This volume concentrates on Michael's solo career - which started way back in October 1971, when Michael was just 13 years old. The main focus of The Solo Years is on Michael's career from the late 1970s onwards. It features a complete, chronological listing of every album, one-off single and collaboration Michael recorded during this period. This is the companion volume to, Michael Jackson The Early Years.

Michael Jackson the Solo Years

Biographies & Memoirs

Halstead, Craig

Cadman, Chris

Community & Culture

Authors OnLine Ltd.

Michael Jackson first entered a recording studio in November 1967, just three months after his ninth birthday. Two years later he and his older brothers scored their first hit, 'I Want You Back' - and, despite set-backs that would have ended the career of a lesser man, Michael's legion of fans remain as loyal today as they have ever been. This is the story of the man and his music...

Michael Jackson: For the Record

Arts & Literature

The King of Pop's sudden death on 25th June 2009 shocked the world, and a glut of hastily written biographies quickly followed, but this book is different: this book is a revised and expanded edition of the no.1 best selling Michael Jackson book on amazon.com, in the days and weeks following his passing. Now, in response to numerous requests from Michael Jackson fans around the world, Cadman &amp; Halstead have completely revised and expanded their best selling 'For The Record'. As well as detailing the hundreds of songs Michael was involved with over the years, solo and with his brothers, the second editions also focuses on the King of Pop's albums, his home videos, his films and short films, his books and his chart successes, and it includes complete USA &amp; UK discographies.

Michael Jackson for the Record

By the best selling author of 'Michael Jackson: For The Record' Whitney Houston exploded on the music scene in 1985. Her self-titled album quickly became the best selling debut by a female artist, her second album was the first by a female artist to debut at no.1 in the States, and when she had seven consecutive chart toppers on Billboard's Hot 100, she smashed a record set by the Beatles and the Bee Gees. Whitney's first film, The Bodyguard, grossed over $410 million, and the lead single from the soundtrack - a cover of Dolly Parton's I Will Always Love You - topped charts all over the world, and is one of the best selling singles of all-time. Marriage, motherhood and difficult times followed, but Whitney made a successful comeback in 2009 when I LOOK TO YOU, her first studio album for six years, debuted at no.1 in the States. This is the story of Whitney and her music...

Whitney Houston:: For the Record

Blondie was formed in New York by singer Debbie Harry and her guitarist boyfriend Chris Stein, after they left a band calledthe Stilettoes in July 1974. The band’s name was inspired by ‘Hey, Blondie!’ catcalls directed at Debbie.Blondie signed with Private Stock Records, and released their debut album BLONDIE in December 1976, but initially at leastit wasn’t successful. The band’s second album, PLASTIC LETTERS, was moderately successful, but it really wasn’t until the band’s third album PARALLEL LINES was released that global success on a massive scale really took off.For the purposes of this book, to qualify as a Top 40 hit, a single or album must have entered the Top 40 chart in at least one of the featured countries. The Top 40 hits are detailed chronologically, according to the date they first entered the chart in one or more of the featured countries. Each Top 40 single and album is illustrated and the catalogue numbers and release dates are detailed, for the USA and the UK, followed by the chart runs in each country.The main listings are followed by ‘The Almost Top 40 Singles’, which gives an honourable mention to singles that peaked between no.41-50 in one or more countries, but which failed to enter the Top 40 in any. There is also a points-based list of the Top 20 singles and Top 20 albums, plus a fascinating Trivia section, which looks at the most successful singles and albums in each of the featured countries.

