Aled: The Autobiography - Hardcover

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Darren Henley is the station manager of Classic FM. His radio programmes have been honoured by the Sony Radio Academy Awards, the British Radio Awards, the New York International Radio Festival and the United Nations. He writes regularly for Classic FM Magazine, for which he is editorial consultant. He was previously a journalist for ITN and Invicta Radio in Kent. The co-author of all three titles in the best-selling Classic FM Pocket Book series, he has also written The Story of Classical Music, an audiobook read by Aled Jones.

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Aled Jones achieved more as a teenager than many adult singers do in a lifetime. From 'Walking In The Air' and multimillion album sales before he was sixteen, he has gone on to perform sell-out tours and has had a hugely successful broadcasting career fronting Songs of Praise and presenting on Classic FM. For the first time, Aled tells of his remarkable life - before and after his voice broke - in his honest heart-warming and humorous autobiography.

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Aled Jones was a choirboy with a remarkable voice, whose prodigious talent propelled him to international stardom. Before he was sixteen, he had already sold more than six million records and had become a fixture on television and radio. He has worked alongside such greats as Leonard Bernstein, Andrew Lloyd Webber, Sir Neville Marriner, Howard Blake and Mike Oldfield.

Some of the high points of his early career include performances at the Hollywood Bowl and the wedding of Bob Geldof and Paula Yates as well as singing privately for the Prince and Princess of Wales. Best known as a boy soprano for his hit 'Walking In The Air', Aled tells the full story of this phenomenal record and the effect it had on his life.

Always refreshingly honest and self-effacing, Aled reveals how he faced up to life after his voice had broken and how he carved out a new career for himself on stage, record, television and radio.

His story begins with his idyllic childhood on the Welsh island of Anglesey and his years as a chorister at Bangor Cathedral, during which his family provided wonderful support and encouragement as he rose to fame. He tells of his studies at the Royal Acadamy of Music and the Bristol Old Vic Theatre School and delves behind the scenes of some of Britain's best-known institutions, such as Songs of Praise, BBC Wales and Classic FM.

As an adult performer, Aled already has three platinum albums to his name and a multi-album deal with Universal Classics and Jazz. Aled: The Autobiography reveals the man behind the music in a frank, heart-warming and funny account of his life