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Rage To Survive: the Etta James Story by Etta James Publisher Comments One of the great women of American music, equally at home singing blues and jazz, Etta regales us with tales of her chaotic childhood, the stars she has known, and her troubled trip to stardom in this mesmerizing autobiography.... (read more) Your price: $18.00 New - Trade Paper 
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One Shoe Blues [With DVD] by Sandra Boynton Publisher Comments It's a highly original new book and a Boynton filmmaking debut. One Shoe Blues is a thoroughly captivating story and a dazzling music video. And what an unexpected yet oddly perfect team: Sandra Boynton and-wait for it-B.B. King Boynton writes, designs... (read more) List Price $10.95 Your price: $3.00 Sale - Hardcover
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You Are Not Alone: Michael: Through a Brother's Eyes by Jermaine Jackson Publisher Comments Jermaine Jackson—older than Michael by four years—offers a keenly observed memoir tracing his brothers life starting from their shared childhood and extending through the Jackson 5 years, Michaels phenomenal solo career, his loves... (read more) Your price: $26.00 New - Hardcover
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Le Freak: An Upside Down Story of Family, Disco, and Destiny by Nile Rodgers Publisher Comments 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) Your price: $27.00 New - Hardcover
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The Devil's Music: A History of the Blues by Giles Oakley Publisher Comments Superbly researched and vividly written, The Devil's Music is one of the only books to trace the rise and development of the blues both in relation to other forms of black music and in the context of American social history as experienced by African... (read more) Your price: $16.95 New - Trade Paper
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Father of the Blues: An Autobiography (Da Capo Paperback) by W. C. Handy Publisher Comments W. C. Handy's blues—“Memphis Blues," "Beale Street Blues," "St. Louis Blues"—changed America's music forever. In Father of the Blues, Handy presents his own story: a vivid picture of American life now vanished. W. C. Handy (1873–1958)... (read more) Your price: $16.95 New - Trade Paper
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The Lost Supreme: The Life of Dreamgirl Florence Ballard by Peter Benjaminson Publisher Comments In the months before she died, Florence Ballard, the spunky teenager who founded the most successful female vocal group in history-the Supremes-told her own side of the story. Recorded on tape, Flo shed light on all areas of her life, including the... (read more) List Price $11.95 Your price: $10.61 Adobe Digital Editions - Electronic
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Story of the Blues Pbk by Paul Oliver Publisher Comments Now available in an updated edition, Paul Oliver's classic history of the blues is widely recognized as the definitive work on the subject.... (read more) Your price: $34.95 New - Trade Paper
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Stevie Wonder: A Musical Guide to the Classic Albums by Steve Lodder Publisher Comments Stevie Wonder is a much-beloved American icon and an indisputable genius not only of soul and rhythm and blues, but popular music in general. Author Steve Lodder tells Wonder's story from a fresh musical perspective, concentrating on his most productive... (read more) List Price $24.95 Your price: $9.95 Used - Trade Paper
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Man in the Music: The Creative Life and Work of Michael Jackson by Joseph Vogel Publisher Comments This is the book that serious Michael Jackson fans crave--one that forgoes sensationalism in favor of an insightful look at Jackson's work and creative process. Man in the Music meticulously tracks Jackson's solo career--from 1979's groundbreaking Off... (read more) Your price: $24.95 New - Hardcover
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Divided Soul: The Life of Marvin Gaye by David Ritz Publisher Comments In this intimate biography of the Prince of Soul, David Ritz provides a candid look at a star and a friend. Ritz had been working on Gayes story for several years before the singers tragic death, and had conducted a series of extraordinary interviews in... (read more) List Price $16.50 Your price: $8.95 Used - Trade Paper
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Paul Harvey's America: The Life, Art, and Faith of a Man Who Transformed Radio and Inspired a Nation by David Holland Publisher Comments When America lost its most popular radio personality, Paul Harvey, in February 2009, millions of people mourned the man who had brightened their lives with news, storytelling, and commentary for more than 57 years. Now, New York Times best-selling... (read more) List Price $19.99 Your price: $4.95 Used - Hardcover
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The Legacy of the Blues: A Glimpse Into the Art and the Lives of Twelve Great Bluesmen: An Informal Study (Da Capo Paperback) by Samuel Barclay Charters Publisher Comments Blues is a language—one which has evolved its own rules and which is the sole property of a culture always forced to the periphery of white society. As such it is a political language. Whether it is passed as a legacy from African village to... (read more) Your price: $15.00 New - Trade Paper
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Blue Rhythms: Six Lives in Rhythm and Blues by Chip Deffaa Publisher Comments ”Somebody has to pay the dues,” says LaVern Baker. Here are the remarkable stories of six dazzlingly talented performers who blazed the R and B trail—the story of the performers music and also of their struggle against racism and... (read more) Your price: $16.95 New - Trade Paper
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Dancing in the Street : Motown and the Cultural Politics of Detroit (99 Edition) by Suzanne E. Smith Publisher Comments Detroit in the 1960s was a city with a pulse: people were marching in step with Martin Luther King, Jr., dancing in the street with Martha and the Vandellas, and facing off with city police. Through it all, Motown provided the beat. This book tells the... (read more) List Price $22.00 Your price: $17.00 Used - Trade Paper
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Aretha :from these roots by Aretha Franklin Publisher Comments Her soulful, soaring voice has earned her mythic status. Now, in her own moving words, the woman behind the myth is revealed. The result is a captivating self-portrait of one of this century's most fascinating artists, an Aretha Franklin as real as the... (read more) List Price $25.00 Your price: $6.40 Used - Hardcover
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Church Boy by Kirk Franklin Publisher Comments Church Boy intimately chronicles the life of gospel music sensation Kirk Franklin: his tough childhood, his amazing conversion, and his meteoric rise to gospel music stardom. This national best-seller includes a photo section.... (read more) List Price $16.98 Your price: $0.95 Used - Trade Paper
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Roadhouse Blues by Hugh Gregory Publisher Comments Texas is the honorary home of roadhouse music, and the late Stevie Ray Vaughan its uncrowned king. More than just a biography and musical exploration of Stevie Ray Vaughan, Roadhouse Blues tells the stories of the great Texan musicians that came before... (read more) List Price $19.95 Your price: $8.98 Sale - Trade Paper
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The Supremes: A Saga of Motown Dreams, Success, and Betrayal by Mark Ribowsky Publisher Comments The Supremes is a sprawling tale of unforgettable music, cutthroat ambition, and heartbreaking betrayal. Mark Ribowsky explodes Dreamgirl fantasies by taking the reader behind the closed doors of Motown to witness the rise of group leader Diana Ross, the... (read more) List Price $17.95 Your price: $7.95 Used - Trade Paper
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Ray: A Tribute to the Movie, the Music, and the Man (Newmarket Pictorial Moviebooks) by Taylor Hackford Publisher Comments Ray Charles has the distinction of being both a national treasure and an international phenomenon. By the early 1960s Ray Charles had accomplished his dream. He'd come of age musically. He'd made it to Carnegie Hall. He had taken virtually every form of... (read more) List Price $30.00 Your price: $1.95 Used - Hardcover
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