by Jonathan Maitland (Author), Rob Burley (Author)
Eva Cassidy is a phenomenon. Her album SONGBIRD topped the charts and has gone platinum. All her other albums have reached the Top 40, SONGBIRD selling 950,000 in 18 months. Her voice was voted was of the 'greatest of her generation' and her rendition of OVER THE RAINBOW is one of the most requested videos in TOP OF THE POPS' history. Her success is even more amazing since she has reached the top without expensive marketing campaigns; her success has come through the quality of her voice and word of mouth. Eva's story is the more astonishing in that in 1996 she died of cancer at the age of 33, virtually unknown outside the Washington area where she grew up and performed. It was only when Terry Wogan played her version of OVER THE RAINBOW two years ago that her incredible career really began. Her fans know little about Eva partly because her friends and family are naturally reticent and wish to honour her memory. Now, for the first time, Eva's story can be told - by her parents Hugh and Barbara Cassidy and by Eva's friends.
Format: Paperback
Pages: 160
Edition: First Edition
Publisher: Orion
Published: 29 Aug 2002
ISBN 10: 0752851055
ISBN 13: 9780752851051
Book Overview: 1.25 million copies of her albums sold in 18 months Six million viewers saw the profile on TONIGHT WITH TREVOR MCDONALD Amazing word-of-mouth phenomenon put her posthumous album SONGBIRD to the top of the charts Only book to be authorised by Eva's parents who will give an exclusive interview on publication Includes 60 unseen photographs from the family