- Hardcover: 160 pages
- Publisher: Orion; New edition edition (29 Aug 2002)
- Language English
- ISBN-10: 0752851055
- ISBN-13: 978-0752851051
- Product Dimensions: 21.4 x 16.6 x 1.6 cm
- Average Customer Review: 5.0 out of 5 stars See all reviews (2 customer reviews)
- Amazon Bestsellers Rank: 164,126 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)
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PRESS:DAILY EXPRESS: double-page feature by Jonathan Maitland - 6 SeptemberSUNDAY TIMES: news piece about proposed Eva Cassidy filmNOTTINGHAM EVENING POST: review and competitionHARTLEPOOL MAIL: review MAGAZINES:HELLO: interview with Eva's parents - AugustYORKSHIRE LIFE: review and competition RADIO:BBC Radio 5 Nicky Campbell show - interview with the authorsBBC London Live Lisa I'Anson show - interview with the authorsBBC Radio SHROPSHIRE: competitionBBC Radio CUMBRIA: interview and competitionBBC Radio LANCASHIRE: interview and competitionBBC Radio GMR: interview tbc* Interviews with Jonathan Maitland about Eva Cassidy:BBC Radio LEEDSBBC Radio CLEVELANDBBC Radio YORKBBC Radio KENTBB
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Eva Cassidy is a phenomenon. Her album SONGBIRD topped the charts and has gone platinum. All her other albums have reached the Top 40, SONGBIRD selling 950,000 in 18 months. Her voice was voted was of the 'greatest of her generation' and her rendition of OVER THE RAINBOW is one of the most requested videos in TOP OF THE POPS' history. Her success is even more amazing since she has reached the top without expensive marketing campaigns; her success has come through the quality of her voice and word of mouth. Eva's story is the more astonishing in that in 1996 she died of cancer at the age of 33, virtually unknown outside the Washington area where she grew up and performed. It was only when Terry Wogan played her version of OVER THE RAINBOW two years ago that her incredible career really began. Her fans know little about Eva partly because her friends and family are naturally reticent and wish to honour her memory. Now, for the first time, Eva's story can be told - by her parents Hugh and Barbara Cassidy and by Eva's friends.
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Eva, the person behind the voice,
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This review is from: Eva Cassidy: Songbird: By Those Who Knew Her Authorised by Hugh and Barbara Cassidy (Hardcover)
Eva died in 1996, but her music and her life are the greatest stories told.This book was produced by her parents, friends, musicians and family and gives the chance to fans to be able to find out more about the person behind the amazing voice. This book gives photos of her amazing art work for which she also had a gift for. Her music continues to sell well, and with the recent release of the book in America will surely promote the singer and will give encouragement to everyone who hears her voice.
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I laughed and cried,
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This review is from: Eva Cassidy: Songbird: By Those Who Knew Her Authorised by Hugh and Barbara Cassidy (Hardcover)
I received this book today and read it cover to cover without putting it down. The book is and amazing tribute to her life and even after her death. The book is divided into chapters, each given the name of one of her songs - e.g. the last chapter is 'Songbird'. I thought i knew quite a lot about her life through her cousins website but you would not believe all the kind things that people say about her in her book. We learn about her whole life, the things she had to cope with when she went to school, her musical career, artistic career, jobs she had, and what she thought of her music.I would highly recommend this to everyone and would give it at least 10 stars if i was able to. it gives you explinations and delves deep into her life through her parents, friends, family and those that came into contact with her, including Terry Wogan and others at the BBC. I really did laugh and cry while reading this and you can see the passion she had in her life as she has in her music. You even get an insight to Chuck Brown to find out that he is just as nervous before a show as Eva was. A must read for all the fans.
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5.0 out of 5 stars (1 customer review) 2 of 2 people found the following review helpful:
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SONGBIRD OVER THE RAINBOW,
By DAVID HALL - Published on Amazon.com
This review is from: Eva Cassidy: Songbird: By Those Who Knew Her Authorised by Hugh and Barbara Cassidy (Hardcover)
I purchased Eva Cassidy: Songbird - By Those Who Knew Her, on Amazon. A lovely book about the singer Eva Cassidy whose life and artistic journey as a singer, I found extremely moving. Beautifully told by her family, closest friends and business associates, it also contains wonderful photographs that capture the moving life of this wonderful singer who, it seems, was destined to become famous, only after passing away. I've always admired Judy Garland's vocal of Over The Rainbow. Marvelled at the incredible vocal gift she demonstrated singing the song. Never imagined I'd hear another version of that song I'd love more. Until hearing / seeing the video of Eva Cassidy performing the same song on YouTube. The difference? Ms. Cassidy's version goes straight to the heart. She transcends singing the song .... becomes the song. See for yourself on YouTube. And if you feel the same, you may want to find out more about this wonderful artist's story and life as I did. A touching and insightful biography about a wonderful, remarkable singer. Highly recommended.
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