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Few American superstar stories are richer, wilder, or more excessive than Rick James's. He played in a band with Neil Young, spent years in jail, produced his first album (which was then picked up by Motown) with money from shadowy sources, crossed rock and funk to come up with one of the best-selling albums of the 1980s, became one of the biggest pop star of the era, turned a young white woman named Teena Marie into an R&B superstar, displayed an outrageously sex and drug-filled lifestyle, was tried and found guilty of assaulting and imprisoning a young woman, went on to record new music that was compared to the Beatles' White Album, and ended his life as a punch line for Dave Chappelle. And along the way, he scored a large number of major hits, sold tens of millions of albums and became intimate with dozens of big-name celebrities. Rick James attempted to tell his own story--in two different books--but left out many incidents that showed what he was really like. Nobody has written the full truth about his life. Now, based on court records, newspaper archives, and extensive interviews with dozens of family members, band members, friends, and lovers, here is the definitive biography of Motown's most controversial superstar.

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Chicago Review Press, Incorporated
ISBN-10
1613749570
ISBN-13
9781613749579
eBay Product ID (ePID)
222135858

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Book Title
Super Freak : the Life of Rick James
Author
Peter Benjaminson
Format
Hardcover
Language
English
Topic
Composers & Musicians, Individual Composer & Musician
Publication Year
2017
Genre
Biography & Autobiography, Music
Number of Pages
384 Pages

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Item Length
9in
Item Height
1in
Item Width
6in
Item Weight
22.4 Oz

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Lc Classification Number
Ml420.J233b36 2017
Reviews
"Benjaminson acts as a gifted stenographer... laying the facts out for readers to come to their own conclusions without trying to push one verdict or the other." --Passions of the Weiss, "An unapologetic, no-holds-barred biography of a flamboyant and controversial artist." --Booklist Online, "Rick James was one of the biggest musical stars of the 1980s, and his life was a roller-coaster of moods, musical styles, triumph, and failure. He was definitely a Super Freak, and this book will tell you why." -- Library Journal, "An unapologetic, no-holds-barred biography of a flamboyant and controversial artist." --Booklist Online "Benjaminson (Mary Wells: The Tumultuous Life of Motown's First Superstar, 2012, etc.) delivers a matter-of-fact biography of a musician whose extremes--both the highs and the lows--defy belief." -- Kirkus Reviews
Copyright Date
2017
Target Audience
Trade
Lccn
2016-050314
Dewey Decimal
781.644092
Dewey Edition
23
Illustrated
Yes

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