Author: Simon Spence
Publisher: Omnibus Press
ISBN: 1783237058
Category : Music
Languages : en
Pages : 421
Book Description
What happened to the Bay City Rollers is one of the greatest scandals in music industry. When The Screaming Stops reveals the dark truth behind 'rollermania', the pioneering boy band fad which gripped the UK in the seventies, exposing the sinister undercurrents which underpinned the band's phenomenal success. Dazzled by sudden global fame and under the grip of their Svengali manager Tom Paton, the Bay City Rollers descended into a world of depravity, victimhood, crime and psychosis. Whilst promoting his young lads as clean-living teetotalers, Tom Paton subjected them to various forms of sexual abuse; band members became hooked on drugs and their fall was almost as rapid as their rise, leaving them penniless and emotionally destroyed. In 1979, Paton was finally convicted of gross indecency with teenage boys. That such exploitation could have happened to one of the world's most famous boy bands is a brutal reminder that conspiracies of silence about sexual exploitation were once the norm in the music and entertainment business. The Dark History Of The Bay City Rollers is a no-holds-barred expose of sex, drugs and financial mismanagement based on over 500 hours of interviews with many of the band's closest associates, including former members. When The Screaming Stops includes curated music. Whilst you read the book, hear the classic songs of the Bay City Rollers and surround yourself with the music that surrounded them.
When The Screaming Stops: The Dark History Of The Bay City Rollers
Author: Simon Spence
Publisher: Omnibus Press
ISBN: 1783237058
Category : Music
Languages : en
Pages : 421
Book Description
What happened to the Bay City Rollers is one of the greatest scandals in music industry. When The Screaming Stops reveals the dark truth behind 'rollermania', the pioneering boy band fad which gripped the UK in the seventies, exposing the sinister undercurrents which underpinned the band's phenomenal success. Dazzled by sudden global fame and under the grip of their Svengali manager Tom Paton, the Bay City Rollers descended into a world of depravity, victimhood, crime and psychosis. Whilst promoting his young lads as clean-living teetotalers, Tom Paton subjected them to various forms of sexual abuse; band members became hooked on drugs and their fall was almost as rapid as their rise, leaving them penniless and emotionally destroyed. In 1979, Paton was finally convicted of gross indecency with teenage boys. That such exploitation could have happened to one of the world's most famous boy bands is a brutal reminder that conspiracies of silence about sexual exploitation were once the norm in the music and entertainment business. The Dark History Of The Bay City Rollers is a no-holds-barred expose of sex, drugs and financial mismanagement based on over 500 hours of interviews with many of the band's closest associates, including former members. When The Screaming Stops includes curated music. Whilst you read the book, hear the classic songs of the Bay City Rollers and surround yourself with the music that surrounded them.
Publisher: Omnibus Press
ISBN: 1783237058
Category : Music
Languages : en
Pages : 421
Book Description
What happened to the Bay City Rollers is one of the greatest scandals in music industry. When The Screaming Stops reveals the dark truth behind 'rollermania', the pioneering boy band fad which gripped the UK in the seventies, exposing the sinister undercurrents which underpinned the band's phenomenal success. Dazzled by sudden global fame and under the grip of their Svengali manager Tom Paton, the Bay City Rollers descended into a world of depravity, victimhood, crime and psychosis. Whilst promoting his young lads as clean-living teetotalers, Tom Paton subjected them to various forms of sexual abuse; band members became hooked on drugs and their fall was almost as rapid as their rise, leaving them penniless and emotionally destroyed. In 1979, Paton was finally convicted of gross indecency with teenage boys. That such exploitation could have happened to one of the world's most famous boy bands is a brutal reminder that conspiracies of silence about sexual exploitation were once the norm in the music and entertainment business. The Dark History Of The Bay City Rollers is a no-holds-barred expose of sex, drugs and financial mismanagement based on over 500 hours of interviews with many of the band's closest associates, including former members. When The Screaming Stops includes curated music. Whilst you read the book, hear the classic songs of the Bay City Rollers and surround yourself with the music that surrounded them.
