Product Description: “Fred Goodman makes this world come alive, and any fan of rock or insider tales of the music industry will be in heaven reading about this fascinating, troubling character.” — Judd Apatow, Omnivoracious “Writing about contracts, percentages, and deals can be tedious, but Goodman makes it as exciting as reading about an artist’s sex life...read more

Allen Klein was like no one the music industry had seen before. The hard-nosed business manager became infamous for allegedly catalyzing the Beatles' breakup and robbing the Rolling Stones, but the truth is both more complex and more fascinating. As the manager of the Stones and then the Beatles-not to mention Sam Cooke, the Who, Donovan, the Kinks, and numerous other performers-he taught young soon-to-be legends how to be businessmen as well as rock stars. In so doing, Klein made millions for his clients and changed music forever. But Klein was as merciless with his clients as he was with anyone else, earning himself an outsize reputation for villainy that has gone unchallenged until now. Through unique, unprecedented access to Klein's archives, veteran music journalist Fred Goodman tells the full story of how the Beatles broke up, how the Stones achieved the greatest commercial success in rock history, and how the music business became what it is today.

An intriguing study of New York City's largest cemetery examines the cultural, historical, artistic, and social significance of the necropolis, which serves as the final resting place for 350,000 New Yorkers, presenting the story of Woodlawn Cemetary through portraits of nine exceptional individuals who are buried there.

A revealing look at the multi-billion-dollar business of rock music draws on extraordinarily candid interviews with rock idols, promoters, producers, and others to trace the uneasy alliances between the musicians and the men behind their careers. Reprint. 35,000 first printing.

Describes the background of the best rock albums of the past ten years, and includes brief interviews with performers and producers