Best Selling Books by Peter Guralnick

Peter Guralnick is the author of Elvis Presley (2022), Elvis. L'ultimo treno per Memphis-Amore senza freni (2004), Sweet soul music. Il rhythm'n'blues e l'emancipazione dei neri d'America (1987), The Colonel and the King (2025), Amores Que Matan (2008).

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Elvis Presley

release date: Apr 18, 2022
Elvis Presley
A história que mostra o homem por trás do mito. O mundo em que Elvis Presley cresceu, o mundo que o moldou e o mundo que ele, quase sem perceber, moldou para si próprio. Último trem para Memphis conta de forma vívida os primeiros 24 anos da vida de Elvis. A infância, os primeiros sucessos, a carreira no cinema, a relação particularmente íntima com os pais e também com namoradas, colegas, mentores e fãs. Tudo isso narrado com toda a graça e a singeleza da vida cotidiana, numa época de sonhos e de uma indústria musical que ainda não tinha se definido, e embasado por centenas de entrevistas e anos de pesquisa. A energia dele era feroz; o espírito competitivo parecia tomar conta do garoto tímido e educado que existia lá no fundo; cada minuto que ficava no palco era como uma explosão incendiária.

Elvis. L'ultimo treno per Memphis-Amore senza freni

release date: Jan 01, 2004

Sweet soul music. Il rhythm'n'blues e l'emancipazione dei neri d'America

release date: Jan 01, 1987

The Colonel and the King

release date: Aug 05, 2025
The Colonel and the King
From the award-winning biographer of Elvis Presley, The Colonel and the King is a groundbreaking dual portrait of the relationship between the iconic artist and his legendary manager, Colonel Tom Parker, drawing on a wealth of Parker''s never-before-seen correspondence to reveal that this oft-reviled figure was in fact a confidant, friend, and architect of his client''s success. In early 1955, Colonel Tom Parker—the manager of the number-one country musician of the day—heard that an unknown teenager from Memphis had just drawn a crowd of more than 800 people to a Texas schoolhouse, and headed south to investigate. Within days, Parker was sending out telegrams and letters to promoters and booking agents: “We have a new boy that is absolutely going to be one of the biggest things in the business in a very short time. His name is ELVIS PRESLEY.” Later that year, after signing with RCA, the young man sent a telegram of his own: “Dear Colonel, Words can never tell you how my folks and I appreciate what you did for me.... I love you like a father.” The close personal bond between Elvis and the Colonel proved impossible for outside observers to understand—not during their lifetimes, and not in the decades since. It was a long-standing, deeply committed relationship, founded on mutual admiration and support. As the Colonel wrote to Elvis in July 1973, several years before the star’s tragic death: “Without a doubt you are by far the greatest artist I have ever known, and can be even greater if you just believe in yourself half as much as I believe in you.” From the outset, the Colonel defended Elvis fiercely and indefatigably against RCA executives, Elvis’ own booking agents, and movie moguls. But in their final years together, the story grew darker, and the relationship strained, as the Colonel found himself unable to protect Elvis from himself—or to control growing problems of his own. Featuring troves of never-before-seen correspondence from the Colonel’s own archives, revelatory both for their insights and—particularly with respect to Elvis—their emotional depth, The Colonel and the King provides a unique perspective on not one but two American originals. A tale of the birth of the modern-day superstar (an invention almost entirely of Parker’s making) by the most acclaimed music writer of his generation, it presents these two misunderstood icons as they’ve never been seen before: with all of their brilliance, humor, and flaws on full display.

