Aretha Franklin (73 page)

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MARK BEGO
is a professional writer who is called “The Number One Best-Selling Pop Biographer” in
Publisher's Weekly
and has been referred to in the press as “The Prince of Pop Music Bio's.” He has authored over fifty-eight published books involving rock & roll and show business. He has penned two
New York Times
bestsellers, a
Los Angeles Times
bestseller, and the
Chicago Tribune
bestseller
Dancing in the Street: Confessions of a Motown Diva
written with its subject, Martha Reeves of the beloved recording group: Martha & the Vandellas.

In 1984 Bego released his biography of Michael Jackson entitled:
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about the pop icon from his hometown of Pontiac, Michigan. It was so popular that he has twice expanded the book as
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From 1978 to 1980, he was the Nightlife Editor for Manhattan's
Cue
magazine covering everything from the opening of Studio 54 to all of the jazz and cabaret clubs in the city. From 1983 to 1985 he was Editor-In-Chief of
Modern Screen
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.

He has also written books with Micky Dolenz of the Monkees (
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At the height of the box-office success of the film
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Leonardo DiCaprio: Romantic Hero
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In 2007 he published the book
Billy Joel: The Biography
and the following year he wrote
Macho Man
with Randy Jones of the Village People. His 2009 book
Elton John: The Bitch is Back
is Mark's most widely-read international book since the 1980s. Mark Bego published his own show business memoir in 2010 entitled
Paperback Writer
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The 2012 version of
Aretha Franklin: The Queen of Soul
, features new photos, new never-before published material, and an updated discography. Long considered to be the ultimate biographical portrait of Aretha Franklin, the new edition takes the story even further than previous editions. It includes new material from the author's in-depth interviews with Jerry Wexler, Clyde Otis, Ted White, Clive Davis, Martha Reeves, and Aretha Franklin—the Queen of Soul herself.

Press reviews for
Aretha Franklin: The Queen of Soul
by Mark Bego:

The Library Journal

“Bego's detail-laden effort could well stand as the definitive reading of the Queen of Soul's life and career.”

The Rock & Roll Reader's Guide
by Gary Krebs

“Mark Bego does a magnificent job exploring the pieces of Franklin's life and Grammy-filled career … excellent photos contribute to this ‘… well rounded portrait.'”

Inside Books
by Anne Raso

“Author Mark Bego—a former
Modern Screen
editor and author of a dozen celeb bios—does a nice and tidy job of telling Aretha's tale of many personal challenges. It's hard to hold back the tears through stories about Aretha's desertion by her mother at age six, her strict Baptist upbringing,
a teenage pregnancy, three unhappy marriages and the shooting death of her father who was a renown gospel preacher. Fortunately, there are plenty of humorous anecdotes to balance the negative in the R&B star's life … this is a colorful book—as colorful as the eccentric Queen of Soul herself.”