Hit Men: Power Brokers and Fast Money Inside the Music Business, Paperback
Descriere
Copiously researched and documented, Hit Menis the highly controversial portrait of the pop music industry in all its wild, ruthless glory: the insatiable greed and ambition; the enormous egos; the fierce struggles for profits and power; the vendettas, rivalries, shakedowns, and payoffs. Chronicling the evolution of America's largest music labels from the Tin Pan Alley days to the present day, Fredric Dannen examines in depth the often venal, sometimes illegal dealings among the assorted hustlers and kingpins who rule over this multi-billion-dollar business.""
Despre autor
Fredric Dannen este un jurnalist și autor american. Este cel mai bine cunoscut pentru cartea sa de referință „Hit Men: Powerbrokers and Fast Money Inside the Music Business” (1990), care a investigat tranzacțiile din umbră ale marilor case de discuri americane din anii 1970 și 1980, concentrându-se pe carierele executivilor de top ai CBS Records, Walter Yetnikoff și Dick Asher.