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Stu Who? Forty Years of Navigating the Minefields of the Music Business. by Stu Phillips If you love the recording stars of the '60s, and some of your favorite TV shows are from the '60s, '70s and '80s, Then this is definitely a book you will want to read. It just oozes with nostalgia and inside info about some of your favorite stars. Phillips' career seems to have had no limits. As a record producer he worked with Shelley Fabares… James Darren… The Marcels… Paul Petersen… Nina Simone… The Ronettes… Jimmy Beaumont & the Skyliners… The Hollyridge Strings… George Hamilton… And as a composer for TV, he wrote the music to Battlestar Galactica… Knight Rider… The Monkees… The Fall Guy… Quincy… Buck Rogers… The Hardy Boys/Nancy Drew… Spiderman… Then there are the movies… 25 of them. Ride the Wild Surf… Macon County Line… Hells Angels on Wheels… Beyond the Valley of the Dolls… etc. This book is filled with personal anecdotes about the above-mentioned celebrities as well as Sammy Davis Jr.… Donna Reed… Liberace…Bob Crane… Vince Edwards… Adam West… Ray Charles… Shaun Cassidy… Max Baer Jr.… Jimmie Rodgers… Chris Connor… There are also chapters concerning Russ Meyer, Don Kirshner and Glen Larson, which give the reader a new slant on these important entertainment figures. Intrigued? Then click on the book cover and you will be transported to the Stu Who? home page…Stu Phillips' personal web site where you can order an autographed copy of the book. Once there, if you click on a star's name you will be able to read a few lines from the book relating to that personality. Don't miss this multifaceted odyssey through the surrealistic realm of the music business. What some notable people have to say about the book: "Stu Who?" indeed. Everybody in the music business knows who Stu Phillips is - and now he's letting the rest of the world in on his colorful, entertaining life in pop, rock, film and TV music. It's a fun read. After all, he's the only composer whose résumé encompasses Shelley Fabares, Russ Meyer, The Monkees and Battlestar Galactica…
Jon Burlingame (regular contributor, L.A. Times and Daily Variety)
"In a business filled with larger-than-life personalities, Stu Phillips fits right in. I commend his work to you. Phillips was and is a major player and has always demanded the best in himself and others. His music and these words are the proof."
Paul Petersen
"After reading Stu's book I was flabbergasted. I never realized how many areas of the music business my high school friend was involved in. This book touches all the corners of the music business. It's pure "Witchcraft."
Cy Coleman (composer of Sweet Charity)
"For the 40 years I've known Stu Phillips he never talked much. Now I know why. He was saving all his juicy stories for this book. Stu Who? has got it all: from nightclubs to records to film and TV composing. Believe me, by the closing pages you'll know who -"Stu Who?" is."
James Darren
"All my life I have waited for the Golden Age of music memoirs. Stu Phillips' career has taken him from records to Russ Meyer madness to the farthest reaches of the galaxy - forty yahrens (that's Galactica speak) of great memories!"
Lukas Kendall, Film Score Monthly
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