Donald Clarke
Donald Clarke is the principal author of The Penguin Encyclopedia of Popular Music. His other books include Wishing on the Moon: The Life and Times of Billie Holiday, The Rise and Fall of Popular Music, and All or Nothing at All: A Life of Frank Sinatra.
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Wishing on the Moon
- By: Donald Clarke
- Narrator: Anna Fields
- Length: 17 hours 45 minutes
- Publisher: Blackstone Publishing
- Publish date: January 01, 2012
- Language: English
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No singer has been more mythologized and more misunderstood than jazz legend Billie Holiday, who helped to create much of the mystique herself with her autobiography, Lady Sings the Blues. This authentic biography sets the record straight. Donald... Read more
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