Nicholas Schaffner
Nicholas Schaffner (January 28, 1953 – August 28, 1991) was an American non-fiction author, journalist, and singer-songwriter. As an author, his works include the biographies The Beatles Forever and A Saucerful of Secrets: The Pink Floyd Odyssey as well as the children's book The Boys from Liverpool: John, Paul, George, Ringo.[1] Schaffner also wrote articles for Rolling Stone, Musician, The Village Voice, and Trouser Press. He was the grandson of Imagist poet Hilda Doolittle, better known as H.D..
Schaffner died on August 28, 1991 in New York City of an AIDS-related illness shortly after the release of Saucerful of Secrets: The Pink Floyd Odyssey.[2]
Schaffner's song cycle, Magical Kingdoms, was released in 1990. Music from the collection has been performed posthumously at tribute events at venues including New York's Lincoln Center.[3][4]
Bibliography
- The Beatles Forever, Hardcover: Cameron House (1977). ISBN 0-8117-0225-1. Paperback: McGraw-Hill Book Company (1978). ISBN 0-07-055087-5
- The Boys from Liverpool: John, Paul, George, Ringo, Routledge Kegan & Paul (1980). ISBN 0-416-30661-6
- 505 Rock-and-Roll Questions Your Friends Can't Answer (with Elizabeth Schaffner), Walker & Co. (1981). ISBN 0-8027-0674-6
- The British Invasion: From the First Wave to the New Wave, McGraw-Hill (1982). ISBN 0-07-055089-1
- John Lennon in My Life (with Pete Shotton), Stein & Day (1983). ISBN 0-8128-2916-6
- Saucerful of Secrets: The Pink Floyd Odyssey, Harmony Books (1991). ISBN 0-517-57608-2
External links
References
- ↑ Kozinn, Allan (August 29, 1991). "Nicholas Schaffner, 38, Author of Books About Rock Groups". The New York Times. Retrieved June 5, 2012.
- ↑ ALLAN KOZINNPublished: August 29, 1991 (August 29, 1991). "Nicholas Schaffner, 38, Author of Books About Rock Groups". New York Times.
- ↑ "New Yorker magazine June 19, 1995". The New Yorker magazine. Retrieved May 12, 2012.
- ↑ "Sudden Sunsets Recorded Live at Alice Tully Hall". Retrieved May 11, 2012.
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