| Hit Men: Power Brokers and Fast Money Inside the Music Business Contributor(s): Dannen, Fredric (Author) |
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ISBN: 0679730613 ISBN-13: 9780679730613 Publisher: Vintage OUR PRICE: $16.20 Product Type: Paperback - Other Formats Published: July 1991 Annotation: Hit Men is the shocking, highly controversial expose of the venality, greed, and corruption of many of the assorted kingpins and hustlers who rule over the music industry. "A sobering, blunt, and unusually well-observed depiction of the sometimes sordid inner workings of the music business."--Billboard. 4 pages of photographs. |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Business & Economics | Industries - Entertainment - Music | Business Aspects |
| Dewey: 338.477 |
| LCCN: 90055680 |
| Physical Information: 0.88" H x 5.2" W x 8.2" (0.88 lbs) 432 pages |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher 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. |