Amores Que Matan

release date: Apr 01, 2008
Amores Que Matan
Pasará mucho tiempo antes de que otra biografía coseche tan encendidos elogios como los obtenidos por esta obra definitiva (el adjetivo no es por una vez hiperbólico) sobre la fulgurante ascensión y la apoteósica decadencia de un cantante ya instalado en la mitología popular contemporánea. Basten dos muestras extraídas del New York Times: «Un triunfo del arte biográfico [...] un libro profundo y conmovedor» (Stephen Wright); «hagamos un poco de ruido [...] la mejor biografía jamás escrita sobre una estrella del rock» (Gerald Marzorati). Incluso el huraño Bob Dylan ha abandonado su guarida para unirse al coro de apologistas: «[Elvis] parece salir de estas páginas, notamos cómo respira; este libro anula todos los demás». Tras una meticulosa investigación, Pete Guralnick afronta las luces y las sombras de Elvis para devolvernos a la persona silenciada por su máscara y rescatar la realidad sepultada bajo el templo de la idolatría. Guralnick no juzga ni declama: se limita a mostrar los hechos con apasionado rigor o con piadosa objetividad sin caer jamás ni en la crueldad exhibicionista ni en el sentimentalismo devoto. El resultado es un retrato magistral del individuo y de la sociedad que lo elevó a los abismos del trono.

Último Tren a Memphis

release date: Apr 01, 2008
Último Tren a Memphis
Pasará mucho tiempo antes de que otra biografía coseche tan encendidos elogios como los obtenidos por esta obra definitiva (el adjetivo no es por una vez hiperbólico) sobre la fulgurante ascensión y la apoteósica decadencia de un cantante ya instalado en la mitología popular contemporánea. Basten dos muestras extraídas del New York Times: «Un triunfo del arte biográfico [...] un libro profundo y conmovedor» (Stephen Wright); «hagamos un poco de ruido [...] la mejor biografía jamás escrita sobre una estrella del rock» (Gerald Marzorati). Incluso el huraño Bob Dylan ha abandonado su guarida para unirse al coro de apologistas: «[Elvis] parece salir de estas páginas, notamos cómo respira; este libro anula todos los demás». Tras una meticulosa investigación, Pete Guralnick afronta las luces y las sombras de Elvis para devolvernos a la persona silenciada por su máscara y rescatar la realidad sepultada bajo el templo de la idolatría. Guralnick no juzga ni declama: se limita a mostrar los hechos con apasionado rigor o con piadosa objetividad sin caer jamás ni en la crueldad exhibicionista ni en el sentimentalismo devoto. El resultado es un retrato magistral del individuo y de la sociedad que lo elevó a los abismos del trono.

Guralnick Boxed Set of 2

release date: Feb 01, 2000
Guralnick Boxed Set of 2
Peter Guralnick''s definitive and award-winning two-volume biography of Elvis Presley This deluxe paperback boxed set includes Guralnick''s two bestselling books about Elvis Presley, Last Train to Memphis: The Rise of Elvis Presley and Careless Love: The Unmaking of Elvis Presley. From the moment that he first shook up the world in the mid 1950s, Elvis Presley has been one of the most vivid and enduring myths of American culture. Peter Guralnick''s biography is the first to go past that myth and present an Elvis beyond the legend. Based on hundreds of interviews and nearly a decade of research, it traces the evolution not just of the man but of the music and of the culture he left utterly transformed, creating a completely fresh portrait of Elvis and his world. The first volume, Last Train to Memphis, tracks the first twenty-four years of Elvis'' life, covering his childhood, the stunning first recordings at Sun Records ("That''s All Right," "Mystery Train"), and the early RCA hits ("Heartbreak Hotel," "Hound Dog," "Don''t Be Cruel"). These were the years of his improbable self-invention and unprecedented triumphs, when it seemed that everything that Elvis tried succeeded wildly. There was scarcely a cloud in sight through this period until, in 1958, he was drafted into the army and his mother died shortly thereafter. Careless Love, the second volume, recounts the second half of Elvis'' life in rich and previously unimagined detail, beginning with Presley''s army service in Germany in 1958 and ending with his death in Memphis in 1977. Guralnick chronicles the unraveling of the dream that once shone so brightly, homing in on the complex playing-out of Elvis'' relationship with his Machiavellian manager, Colonel Tom Parker. It''s a breathtaking revelatory drama that for the first time places the events of a too-often mistold tale in a fresh, believable, and understandable context. This is the quintessential American story, encompassing elements of race, class, wealth, sex, music, religion, and personal transformation. Written with grace, sensitivity, and passion, this two-volume biography is a unique contribution to our understanding of American popular culture and the nature of success, giving us true insight at last into one of the most misunderstood public figures of our times.

