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A Natural Woman: A Memoir
A Natural Woman: A Memoir
by Carole King
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A memoir by the iconic singer-songwriter chronicling her story from her beginnings in Brooklyn through her remarkable success as one of the world's most acclaimed musical talents, to her present day as a leading performer and activist. From her marriage... (read more)

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The Story of the Trapp Family Singers
The Story of the Trapp Family Singers
by Maria Augusta Trapp
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In her own, beautiful, simple words, the Baroness Maria Augusta Trapp tells the dramatic story that inspired the classic American musical The Sound of Music.... (read more)

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Mario Lanza: Tenor in Exile
Mario Lanza: Tenor in Exile
by Roland L Bessette
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More than 40 years after his premature death, the mystique of Mario Lanza continues. He remains a legendary figure, a crossover icon embraced and remembered by an entire generation for bridging the gap between popular and classical music, the... (read more)

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IZ: Voice of the People
IZ: Voice of the People
by Rick Carroll
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Israel Kamakawiwo'ole, born in 1959, the year Hawai'i became a state, rose to unrivaled celebrity on the strength of his one-in-a-million voice and a four-string 'ukulele. His phenomenal hit "Over the Rainbow" propelled his Facing Future album to... (read more)

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Adele: The Biography
Adele: The Biography
by Chas Newkey Burden
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The compelling life story of the Grammy-winning soul singer Adele's soulful voice, catchy hits, and vulnerable personality have won her critical acclaim and huge popularity. She has topped the charts in 18 countries—but who is she? What is... (read more)

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Roman Candle: The Life of Bobby Darin
Roman Candle: The Life of Bobby Darin
by David Evanier
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A sensitive, startling portrait of the legendary singer — timed to hit stores just as the Kevin Spacey movie Beyond the Sea has kindled intense new interest in every aspect of Darin's life and tragically early death. By age 8 Bobby Darin knew he... (read more)

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I Got This: How I Changed My Ways and Lost What Weighed Me Down
I Got This: How I Changed My Ways and Lost What Weighed Me Down
by Jennifer Hudson
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A personal and inspirational memoir from Grammy and Oscar winner Jennifer Hudson, focused on her amazing transformation as she embraced a healthy lifestyle and lost over eighty pounds. Soulful and sultry, Jennifer Hudson wowed the world with her... (read more)

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My Song: A Memoir
My Song: A Memoir
by Harry Belafonte
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Harry Belafonte is not just one of the greatest entertainers of our time; he has led one of the great American lives of the last century. Now, this extraordinary icon tells us the story of that life, giving us its full breadth, letting us share in the... (read more)

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The Rhythm of Success: How an Immigrant Produced His Own American Dream
The Rhythm of Success: How an Immigrant Produced His Own American Dream
by Emilio Estefan
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From one of the most dynamic business men in the country: a motivational doctrine for those who want to make their most ambitious dreams comes true. Emilio Estefan-husband to singer Gloria Estefan and founder of the Latin pop legend Miami Sound Machine... (read more)

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Natural Born Man: The Life of Jack Johnson
Natural Born Man: The Life of Jack Johnson
by Marc Shapiro
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Hawaii’s own Grammy-nominated musician was carving out a growing reputation as a professional surfer when an accident left him too injured to compete at the highest level. Jack Johnson switched to making surf movies but gradually found his voice... (read more)

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On the Record with CD (Audio)
On the Record with CD (Audio)
by Martin Shepard
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Back in the '60s, at age 38, the author tested the water by writing a bold and provocative memoir (currently in print as The Reluctant Exhibitionist), an exploration of pushing the envelope of convention in his search for personal authenticity. Now, 33... (read more)

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Le Freak: An Upside Down Story of Family, Disco, and Destiny
Le Freak: An Upside Down Story of Family, Disco, and Destiny
by Nile Rodgers
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You will hear a Nile Rodgers song today. It will make you happy.    Today’s pop music—genre-crossing, gender-bending, racially mixed, visually stylish, and dominated by dance music with global appeal—is the world that Nile... (read more)

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4troops: The Mission Is Music
4troops: The Mission Is Music
by Meredith Melcher
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The first and only book by 4TROOPS, a new musical group of four young U.S. combat veterans, with a debut CD album from Sony Music and a 60-city Fall concert tour. 4TROOPS are United States combat veterans—three young men and one woman who served on... (read more)

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The Sinatra Files: The Secret FBI Dossier
The Sinatra Files: The Secret FBI Dossier
by Tom Kuntz
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An American Icon Under Government Surveillance When Frank Sinatra died in 1998, he was one of the most chronicled celebrities ever, but the most unusual record of his life came to light only posthumously: a 1,275-page dossier recording decades of FBI... (read more)

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Mosaic: Pieces of My Life So Far
Mosaic: Pieces of My Life So Far
by Amy Grant
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One of Americas most popular music artists bares her heart and soul in her first autobiographical work. With honesty and depth, Grant offers poignant and often startling insights on motherhood, marriage, friendship, faith, loss, forgiveness, and... (read more)

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All the Things You Are: The Life of Tony Bennett
All the Things You Are: The Life of Tony Bennett
by David Evanier
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The first complete biography of singing legend Tony Bennett "David Evanier's All the Things You Are is a work of profound empathy and musical understanding. Tony Bennett lives in these pages as a matchlessly joyous singer whose brilliance refracts from a... (read more)

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Lady Blue Eyes: My Life with Frank
Lady Blue Eyes: My Life with Frank
by Barbara Sinatra
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Thirty years after she first heard his voice singing on the jukebox at her local drive-in, Barbara Ann Blakely heard Frank Sinatra take the wedding vows that began his fourth, final, and most enduring marriage.   In Lady Blue Eyes, Barbara Sinatra... (read more)

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The Rat Pack: Neon Nights with the Kings of Cool
The Rat Pack: Neon Nights with the Kings of Cool
by Lawrence J Quirk
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Chapter OneBogie and the Original Rat PackIt was called the Holmby Hills Rat Pack, and Frank Sinatra was one of its leading members. But it was not his Rat Pack; it was Bogie's. Humphrey Bogart. His friend and idol -- and rival in love. Bogart was... (read more)

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Piano Lessons: Music, Love, and True Adventures
Piano Lessons: Music, Love, and True Adventures
by Noah Adams
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Piano Lessons is Noah Adams's delightful and moving chronicle of his fifty-second year--a year already filled with long, fast workdays and too little spare time--as he answers at last a lifelong call: to learn to play the piano.  The twelve... (read more)

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The Story of the Trapp Family Singers
The Story of the Trapp Family Singers
by Maria Augusta Trapp
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With nearly 1,500 Broadway performances, six Tony Awards, more than three million albums sold, and five Academy Awards, The Sound of Music, based on the lives of Maria, the baron, and their singing children, is as familiar to most of us as our own family... (read more)

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