Hit men
Subtitle: power brokers and fast money inside the music business
By: Fredric Dannen.
Edition: 1st Vintage Books ed.
Publisher: Vintage Books
Published: 1991
Place of publication: New York
Language: eng
Number of pages: 407
Subjects: Sound recording industry -- United States.; Rock music -- United States -- History and criticism.
Description: 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. - Back cover.
Notes: "Updated with a new chapter by the author"--Cover.
Includes index.