Sam Phillips. Der Mann, der den Rock ́n ́Roll erfand

release date: Oct 05, 2021
Sam Phillips. Der Mann, der den Rock ́n ́Roll erfand
"Ich war schon immer der Meinung, dass Sun Records und Sam Phillips die entscheidensten, erhebensten und stärksten Platten aller Zeiten produziert hatten. Bei Sun Records sangen die Künstler um ihr Leben und hörten sich an, als kämen sie aus der rätselhaftesten Ecke des Planeten. Wenn man sie hinter sich ließ und den Blick zurück warf, konnte man zur Salzsäule erstarren." Bab Dylan, Chronicles Die Biografie über das visionäre Genie, das den revolutionären Weg von Sun Records im Alleingang lenkte. Vom Autor der von der Kritik gefeierten Elvis-Presley-Biografie "Last Train to Memphis" und "Careless Love" endlich in deutscher Sprache: Sam Phillips: der Mann, der den Rock ́n ́Roll erfand. Die Musik, die er in seinem winzigen Memphis-Studio mit so unterschiedlichen Künstlern wie Elvis Presley, Ike Turner, Howlin'' Wolf, Jerry Lee Lewis und Johnny Cash prägte, brachte einen Sound hervor, der noch nie zuvor gehört worden war. Er schuf eine einzigartige Mischung aus schwarzen und weißen Stimmen, die voller Leidenschaft die Vitalität der amerikanischen Volkstradition verkündete und gleichzeitig ein für alle Mal einen neuen, integrativen Musikstil proklamierte. Mit umfangreichen Interviews und persönlichen Beobachtungen aus erster Hand, die sich über einen Zeitraum von 25 Jahren erstreckten, sowie umfangreichen Interviews mit nahezu allen legendären Sun Records-Künstlern, liefert uns Guralnick ein leidenschaftliches, ungeschöntes Porträt eines amerikanischen Originals. Der Autor Peter Guralnick begleitete Sam Phillips und seine Weggefährten über viele Jahre hinweg, um einen umfassenden Einblick in Sun Records und dessen gesamtes Umfeld zu erlangen. Er beschreibt Sam Phillips'' schweren Start, aber natürlich auch seinen unglaublichen Aufstieg. Besonders spannend ist dabei, auch bisher eher unbekannte Seiten von Sam Phillips kennen zu lernen. Seine große Liebe zum Radio, seine Motivation, im Tonstudio immer ausgefeiltere Aufnahmetechniken zu entwickeln oder sein Drang zu waghalsigen Expansionsmanövern weit über die Grenzen seiner Wahlheimatstadt Memphis hinaus. Gleichzeitig zeigt Peter Guralnick aber auch die Schattenseiten von Sam Phillips auf, die es im Wirken außergewöhnlicher Persönlichkeiten vielleicht immer gibt. Wir lernen in diesem Buch einen Geschäftsmann mit einem unvorstellbaren Antrieb und einem unbändigen Durchhaltevermögen kennen, aber natürlich auch einen ganz persönlichen Sam Phillips. Doch dieses Buch ist mehr als nur eine Biografie über Sam Phillips. Es ist eine Biografie über die Entstehung der amerikanischen Popkultur. Es ist die Biografie einer Musikszene, die unsere heutige Kultur so entscheidend geprägt hat wie keine zuvor und keine danach. Es ist die Biografie über ein Amerika, in dem der Blues und der Rock''n''Roll in kleinen Schritten, aber ganz entscheidend für die Gleichberechtigung von Menschen aller Hautfarben gekämpft hat.

