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the life and times of a one-hit wonder

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Seduced

the life and times of a one-hit wonder

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Derek Harper is an r&b junkie whose desire since childhood has been to be a successful songwriter in the tradition of his idol, Curtis Mayfield. Indeed, music frees Derek from the protective cocoon that his enigmatic father, an undertaker, and his devout mother created for him in their black middle-class Queens neighborhood.

Derek's ambitions take him away from the comfortable predictability of his life to a tiny Times Square apartment in Manhattan. There he encounters the guts of the music industry in the 1980s: frustrated gospel singers, nefarious record producers, captivating vocal divas, the cultural stripmining of jingle writing, rebellious rap groups, and record company executives in Atlanta, L.A., and New York.

The seduction of women, music, and flash take Derek around the country, with only his parents to act as his conscience: his mother admonishes against his irresponsible lifestyle. Yet it is his father's attitude that is more troubling to Derek. In the wake of their neighborhood's steady deterioration, his bitter pragmatism shocks Derek into maturity. His odyssey comes full circle, when Derek gets what he thought he wanted from life - and maybe even more.

Using his own lyrics, songs of the times, and colorful anecdotes, George shows us how the threads of love - both romantic and familial - weave into the work of an artist and into building a young black man's life.

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Publisher
G.P. Putnam's Sons
Language
English
Pages
333

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January 21, 1997, One World/Ballantine
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1996, Ballantine Books
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Seduced: the life and times of a one-hit wonder
1996, G.P. Putnam's Sons
in English
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Seduced: the life and times of a one-hit wonder
1996, G.P. Putnam's Sons
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New York

Classifications

Dewey Decimal Class
813/.54
Library of Congress
PS3557.E493 S43 1996, PS3557.E493S43 1996

The Physical Object

Pagination
x, 333 p. ;
Number of pages
333

ID Numbers

Open Library
OL24754386M
Internet Archive
seducedlifetimes00geor
ISBN 10
0399141693
LCCN
95026606
OCLC/WorldCat
33900052

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