Dusty Springfield is a pop music legend. Goddess of the sixties, reluctant recluse of the seventies, enigmatic icon of the eighties and nineties, she attracted a passionate following. A perfectionist in her work, she was a shy, awkward girl off stage. But who really knew her? Who was the real lady behind the black mascara and backcombed hair?

A biography of five-time Grammy winner, Lionel Richie, who has sold more than 100 million albums worldwide. For 9 consecutive years he had no 1 singles in America. It is also the story of two broken marriages, personal insecurities, near-death experiences and an insight into the man behind a success story that broke the rules.