In my life : a music memoir / Alan Johnson.
By: Johnson, Alan.
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BookPublisher: London : Bantam Press, 2018Description: Hardback 23 cm.ISBN: 9780593079539 (hbk.) :; 0593079531 (hbk.) :.Subject(s): Johnson, Alan, 1950 May 17- | Politicians -- Great Britain -- Biography | Music -- 20th century | Biography | Biography | Great Britain -- Social life and customs -- 1945-DDC classification: 920 JOH Summary: From being transported by the sound of 'True Love' by Bing Crosby and Grace Kelly on the radio, as a small child living in condemned housing in ungentrified West London in the late 1950s, to going out to work as a postman humming 'Watching the Detectives' by Elvis Costello in 1977, Alan Johnson's life has always had a musical soundtrack. In fact music hasn't just accompanied his life, it's been an integral part of it. In the bestselling and award-winning tradition of 'This Boy', 'In My Life' vividly transports us to a world that is no longer with us - a world of Dansettes and jukeboxes, of heartfelt love songs and heart-broken ballads, of smoky coffee shops and dingy dance halls. 'In My Life' adds a fourth dimension to the story of Alan Johnson the man.
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| 920 JEN Time to say hello : | 920 JOB Steve Jobs | 920 JOH This boy | 920 JOH In my life : | 920 JON The girl least likely : | 920 KAY The sound of laughter. | 920 KAY This is going to hurt : |
From being transported by the sound of 'True Love' by Bing Crosby and Grace Kelly on the radio, as a small child living in condemned housing in ungentrified West London in the late 1950s, to going out to work as a postman humming 'Watching the Detectives' by Elvis Costello in 1977, Alan Johnson's life has always had a musical soundtrack. In fact music hasn't just accompanied his life, it's been an integral part of it. In the bestselling and award-winning tradition of 'This Boy', 'In My Life' vividly transports us to a world that is no longer with us - a world of Dansettes and jukeboxes, of heartfelt love songs and heart-broken ballads, of smoky coffee shops and dingy dance halls. 'In My Life' adds a fourth dimension to the story of Alan Johnson the man.