Ray Coleman
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Ray Coleman (15 June 1937, Leicester – 10 September 1996, Shepperton) was a British author and music journalist.[1][2][3]
Career
Coleman was the former
Billboard. An author or co-author of ten books, he was working with Nicky Hopkins on a never-completed biography at the time of Hopkins' death in 1994. Coleman was also near the completion of a Phil Collins biography at the time of his own death in 1996. The book was completed and published in 1997.[4]
Coleman was the first journalist to be awarded a Gold Badge of Merit by the
British Academy of Songwriters, Composers and Authors for services to British music.[citation needed
]
Ray Coleman died of kidney cancer on 10 September 1996 at his home in Shepperton, near London. He was 59.[1]
Coleman as biographer
Coleman wrote or co-wrote the biographies of at least a dozen famous musicians.[4] They include the following:
- Gary Numan: The Authorised Biography (1982)
- Lennon: The Definitive Biography (1985, updated 1993)
- McCartney: Yesterday and Today
- The Carpenters: The Untold Story
- Clapton: The Authorised Biography of Eric Clapton
- Frank Sinatra: A Celebration
- Stone Alone: The Definitive Story of the Rolling Stones (co-written with Bill Wyman)
- Brian Epstein: The Man Who Made The Beatles
- Rod Stewart: The Biography
- I'll Never Walk Alone (co-written with Gerry Marsden)
- Phil Collins: The Definitive Biography
References
- ^ a b c Welch, Chris (12 September 1996). "Obituary: Ray Coleman". The Independent. UK. Retrieved 30 January 2021.
- archive.is.
- archive.org.
- ^ a b "Books by Ray Coleman". Thrifty Books. Retrieved 30 January 2021.
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