George Michael: a life
James Gavin
- Resource Type:
- E-Book
- Publication:
- New York, NY : Abrams Press, 2022
- Copyright:
- 2022
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- Summary:
- "The definitive biography of George Michael, offering an expansive look at the troubled life of the legendary singer, songwriter, and pop superstar" -- [provided by the publisher]
George Michael was an extravagantly gifted, openhearted soul singer whose work was both pained and smolderingly erotic. He was a songwriter of true craft and substance, and his music swept the world, starting in the mid-1980s. His fabricated image--that of a hypermacho sex god--loomed large in the pop culture of his day. It also hid--for a time--the secret he fought against revealing: Michael was gay. Soon his obsession with fame would start to backfire. As one of the industry's most privileged yet tortured men began to self-destruct, the press showed little sympathy. George Michael: A Life explores the compelling story of a superstar whose struggles, as well as his songs, continue to touch fans all over the world. Acclaimed music biographer James Gavin traces Michael's metamorphosis from the shy and awkward Georgios Kyriacos Panayiotou into the swaggering, dominant half of the leading British pop duo of the 1980s Wham!; he then details Michael's sensational solo career and its subsequent unraveling. With deep analysis of the creative process behind Michael's albums, tours, and music videos, as well as interviews with hundreds of his friends and colleagues, George Michael: A Life is a probing, definitive portrait of a pop legend. - Author/Creator:
- Gavin, James, 1964- , author
- Languages:
- English
- Language Notes:
- Item content: English
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- General Notes:
- Includes discography (page 485) and index.
Description based on print version record. - Physical Description:
- 1 online resource
- Call Numbers:
- ML410.M644 G38 2022eb
- ISBNs:
- 9781647006730 (electronic bk.)
1647006732 (electronic bk.)
9781419747946 [Invalid]
1419747940 [Invalid] - OCLC Numbers:
- 1333268222
- Other Control Numbers:
- EBC7021531 (source: MiAaPQ)
[Unknown Type]: ybp18024596