Nighthawk Blues

release date: Jun 06, 2014
Nighthawk Blues
- The Year of the Blues reaches fever pitch in fall 2003 with the theatrical release (and airing on PBS) of seven documentary films, each by a noted feature director (Martin Scorsese, Wim Wenders, Charles Burnett, Mike Figgis, and Clint Eastwood among them) and the release on CD of several major new blues compilations.- Peter Guralnick, celebrated for his bestselling two-volume biography of Elvis Presley, Last Train to Memphis and Careless Love, is a master of narrative who knows the world of American roots music better than any other writer.- NIGHTHAWK BLUES was first published in hardcover in 1980 (Seaview Books) and subsequently in paperback (Thunder''s Mouth Press). Both editions have long been unavailable.

Elvis Presley. L'ultimo treno per Memphis. L'ascesa di Elvis Presley

release date: Jan 01, 2001

Элвис Пресли : Последний поезд в Мемфис. Самая знаменитая биография короля рок-н-рола

release date: Jan 01, 2002

Feel like going home

release date: Jan 01, 2009
Feel like going home
Du country blues du Deep South à la naissance du rock du côté de Memphis, des champs de coton aux studios Chess de Chicago, Peter Guralnick a rencontré, parfois peu de temps avant leur disparition, ces illustres pionniers (Muddy Waters, Howlin'' Wolf, Jerry Lee Lewis) et ces perdants magnifiques (Skip James, Robert Pete Williams, Charlie Rich) qui ont écrit quelques-unes des plus belles pages de la musique populaire américaine. Publié pour la première fois aux Etats-Unis en 1971, inédit jusqu''à aujourd''hui en France, Feel Like Going Home est désormais considéré comme un document exceptionnel et un incontournable classique qui inaugure une nouvelle façon d''écrire sur la musique. Comme un livre intense et émouvant qui ne donne qu''une envie : se plonger dans les enregistrements avec des oreilles neuves. Comme un livre culte absolument intemporel enfin, signé d''un des deux ou trois plus grands écrivains spécialisés dans la culture musicale américaine.

Robert Johnson. In cerca del re del blues

release date: Jan 01, 1991

À la recherche de Robert Johnson

release date: Jan 01, 2008
À la recherche de Robert Johnson
Empoisonné par un mari jaloux à l''âge de vingt-sept ans, soupçonné d''avoir vendu son âme au diable contre des dons musicaux exceptionnels, Robert Johnson est devenu un véritable mythe. A tel point que la légende aurait pu éclipser le génie du guitariste. Pourtant, des fins fonds du Mississippi, Robert Johnson a joué un rôle essentiel dans l''histoire de la musique, influençant des générations de bluesmen et de rockers, de Muddy Waters jusqu''aux Rolling Stones. Dans cette ode lumineuse au " King of the Delta Blues ", Peter Guralnick éclaire l''homme autant que la légende. Il évoque avec subtilité le lieu et le temps qui les ont engendrés. Au travers d''entretiens avec des contemporains de Johnson - tels Johnny Shines et Robert Lockwood -, ce récit restitue avec poésie l''univers et l''art d''un musicien dont l''œuvre, fulgurante, n''en finit pas de fasciner.

Excerpted from Last Train to Memphis

release date: Jan 01, 1994

Sam Cooke's SAR Records Story, 1959-1965

release date: Jan 01, 1994

Careless Love B Pbp

release date: Feb 01, 2002

Careless Love Hb S/Wx8Plus 2 Free

release date: Feb 04, 1999

Elvis Presley, Careless Love

release date: Jan 01, 2008
Elvis Presley, Careless Love
L''auteur retrace la saga du King, de ses origines modestes, du côté de Tupelo (Mississippi) à sa mort le 16 août 1977. Au-delà de sa biographie, il offre une vision des Etats-Unis durant plusieurs décades et analyse l''émergence d''une nouvelle culture populaire qui va très vite conquérir le monde.
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