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Clarke, Donald Milton was born on October 3, 1940 in Kenosha, Wisconsin, United States. Son of Donald Edwin and Martha Jean (Chatterton) Clarke. arrived in England, 1973.
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An invaluable narrative history and commentary on the many facets of popular music includes balladry, minstrelsy, ragtime, blues, jazz, swing, pop, r&b, folk, country, gospel, rock 'n' roll, heavy metal, dance music, punk, New Wave, technopop, and rap.
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BiographyLarge Print EditionMasterfully written . . . well-researched and exemplifying an easy-to-follow style. Library JournalOnce Frank Sinatra captured the worlds attention, he never let go, singing his way into the hearts of millions. The kid from Hoboken was the troubadour of his age. Here we meet Sinatra the artist and performer and follow his career from the Big Band era to recent years. Sinatra wasnt just a headline-grabbing Rat Pack playboy. He was an extraordinary artist who left his mark on American music in this century.
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This biography delves behind the myths that surround Billie Holliday, the woman who has been described as the most influential singer of the century. The author has had access to unpublished interviews with people who knew Billie from her illegitimate birth through the years of her fame and up to her death at the age of 45. Donald Clarke is the editor and principal author of "The Penguin Encyclopedia of Popular Music".
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A definitive reference work on 20th century popular music--more than 3,000 entries spanning the entire field of non-classical music of this era. Briefs on performers, songwriters, producers, and record labels, fully cross-referenced with albums and suggested further reading.
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From Abba to ZZ Top via Oasis, James Brown, and Frank Sinatra, this wonderful resource to the world's nonclassical music has been updated and revised to include a wider range of New World and ethnic musicians from Latin America and Africa along with a range of new entries from the contemporary Brit-pop scene and all of your old favorites. Donald Clarke covers a truly spectacular array of artists, from the early blues (Big Bill Broonzy, Ma Rainey, Bessie Smith) and ragtime Scott Joplin, Eubie Blake) to the golden age of Broadway musicals, the great swing bands of the 1930s, jazz from around the world, American country, English folk, rock 'n' roll, reggae, soul, funk, punk, and the rest. The extensive Index ensures that no songwriter, musician, record label, or musical style is overlooked.
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Clarke, Donald Milton was born on October 3, 1940 in Kenosha, Wisconsin, United States. Son of Donald Edwin and Martha Jean (Chatterton) Clarke. arrived in England, 1973.
Bachelor of Science in Education with honors, University of Wisconsin, 1973.
With, American Motors Corporation, Kenosha, 1959-1969; with, Marshall Cavendish Publications, London, 1974-1979.
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Married Sandra Chloe Harper, 1958 (divorced 1965). Children: Lisa Ann, Jennifer Jean. Married Ethne Lynn Reuss, April 14, 1979.
1 child, David McDonnell.