by Mark Bego
“River Deep-Mountain High”
Simply the Best
“Something Beautiful Remains”
“Steamy Windows” (song)
“Tell Her I’m Not Home”
Tina Live in Europe
“Two People”
“Typical Male”
“Whatever You Want”
What’s Love Got to Do With It?
“What You Get Is What You See”
Wildest Dreams. See also pop charts
“Undercover Agent for the Blues” (song)
“Under My Thumb” (song)
United Artists Records
“Up In Heah” (song)
“Up on the Roof” (song)
vacations
Vagabond Heart (album)
Valerie
Vallance, Jim
Valli, Frankie
Vancouver, British Columbia
The Vandellas
Vanity Fair magazine
The Venue
VH-1 Divas
The Village Voice
violence
against father
Ike’s reputation for
Lorraine Taylor against Tina
shootings. See also physical abuse
Virgin Records
Vogue magazine
Waite, John
Walker, Alice
Walk of Fame
Walsh, Greg
Ware, Martyn
Warhol, Andy
Warner Brothers Records
Warwick, Dionne
The Washington Post
“Way of the World” (song)
WBLS radio station, New York
“We Are the World” (song)
Weather Report
“We Don’t Need another Hero” (song)
Wembley Stadium, London
Wenner, Jann S.
Weston, Kim
“Whatever You Need” (song)
“Whatever You Want” (song)
“What a Friend We Have in Jesus” (song)
What’s Love (concert tour)
What’s Love Got to Do With It (album)
What’s Love Got to Do With It? (film)
Ike’s portrayal in
Ike’s presence at filming
music and songs used for
Tina’s portrayal in
Tina’s reflection on her past
“What’s Love Got to Do With It” (song)
certified Gold
cowriters of
as hit
sixtieth birthday concert
“What’s Love Got to Do With It” (video)
“What You Get Is What You See” (song)
“When the Heartache Is Over” (song)
“When I Was Young” (song)
“When the Saints Go Marching In” (song)
White, Barry
Whitelaw, Bootsy
Whitesnake
White, Tony Joe
The Who
“Whole Lotta Love” (song)
“Why Must We Wait Until Tonight?” (song)
Wickham, Vicki
Wildest Dreams (album)
Williams, Johnny
Williamson, Sonny Boy
Wilson, Anna Mae
Wilson, Annie Mae
Wilson, Bonnie Mae
Wilson, Flip
Wilson, Jackie
Wilson, Nancy
Winter, Edgar
Withers, Bill
“Without You” (song)
Wonder, Stevie
Wood, Ron
Woodstock festival
Workin’ Together (album)
World Music Awards
Wright, Florence
“Written on the Stars” (song)
WROX radio station
Wynette, Tammy
Xanadu (film)
The Yardbirds
“You Ain’t Woman Enough to Take My Man” (song)
“You Better Be Good to Me” (song)
“You Know I Love You” (song)
“You Shoulda Treated Me Right” (song)
youth
Zeppelin, Led
About the Author
Mark Bego is the author of several best-selling books on rock & roll and show business. With forty-five books published and more than ten million books in print, he is acknowledged as the best-selling biographer in the rock and pop music field. His biographies have included the life stories of some of the biggest stars of rock, soul, pop, and country. His first Top 10 New York Times bestseller was Michael! about Michael Jackson (1984). Since that time he has written about the lives of Cher! (2001), Rock Hudson: Public & Private (1986), Aretha Franklin: Queen of Soul (1989), Jewel (1998), Madonna: Blonde Ambition (2000), Bette Midler: Still Divine (2002), and Bonnie Raitt Still In The Nick of Time (2003).
In the 1990s Bego has branched out into country music books, writing Country Hunks (1994), Country Gals (1995), I Fall to Pieces: The Music and the Life of Patsy Cline (1995), Alan Jackson: Gone Country (1996), George Strait: The Story of Country’s Living Legend (1997), LeAnn Rimes (1998), and Vince Gill (2000).
Bego has coauthored books with several rock stars including Martha Reeves Dancing in the Street, Confessions of a Motown Diva, which spent five weeks on the Chicago Tribune Best Seller list in 1994. He worked with Micky Dolenz of the Monkees (I’m a Believer, 1993), Jimmy Greenspoon of Three Dog Night (One Is the Loneliest Number, 1991), and Mary Wilson (Dreamgirl: My Life as a Supreme, 2000 edition).
His writing has also been featured in several record albums and compact disks. In 1982 he wrote the interior notes to the Columbia House five-record boxed set, The Motown Collection. His liner notes can also be found in the Mary Wilson CD Walk the Line (1992).
In 1998 Mark wrote books about three of the hottest leading men in late 1990s cinema. His Leonardo DiCaprio: Romantic Hero spent six weeks on the New York Times Best Seller list. He followed it up with Matt Damon: Chasing a Dream and Will Smith: The Freshest Prince. He has also written about the lives of actresses in The Linda Gray Story (1988) and Julia Roberts: America’s Sweetheart (2003).
In 1998 Melitta Coffee launched Mark Bego: Romantic Hero blend coffee as part of their Celebrity Series. He is currently developing his book Rock & Roll Almanac (1995) into a television series. Mark divides his time between New York City, Los Angeles, and Tucson, Arizona.
Visit his website at www.markbego.com.