Description
| Product ID: | 9781846687914 |
| Product Form: | Paperback / softback |
| Country of Manufacture: | GB |
| Title: | Black by Design |
| Subtitle: | A 2-Tone Memoir |
| Authors: | Author: Pauline Black |
| Page Count: | 416 |
| Subjects: | Popular music, Reggae, Composers and songwriters, Autobiography: arts and entertainment, Individual composers & musicians, specific bands & groups, Autobiography: arts & entertainment |
| Description: | Select Guide Rating Born in 1953 to Anglo-Jewish/Nigerian parents, Pauline Black was subsequently adopted by a white, working class family in Romford. Never quite at home there, she escaped her small town background and discovered a different way of life - making music. This is an autobiography from the front woman of influential ska band, The Selecter. Born in 1953 to Anglo-Jewish/Nigerian parents, Pauline Black was subsequently adopted by a white, working class family in Romford. Never quite at home there, she escaped her small town background and discovered a different way of life - making music. Lead singer for platinum-selling band The Selecter, Pauline Black was the Queen of British Ska. The only woman in a movement dominated by men, she toured with The Specials, Madness, Dexy''s Midnight Runners when they were at the top of the charts - and, sometimes, on their worst behaviour.From childhood to fame, from singing to acting and broadcasting, from adoption to her recent search for her birth parents, Black By Design is a funny and enlightening story of music, race, family and roots. |
| Imprint Name: | Serpent's Tail |
| Publisher Name: | Profile Books Ltd |
| Country of Publication: | GB |
| Publishing Date: | 2012-07-05 |