by Fredric Dannen | July 2, 1991 | Biographies & Memoirs
Copiously researched and documented, Hit Men is the highly controversial portrait of the pop music industry in all its wild, ruthless glory: the insatiable greed and ambition; the enormous egos; the fierce struggles for profits and power; the vendettas, rivalries, shakedowns, and payoffs. Chronicling the evolution of America's largest music labels from the Tin Pan Alley days to the present day, Fre...
Copiously researched and documented, Hit Men is the highly controversial portrait of the pop music industry in all its wild, ruthless glory: the insatiable greed and ambition; the enormous egos; the fierce struggles for profits and power; the vendettas, rivalries, shakedowns, and payoffs. Chronicling the evolution of America's largest music labels from the Tin Pan Alley days to the present day, Fredric Dannen examines in depth the often venal, sometimes illegal dealings among the assorted hustlers and kingpins who rule over this multi-billion-dollar business.
ISBN #
0679730613
Page count
432 pages
Publication Date
July 2, 1991
Publisher
Vintage
Category
Non-Fiction
Genre
Amazon Star Rating
4.6
Amazon Ratings Count
173 ratings
Amazon Last Rating Data Date
August 13, 2021
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