BILLY JOEL: THE BIOGRAPHY
Book ID/图书代码： 08900014B69915
English Summary/英文概要： Billy Joel, the son of German Jews who fled the Nazis in the mid-1930s for America, ranks among rock & roll’s most talented musicians and accomplished songwriters. His classical training and reverence for Broadway musicals have served as a counterpoint to his early grounding in the Long Island bar band scene and his love of rhythm & blues. The result has been his own enthusiastic yet musically sophisticated approach to rock & roll. According to Joel, his diverse influences include Beethoven, the Beatles, Dave Brubeck, George Gershwin, Phil Spector, Ray Charles and Fats Domino, whom Joel inducted into the Hall of Fame in 1986. From romantic ballads to hard rocking material, with elements of jazz, pop and soul thrown into the mix, Joel has applied his skills in a diversity of settings.
Chinese Summary/中文概要： 比利•乔尔，20世纪三十年代中期从纳粹集中营逃往美国的德裔犹太人之子，确是摇滚乐史上最具才华的音乐人和饱受赞誉的词曲作家。他对于百老汇音乐剧的经典训练方法以及崇敬之情源自于其早年在长岛酒吧乐队的经历以及其对于节奏与蓝调布鲁斯的热爱。正因为此，他形成了自己激情饱满却又充满着音乐深度的摇滚音乐表达方式。乔尔称自己受到了多方面的影响，其中包括贝多芬，甲壳虫乐队，戴夫•布鲁贝克，乔治•格什温，菲尔•斯派特，雷•查尔斯以及法兹•多米诺，法兹曾于1986年引荐乔尔进入名人堂。乔尔将自己的音乐技巧运用在了大量不同的乐曲形式中，其中包括浪漫抒情、重金属以及爵士、流行与灵魂乐的混合风格。（DC）
Awards/获奖情况：茅斯出版社将出版马克•拜戈所著的《比利•乔尔传》。作为一名1930年从纳粹逃出的德裔犹太人之子，比利在Bronx度过童年，早年他有过奋斗与挣扎，决定成为一名钢琴家，1971年凭借其6座格莱美奖，再次斩获Cold Spring Harbor“，1999年进入摇滚名人堂，12场销售一空的麦迪逊广场花园演唱会门票，再加上后来所遭受的暴力，车祸，不断的复原以及与克里斯汀•布林克利的离婚。---辛迪•亚当斯，纽约邮报（2007年3月8日）
Thunder’s Mouth Press will publish Billy Joel: The Biography by Mark Bego. Son of German Jews who fled the Nazis in 1930, it’s Billy’s Bronx childhood, early struggles, stint as a lounge pianist, 1971 poorly received “Cold Spring Harbor,” on and up to his six Grammys, 1999 Rock and Roll Hall of Fame induction, Tony for his “Movin’ Out” B’way show, 12 sold-out Madison Square Garden gigs, plus substance abuse, car crashes, repeat rehabs, Christie Brinkley divorce. – Cindy Adams, The New York Post (March 8, 2007)
About the Author/作者介绍： 马克•拜戈，麦当娜与迈克尔•杰克逊及惠特尼•休斯顿等人的传记作家，著有45本关于摇滚音乐及演艺界的书籍作品，其中包括两本纽约时报畅销书作品，一本洛杉矶时报畅销书以及芝加哥论坛畅销书作品。作为拥有超过800万册作品在售的作家，马克被认为是摇滚及流行音乐界最棒的传记作家。Mark Bego, the biographer of Madonna and Michael Jackson, Bette Midler and Whitney Houston, is the author of over 45 best-selling books on rock & roll and show business, including two New York Times bestsellers, a Los Angeles Times bestseller, and a Chicago Tribune bestseller, three million and two half-million selling titles. With over eight million copies of his books in print, he is widely acknowledged as one of the best-selling biographers in the rock and pop music field.
Format:HARDCOVER
Rights Status/版权销售情况：Simplified Chinese/简体中文：AVAILABLE
Complex/Traditional Chinese/繁体中文：AVAILABLE
Sales in other countries/其他国家销售情况：English language in North America, Thunder’s Mouth/Avalon, (hardcover) 2007
English language in the UK, JR Books
Japanese, Toho
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