Books with title The Hot Shot Heard ’Round the World: A Musical Memoir

ANDY KAHN, producer/composer of the #1 dance hit, “Hot Shot” is a jazz pianist, record producer and arranger, educator, vocalist, composer, businessman, music historian and archivist. He divides his time between residences in Philadelphia and Atlantic City. The Hot Shot Heard ’Round The World is the singular story of an extraordinary life deeply entrenched in the entertainment industry, hit recordings, disco nights and delights, hot jazz, and the humbling experiences of achieving fortune and fame coupled with losses and gains. "My main man Andy Kahn has kept them rockin’ and dancing in the aisles for almost 50 years with his swinging jazz piano, his legendary dance hit 'Hot Shot' and now with this book The Hot Shot Heard ‘Round The World.” — Jerry Blavat, Radio Broadcaster and Music Entrepreneur

ANDY KAHN, producer/composer of the #1 dance hit, “Hot Shot” is a jazz pianist, record producer and arranger, educator, vocalist, composer, businessman, music historian and archivist. He divides his time between residences in Philadelphia and Atlantic City. The Hot Shot Heard ’Round The World is the singular story of an extraordinary life deeply entrenched in the entertainment industry, hit recordings, disco nights and delights, hot jazz, and the humbling experiences of achieving fortune and fame coupled with losses and gains. "My main man Andy Kahn has kept them rockin’ and dancing in the aisles for almost 50 years with his swinging jazz piano, his legendary dance hit 'Hot Shot' and now with this book The Hot Shot Heard ‘Round The World.” — Jerry Blavat, Radio Broadcaster and Music Entrepreneur

In his entertaining and touching memoir The Hot Shot Heard ‘Round the World, Andy Kahn relates the incisive and often back-stabbing stories involving his 1978 disco hit record “Hot Shot,” the astounding rise and fall of the disco movement and the in-credible evolution of the recording industry from analog to digital. He presents a wholly unique life that includes acting on stage at age nine, befriending actor Robert Preston, helming a pirate radio station at age eleven, the meteoric rise in his career as a jazz pianist, bandleader, musical archivist, jazz educator, arranger, producer for major record labels and as the co-owner of an influential recording studio in Philadelphia where artists like Stevie Wonder, Princess Grace of Monaco, The Gipsy Kings, Astrud Gilberto, Mayor Frank Rizzo, Bobby Rydell and The Dixie Hummingbirds came through its doors. Andy Kahn tells a deeply personal life story—one that’s hardly over.

The beginnings of the Revolutionary War at Lexington and Concord come alive through personal narratives from participants and observers and through primary sources representing British and Colonist points of view. Historian Jeanne Munn Bracken describes the events leading up to the revolt in her essay, ""The Seeds of Revolution."" Also included are excerpts from Paul Revere's Reminiscences, poetry of H. W. Longfellow, the origins of""Yankee Doodle,"" and more.

MP3 CD Format The Hot Shot Heard 'Round the World is the singular story of an extraordinary life deeply entrenched in the entertainment industry, hit recordings, disco nights and delights, hot jazz, and the humbling experiences of achieving fortune and fame coupled with losses and gains. Recorded in 2019 at 100 South Studios, Philadelphia, PA, by Aden Ohayon