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Tommy James Me, the Mob, and the Music (Paperback)

Description: Further DetailsTitle: Me, the Mob, and the MusicCondition: NewSubtitle: One Helluva Ride with Tommy James & The ShondellsISBN-10: 1439172889EAN: 9781439172889ISBN: 9781439172889Publisher: ScribnerFormat: PaperbackRelease Date: 02/15/2011Description: Everyone knows the hits 'Hanky Panky', 'Mony Mony', 'I Think We're Alone Now', 'Crimson and Clover', 'Crystal Blue Persuasion'. They are nuggets of rock and pop history. However, few know the unlikely story of how these hits came to be. In 1966, Tommy James' record 'Hanky Panky' was re-discovered by a Pittsburgh DJ who started playing it on heavy rotation, prompting a tremendous response. James found himself in the office of Morris Levy at Roulette Records, where he was handed a pen and ominously promised 'one helluva ride'. Morris Levy, the legendary 'godfather' of the music business, needed a hit and 'Hanky Panky' would be his. The song went to #1; James went on to record many more hits; and Levy continued to reign. Me, the Mob, and the Musictells the intimate story of the complex and sometimes terrifying relationship between the bright-eyed, sweet-faced blonde musician from the heartland and the big, bombastic, brutal bully from the Bronx, who hustled, cheated, and swindled his way to the top of the music industry. It is also the story of this swaggering, wildly creative era of rock n' roll when the hits kept coming and payola and the strong arm tactics of the mob were the norm, and what it was like, for better or worse, to be in the middle of it.Language: EnglishCountry/Region of Manufacture: USItem Height: 214mmItem Length: 140mmItem Width: 8mmItem Weight: 247gAuthor: Tommy JamesContributor: Martin Fitzpatrick (With)Genre: BiographyRelease Year: 2011 Missing Information?Please contact us if any details are missing and where possible we will add the information to our listing.

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Publication Name: Me, the Mob, and the Music

Title: Me, the Mob, and the Music

Subtitle: One Helluva Ride with Tommy James & The Shondells

ISBN-10: 1439172889

EAN: 9781439172889

ISBN: 9781439172889

Release Date: 02/15/2011

Release Year: 2011

Country/Region of Manufacture: US

Contributor: Martin Fitzpatrick (With)

Book Title: Me, the Mob, and the Music : One Helluva Ride with Tommy James and the Shondells

Number of Pages: 240 Pages

Language: English

Publisher: Scribner

Item Height: 0.3 in

Publication Year: 2011

Topic: History & Criticism, Composers & Musicians, General, Business

Illustrator: Yes

Genre: Music, Biography & Autobiography

Item Weight: 8.7 Oz

Item Length: 8.4 in

Author: Tommy James

Item Width: 5.5 in

Format: Trade Paperback

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