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Susanne (skw) What music biographies have you enjoyed? (65* d) RE: What music biographies have you enjoyed? 29 Nov 10

I'd second the recommendations for Tommy Sands' 'The Songman' and Hamish Imlach's memoirs (for which, btw, we have to thank Ewan McVicar as well, who sat him down with a tape recorder and edited the result into a highly readable text).

Not a music biography as such, but Tim Neat's biography of Hamish Henderson gives a rounded picture of Hamish's achievements. I tremendously enjoyed vol 1 and am looking forward to vol 2.

Also: "Er ruehrte an den Schlaf der Welt", a biography of German singer Ernst Busch (from my home town of Kiel, but with a unique career in Berlin both before and after World War II) by Jochen Voit. Not available in English yet, though.

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