1. In 1934, after years of struggle, the American clarinetist Benny Goodman assembled a band that included Gene Krupa on drums, Bunny Berigan on trumpet and Helen Ward on vocals. A six-month gig ...

The two recruited a drummer who would ultimately be replaced by Barker in 1998 during the tour for the band’s second album, “Dude Ranch.” Hoppus recalls in the book, “Tom and I became fast ...

Paul McCartney is looking back on his time fronting the band Wings after leaving the Beatles. The musician, 82, has announced a new book about the hitmaking group, set to hit shelves this fall.

Given that the authors sought to include all of the songs, as well as photos and information about the band’s members, this book is a hefty 600-plus pages. One of the appeals of a volume like ...

The herculean task of researching the book found Roubin and Ollivier delving into the ever-evolving band’s lesser-documented early days with founding frontman Peter Green. But equally as ...

But, according to a new book, Ono may have actually prolonged the life of the seminal rock band — and of John Lennon himself. “There’s a version of the Beatles story in which there’d be no ...

Paul McCartney will reflect on his time piloting Wings in an upcoming book that focuses on his post-Beatles band. Wings: The Story of a Band on the Run, due out November 4 via Liveright / W.

He announced Wednesday that he will release a book, “Wings: The Story of a Band on the Run,” tracing the history of the group he helmed through most of the 1970s after the Beatles’ breakup.

Yet in truth, it took root decades earlier. In Strike Up the Band Scott Miller tells the whole story of musicals, pulling back the curtain on the amazing innovation and adventurousness of the art ...