Singer amy winehouse biography chas newkey burden

  • This remarkable biography traces the life of the tattooed wonder from her childhood pranks in north London through her days at the Sylvia Young Theatre School.
  • Customers find the book readable and interesting.
  • A detailed biography that pays tribute to the award-winning singer whose turbulent life and untimely death have captivated the world.

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    Amy Winehouse: The Biography

    An indisputable musical icon and controversial celebrity figure, Amy Winehouse’s unique blend of jazz, pop, and soul singing and songwriting have brought her a host of awards--including two prestigious Ivor Novellos and five Grammys--as well as an army of committed fans who adore her rich voice and painfully honest lyrics. Meanwhile, wild stories about her turbulent and hedonistic personal life have kept Amy in the headlines. She is a daily fixture in the tabloids and a fascination of celebrity magazines, yet she also holds the respect of many serious musicians. This remarkable biography traces the life of the tattooed wonder from her childhood pranks in north London through her days at the Sylvia Young Theatre School and her time spent working with pop impresario Simon Fuller, up to the talented and rebellious Amy Winehouse of today.

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    Amy Winehouse: Description Biography

    August 17, 2011
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    AMY WINEHOUSE: THE BIOGRAPHY 1983-2011 by CHAS NEWKEY-BURDEN

    As with many of my acquaintance, when I heard of Amy Winehouse's death it was with mixed emotions: a gloomy sense of the inevitability of it, sadness and then anger. That weird anger we reserve for those who have committed suicide or gone out in the manner of so many talented people, before their time and by their own actions.

    Winehouse was too talented to go from us so soon.

    Billie Holiday, whom many mentioned in the same breath, at least gave us 20 years of her talent and, even if there were diminishing returns, right to the end she could pull out magic.

    Winehouse gave us just two albums. Oh, and as many will be quick to tell us, her soul.

    She was obviously more fragile than people realised, but also more stupid. She chose songs better than she chose men, or drugs.

    This biography - and that definitive article is not to be believed -- looks like a pot-boiler rushed out . . . but in fact British journalist (less charitable types say "hack") Chas Newkey-Burden only had to add the intro and final chapter to his already published book.

    But while it gives us the outline of Winehouse's life, it is sketchy on detail and N-B is something of a contradictory apologist too. In that final chapter he tells us Wi