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Issue Details: First known date: 2009... 2009 Fortunate Son : The Unlikely Rise of Keith Urban
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'Suburban loner, gifted guitarist, drug addict, planinum-plated superstar: Keith Urban has squeezed a lot of living into his 40 years. He now ranks with Kylie Minogue, INXS, Silverchair and Savage Garden as one of the country's biggest musical exports of the past 20 years.

'Fortunate Son, the first biography of this movie-star-handsome country hero, tells the unlikely story of how Urban - who was born in New Zealand in 1967 but raised in Queensland - followed and eventually fulfilled his dream of selling country music back to the Americans, the people who created it in the first place.

'In an age when a crew of crack Nashville songwriters generate most of the hit songs recorded in Music City, Urban is an anomaly: actually writing, or at least co-writing, most of his material. Many feel he's watered down his rootsy take on country music to please the masses, but Urban's success is undeniable: to date he's sold more than five million albums, has scored five US Number One singles and typically sells out his stadium-sized shows in minutes...

'...based upon extensive interviews with friends, foes and Urban insiders, Fortunate Son reveals how Keith Urban lived out his childhood dream - and the price he's had to pay to reach the top of the music business.' (Publisher's blurb)

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  • Unauthorised biography.

Publication Details of Only Known VersionEarliest 2 Known Versions of

    • North Sydney, North Sydney - Lane Cove area, Sydney Northern Suburbs, Sydney, New South Wales,: Bantam Australia , 2009 .
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      Extent: vi, 312p.p.
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      • Publication date: 01/01/2009.
      ISBN: 9781741668087 (pbk.)

Works about this Work

Urban Dreams Suzie Gibson , 2009 single work review
— Appears in: Australian Book Review , February no. 308 2009; (p. 47)

— Review of Fortunate Son : The Unlikely Rise of Keith Urban Jeff Apter , 2009 single work biography
Non Fiction Fiona Capp , 2009 single work review
— Appears in: The Age , 17 January 2009; (p. 30)

— Review of Dame Joan Hammond : Love and Music Sara Hardy , 2008 single work biography ; Fortunate Son : The Unlikely Rise of Keith Urban Jeff Apter , 2009 single work biography
Unpicking an Urban Legend Bruce Elder , 2009 single work column
— Appears in: The Canberra Times , 2 January 2009; (p. 18)
Non Fiction Fiona Capp , 2009 single work review
— Appears in: The Age , 17 January 2009; (p. 30)

— Review of Dame Joan Hammond : Love and Music Sara Hardy , 2008 single work biography ; Fortunate Son : The Unlikely Rise of Keith Urban Jeff Apter , 2009 single work biography
Urban Dreams Suzie Gibson , 2009 single work review
— Appears in: Australian Book Review , February no. 308 2009; (p. 47)

— Review of Fortunate Son : The Unlikely Rise of Keith Urban Jeff Apter , 2009 single work biography
Unpicking an Urban Legend Bruce Elder , 2009 single work column
— Appears in: The Canberra Times , 2 January 2009; (p. 18)
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