Scott Faragher        
Birch Lane Press, New York, 1992
various        
Observer's Book of Folk Song in Britain, The - Fred Woods
Frederick Warne, London, 1980
various        
Real Folk - John Meredith        
National Library, Canberra, 1995
various        
Singers & Sweethearts : the Women of County Music - Joan Dew
Country Music Mag Press, New York, 1977
various        
Singers & the Song - Gene Lees        
Oxford Univ. Press, New York, 1987
various        
Singers & the Song II - Gene Lees        
Oxford Univ. Press, New York, 1987-98
various        
Song by Song : the Lives & Work of 14 Great Lyric Writers -         
Caryl Brahms & Ned Sherrin        
Ross Anderson, Bolton, England, 1984
various        
The Songwriters        - Tony Staveacre        
BBC, London, 1980
various        
Turn it Up, I Can't Hear the Words : the Best of the New Singer/Songwriters - Bob Sarlin        
Coronet, London, 1973-75
various        
Verandah Music : Roots of Australian Tradition -         
Graham Seal & Rob Willis        
Curtin University Bks, Fremantle, Oz, 2003
various        
Wasn't That a Time! : First Hand Accounts of the Folk Music Revival - Ronald D. Cohen        
Scarecrow Press, New Jersey, 1995
various        
When the Music Stopped : the Big Band Era Remembered - Bernie Woods
Barricade Books, New York, 1994



hmmm ... gawdownleenose what this'll scan like ...
:~)

Cheers! R-J