I Ran With The Gang
Author: Alan Longmuir
Publisher: Luath Press Ltd
ISBN: 1912387212
Category : Biography & Autobiography
Languages : en
Pages : 284
Book Description
The Bay City Rollers were one of the brightest things to happen in the tumultuous 1970s, illuminating a dark decade marred by falling stock markets, a plummeting economy and industrial unrest. Alan Longmuir, an apprentice plumber from Edinburgh, was inspired by the Beatles to form a band. After enlisting his brother and throwing a dart at a map, they became the Bay City Rollers. In I Ran with the Gang , Alan recounts his incredible journey from the Dalry backstreets to the Hollywood hills and back again. Along the way, he punctures some of the myths and untruths that have swirled around the group, and unflinchingly tells of the acrimony and exploitation that led to the disintegration of the band. Most of all, though, Alan captures the great adventure of five young boys from Edinburgh who for a few heady years threatened to turn the whole world tartan.
Publisher: Luath Press Ltd
ISBN: 1912387212
Category : Biography & Autobiography
Languages : en
Pages : 284
Book Description
The Bay City Rollers were one of the brightest things to happen in the tumultuous 1970s, illuminating a dark decade marred by falling stock markets, a plummeting economy and industrial unrest. Alan Longmuir, an apprentice plumber from Edinburgh, was inspired by the Beatles to form a band. After enlisting his brother and throwing a dart at a map, they became the Bay City Rollers. In I Ran with the Gang , Alan recounts his incredible journey from the Dalry backstreets to the Hollywood hills and back again. Along the way, he punctures some of the myths and untruths that have swirled around the group, and unflinchingly tells of the acrimony and exploitation that led to the disintegration of the band. Most of all, though, Alan captures the great adventure of five young boys from Edinburgh who for a few heady years threatened to turn the whole world tartan.
Bye Bye Baby
Author: Caroline Sullivan
Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing
ISBN: 1408879956
Category : Biography & Autobiography
Languages : en
Pages : 283
Book Description
_________________________ The story of a teen's love affair with the Bay City Rollers _________________________ Over four hot summers from 1975 to 1979, teenager Caroline Sullivan and her friends criss-crossed the USA in the Rollers' wake. They staked out airports and hotels, tricking airline clerks and wheedling information out of PR companies.
Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing
ISBN: 1408879956
Category : Biography & Autobiography
Languages : en
Pages : 283
Book Description
_________________________ The story of a teen's love affair with the Bay City Rollers _________________________ Over four hot summers from 1975 to 1979, teenager Caroline Sullivan and her friends criss-crossed the USA in the Rollers' wake. They staked out airports and hotels, tricking airline clerks and wheedling information out of PR companies.
Treasure Island
Author: Robert Louis Stevenson
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 362
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 362
Book Description
I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings
Author: Maya Angelou
Publisher: Random House
ISBN: 030747772X
Category : Biography & Autobiography
Languages : en
Pages : 289
Book Description
Here is a book as joyous and painful, as mysterious and memorable, as childhood itself. I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings captures the longing of lonely children, the brute insult of bigotry, and the wonder of words that can make the world right. Maya Angelou’s debut memoir is a modern American classic beloved worldwide. Sent by their mother to live with their devout, self-sufficient grandmother in a small Southern town, Maya and her brother, Bailey, endure the ache of abandonment and the prejudice of the local “powhitetrash.” At eight years old and back at her mother’s side in St. Louis, Maya is attacked by a man many times her age—and has to live with the consequences for a lifetime. Years later, in San Francisco, Maya learns that love for herself, the kindness of others, her own strong spirit, and the ideas of great authors (“I met and fell in love with William Shakespeare”) will allow her to be free instead of imprisoned. Poetic and powerful, I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings will touch hearts and change minds for as long as people read. “I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings liberates the reader into life simply because Maya Angelou confronts her own life with such a moving wonder, such a luminous dignity.”—James Baldwin From the Paperback edition.