Blondie: All The Top 40 Hits

Arts & Photography

Music

Independently published

3rd Edition: revised &amp; up-dated to March 2018, now includes Benny's 'Piano' album. Before they won the Eurovision Song Contest in April 1974, few people outside Scandinavia had heard of ABBA – indeed, before Waterloo, the quartet were credited as ‘Björn Benny &amp; Agnetha Frida’ on the few singles they released and on their debut album, as the name ABBA hadn’t been coined. Björn, Benny, Agnetha and Frida were all successful musicians in their own right, before they formed a group together, and they continued to enjoy success after ABBA ceased to exist, and the quartet went their separate ways. Incredibly, the four members of ABBA have scored more than a hundred Top 40 singles and over eighty Top 40 albums between them over the years, if their pre-ABBA and post-ABBA recordings are taken into account. For the purposes of this book, to qualify as a Top 40 hit, a single or album must have entered the Top 40 singles/albums chart in at least one of nineteen featured countries: Australia, Austria, Belgium (Wallonia), Canada, Finland, France, Germany, Ireland (singles only), Japan, the Netherlands, New Zealand, Norway, South Africa, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland, the United Kingdom, the United States and Zimbabwe. The Top 40 singles and albums are detailed chronologically, according to the date they first entered the chart in one or more of the featured countries. Each Top 40 single and album is illustrated and the catalogue numbers and release dates are detailed, for both Sweden and the UK, followed by the chart runs in each featured country, including any chart re-entries. Where full chart runs are unavailable, peak position and weeks on the chart are given. For both singles and albums, the main listing is followed by ‘The Almost Top 40 Singles/Albums’, which gives an honorable mention to ABBA and ABBA-related singles/albums that peaked between no.41 and no.50 in one or more countries. There is also a points-based list of the Top 40 ABBA and ABBA-related Singles and Albums, plus a fascinating ‘Trivia’ section at the end of each section which looks at the most successful ABBA and ABBA-related singles and albums in each of the featured countries.

ABBA: All The Top 40 Hits

CreateSpace Independent Publishing Platform

3rd Edition: up-dated to June 2019.Richard and Karen Carpenter, as the Carpenters, are one of the best-selling music acts of all-time.Richard and Karen made their breakthrough in 1969 when, on 22nd April, they signed to A&amp;M Records. They agreed they would be known as ‘Carpenters’, as opposed to ‘The Carpenters’. Richard composed ten of the 13 songs on the duo’s debut album, OFFERING, but their debut single was a ballad version of the Beatles’ Ticket To Ride, which was a minor hit on the Hot 100 in the USA.It wasn’t until they released their second album, CLOSE TO YOU, that Richard and Karen’s career really took off. The lead single from the album, (They Long To Be) Close To You, went all the way to no.1 in the USA, and broke the duo internationally. The follow-up, We’ve Only Just Begun, hit no.2 in the USA.For the purposes of this book, to qualify as a Top 40 hit, a single or album must have entered the Top 40 singles/albums chart in at least one of eighteen featured countries: Australia, Austria, Belgium, Canada, Denmark, Finland, France, Germany, Ireland (singles only), Japan, the Netherlands, New Zealand, Norway, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland, the United Kingdom and the United States of America. For both singles and albums, the main listing is followed by ‘The Almost Top 40 Singles/Albums’, which gives an honorable mention to Carpenters singles/albums that peaked between no.41 and no.50 in one or more countries. There is also a points-based list of the Top 20 Carpenters Singles and Albums, plus a fascinating ‘Trivia’ section at the end of each section which looks at the most successful Carpenters singles and albums in each of the featured countries.

Carpenters: All The Top 40 Hits

(Author's note: up-dated July 2018) Donna Summer was born in Boston, Massachusetts, and she was only 19 when she flew to Munich, Germany, to appear in the German production of the controversial musical, Hair. Donna went on to appear in several other stage shows, including Porgy And Bess and Godspell, before she sang a few songs for a producer who was looking for new voices: Giorgio Moroder. However, it wasn't until early 1975 that Donna came up with the one line that would change her life: 'I'd love to love you.' Moroder immediately had Donna cut what she thought was a three minute demo of Love To Love You, which he took to the MIDEM music festival. Here he met Neil Bogart, founder and owner of Casablanca Records, who liked the demo so much he took it home with him and played it at a party - over and over again, such was the demand. After sitting on the demo for a while, Bogart contacted Moroder - and asked for an extended, twenty minute version of the song. And Bogart insisted the only person who could sing the song was whoever had sung the demo. So Love To Love You Baby was born - and Donna was on her way to becoming an international superstar. This is the story of Donna and her music ...

Donna Summer: For The Record (2nd Edition)

Whitney Houston: For The Record (2nd Edition)

Janet Jackson: For The Record (2nd Edition)

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