In tune with the interest in oldies music, this book spotlights the once-famous performers who recorded those cherished songs and timeless albums so strongly imprinted on the millions of Americans growing up in the 1960s. Based on dozens of conversations with performers, talent agents, personal managers, and booking agents, the book includes the life experiences of 43 individuals--solo artists, bands, and singing group members-from Sam the Sham and the Pharaohs and The Beau Brummels to Gary "U.S." Bonds and Peter and Gordon.
Marti Smiley Childs and Jeff March are business partners in EditPros LLC, an editorial services firm in Davis, Calif., established in 1993. Their first book, Echoes of the Sixties (first published in 1999 by Billboard Books and re-released by EditPros LLC in 2011 as an Amazon Kindle ebook, ISBN 978-1-937317-02-7), is now available. It includes 12 chapters, featuring the Fireballs, Gary "U.S." Bonds, the Tokens, the Angels, Peter and Gordon, Mike Pinder of the Moody Blues, Sam the Sham and the Pharaohs, the Lovin' Spoonful, Gary Puckett and the Union Gap, Country Joe and the Fish, and Iron Butterfly.
Where Have All the Pop Stars Gone? - Volume 1, (Paperback ISBN 978-1-937317-00-3, ebook ISBN 978-1-937317-01-0, published in July 2011 by EditPros LLC) is the first in a series of books of the same title that features "then and now" portraits of bands and artists whose music helped define the popular culture of their time. Volume 1 includes authorized chapters on the Association, Herman's Hermits, the Kingston Trio, Chris Montez, the Spiral Starecase, Bobby Bee and the Zombies. This book is available in paperback, as well as in ebook form as a download.
Marti and Jeff are currently working on Where Have AllThe Pop Stars Gone? - Volume 2, slated for publication in summer 2012.