Publisher: Random House
ISBN: 030747772X
Category : Biography & Autobiography
Languages : en
Pages : 289
Book Description
Here is a book as joyous and painful, as mysterious and memorable, as childhood itself. I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings captures the longing of lonely children, the brute insult of bigotry, and the wonder of words that can make the world right. Maya Angelou’s debut memoir is a modern American classic beloved worldwide. Sent by their mother to live with their devout, self-sufficient grandmother in a small Southern town, Maya and her brother, Bailey, endure the ache of abandonment and the prejudice of the local “powhitetrash.” At eight years old and back at her mother’s side in St. Louis, Maya is attacked by a man many times her age—and has to live with the consequences for a lifetime. Years later, in San Francisco, Maya learns that love for herself, the kindness of others, her own strong spirit, and the ideas of great authors (“I met and fell in love with William Shakespeare”) will allow her to be free instead of imprisoned. Poetic and powerful, I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings will touch hearts and change minds for as long as people read. “I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings liberates the reader into life simply because Maya Angelou confronts her own life with such a moving wonder, such a luminous dignity.”—James Baldwin From the Paperback edition.
Started Early, Took My Dog
Author: Kate Atkinson
Publisher: Reagan Arthur Books
ISBN: 0316122866
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 359
Book Description
Tracy Waterhouse leads a quiet, ordered life as a retired police detective -- a life that takes a surprising turn when she encounters Kelly Cross, a habitual offender, dragging a young child through town. Both appear miserable and better off without each other -- or so decides Tracy, in a snap decision that surprises herself as much as Kelly. Suddenly burdened with a small child, Tracy soon learns her parental inexperience is actually the least of her problems, as much larger ones loom for her and her young charge. Meanwhile, Jackson Brodie, the beloved detective of novels such as Case Histories, is embarking on a different sort of rescue: that of an abused dog. Dog in tow, Jackson is about to learn, along with Tracy, that no good deed goes unpunished.
Publisher: Reagan Arthur Books
ISBN: 0316122866
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 359
Book Description
Tracy Waterhouse leads a quiet, ordered life as a retired police detective -- a life that takes a surprising turn when she encounters Kelly Cross, a habitual offender, dragging a young child through town. Both appear miserable and better off without each other -- or so decides Tracy, in a snap decision that surprises herself as much as Kelly. Suddenly burdened with a small child, Tracy soon learns her parental inexperience is actually the least of her problems, as much larger ones loom for her and her young charge. Meanwhile, Jackson Brodie, the beloved detective of novels such as Case Histories, is embarking on a different sort of rescue: that of an abused dog. Dog in tow, Jackson is about to learn, along with Tracy, that no good deed goes unpunished.
The Lost Roller
Author: Nobby Clark
Publisher: Strategic Book Publishing & Rights Agency
ISBN: 9781628578225
Category : Biography & Autobiography
Languages : en
Pages : 280
Book Description
Nobby Clark was the original lead singer and founding member of The Bay City Rollers. He sang on all the early hits, including "Keep on Dancing," "We Can Make Music," "Manana," "Remember," and the No.1 song in America, "Saturday Night." He recorded many other songs while with The Bay City Rollers and wrote songs for the group, all of which have appeared on at least twenty-four albums sold worldwide over a forty-year period. Nobby left the Rollers in 1974, but these recordings have continued to be released right up to the present day. He has not been given any recognition or payment for his recordings and the millions of record sales around the world. The legal battle in the New York courts ended last year with a ruling by the judge that his claim was time barred by the statute of limitations, after the Bay City Rollers filed a motion to have his case dismissed. Although the group was given millions of dollars in settlement for unpaid royalties, Nobby has not received one single cent. First-time author Nobby Clark was born in Edinburgh, Scotland. "I am a recovering alcoholic. My addiction left me homeless and penniless. I've fought and lost against drug and gambling addictions before I found the help I needed, and have been clean and sober for fifteen years." He is currently a singer, songwriter, and producer. "I spend a lot of my time working in the community on projects to improve the lives of people in social housing. I work with alcoholics to help them get into recovery." Publisher's website: http: //sbprabooks.com/NobbyClark
Publisher: Strategic Book Publishing & Rights Agency
ISBN: 9781628578225
Category : Biography & Autobiography
Languages : en
Pages : 280
Book Description
Nobby Clark was the original lead singer and founding member of The Bay City Rollers. He sang on all the early hits, including "Keep on Dancing," "We Can Make Music," "Manana," "Remember," and the No.1 song in America, "Saturday Night." He recorded many other songs while with The Bay City Rollers and wrote songs for the group, all of which have appeared on at least twenty-four albums sold worldwide over a forty-year period. Nobby left the Rollers in 1974, but these recordings have continued to be released right up to the present day. He has not been given any recognition or payment for his recordings and the millions of record sales around the world. The legal battle in the New York courts ended last year with a ruling by the judge that his claim was time barred by the statute of limitations, after the Bay City Rollers filed a motion to have his case dismissed. Although the group was given millions of dollars in settlement for unpaid royalties, Nobby has not received one single cent. First-time author Nobby Clark was born in Edinburgh, Scotland. "I am a recovering alcoholic. My addiction left me homeless and penniless. I've fought and lost against drug and gambling addictions before I found the help I needed, and have been clean and sober for fifteen years." He is currently a singer, songwriter, and producer. "I spend a lot of my time working in the community on projects to improve the lives of people in social housing. I work with alcoholics to help them get into recovery." Publisher's website: http: //sbprabooks.com/NobbyClark
Amy Winehouse: A Life Through a Lens
Author: Darren Bloom
Publisher: Omnibus Press
ISBN: 1783238720
Category : Biography & Autobiography
Languages : en
Pages : 306
Book Description
Publisher: Omnibus Press
ISBN: 1783238720
Category : Biography & Autobiography
Languages : en
Pages : 306
Book Description
The Help
Author: Kathryn Stockett
Publisher: Penguin
ISBN: 0425245136
Category : African American women
Languages : en
Pages : 546
Book Description
Original publication and copyright date: 2009.
Publisher: Penguin
ISBN: 0425245136
Category : African American women
Languages : en
Pages : 546
Book Description
Original publication and copyright date: 2009.
Ruby Fever
Author: Ilona Andrews
Publisher: HarperCollins
ISBN: 0062878409
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 311
Book Description
#1 New York Times bestselling author Ilona Andrews is back with the newest book in the exciting Hidden Legacy series—the thrilling conclusion to her trilogy featuring fierce and beautiful Prime magic user Catalina Baylor. An escaped spider, the unexpected arrival of an Imperial Russian Prince, the senseless assassination of a powerful figure, a shocking attack on the supposedly invincible Warden of Texas, Catalina’s boss... And it’s only Monday. Within hours, the fate of Houston—not to mention the House of Baylor—now rests on Catalina, who will have to harness her powers as never before. But even with her fellow Prime and fiancé Alessandro Sagredo by her side, she may not be able to expose who’s responsible before all hell really breaks loose.
Publisher: HarperCollins
ISBN: 0062878409
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 311
Book Description
#1 New York Times bestselling author Ilona Andrews is back with the newest book in the exciting Hidden Legacy series—the thrilling conclusion to her trilogy featuring fierce and beautiful Prime magic user Catalina Baylor. An escaped spider, the unexpected arrival of an Imperial Russian Prince, the senseless assassination of a powerful figure, a shocking attack on the supposedly invincible Warden of Texas, Catalina’s boss... And it’s only Monday. Within hours, the fate of Houston—not to mention the House of Baylor—now rests on Catalina, who will have to harness her powers as never before. But even with her fellow Prime and fiancé Alessandro Sagredo by her side, she may not be able to expose who’s responsible before all hell really breaks loose.