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The Story of the Supremes by Daryl Easlea Publisher Comments A dazzling celebration of one of the most successful musical groups of the sixties, The Story of the Supremes presents the incredible wardrobe that created the groups unmistakable style and the billboards, posters, and photographs that made it timeless.&#... (read more) Your price: $19.95 New - Hardcover 
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Rihanna: Rebel Flower by Chloe Govan Publisher Comments Here is an in-depth look at the life of one of pop music's hottest international stars. This book reveals the details of Rihanna's unhappy childhood, her wild child past that earned her the nickname of Rebel Flower, and how she found it... (read more) Your price: $15.95 New - Trade Paper
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Ain't Too Proud to Beg: The Troubled Lives and Enduring Soul of the Temptations by Mark Ribowsky Publisher Comments The first and only definitive biography of legendary Motown group, the Temptations The Temptations are an incomparable soul group, with dozens of chart-topping hits such as My Girl and Papa Was a Rollin Stone. From the sharp suits, stylish choreography... (read more) List Price $25.95 Your price: $17.95 Used - Hardcover
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Rhythm Guitar: The Complete Guide by Bruce Buckingham Publisher Comments A comprehensive source for learning rhythm guitar in a variety of musical styles. It covers: open chords, barre chords, and other movable shapes; strumming, fingerstyle, flatpicking and arpeggiation; common progressions and basic chord theory; triads... (read more) Your price: $17.95 New - Trade Paper
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I Never Loved a Man the Way I Loved You by Matt Dobkin Publisher Comments The album that earned soul legend Aretha Franklin her first major hits, I Never Loved A Man the Way I Loved You was a pop and soul music milestone. Apart from its status as a hit record, the album also had a much wider cultural impact. By early 1967... (read more) List Price $24.95 Your price: $4.95 Used - Hardcover
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Motown in Love: Lyrics from the Golden Era by Herb Jordan Publisher Comments Here at last: all the words to all the great love songs from the golden era of Motown, when the Motown sound dominated the charts and kids fell in love, broke up, and fell in love again to its irresistibly danceable hits. Born in inner-city Detroit but... (read more) List Price $23.00 Your price: $11.50 Used - Hardcover
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Mercy, Mercy, Me: The Art, Loves and Demons of Marvin Gaye by Michael Eric Dyson Publisher Comments The best-selling Motown artist of all time, Marvin Gaye defined the hopes and shattered dreams of an entire generation. Twenty years after his tragic death-he was shot by his father-his relevance persists because of the indelible mark his outsized talent... (read more) List Price $13.95 Your price: $8.95 Used - Trade Paper
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Beat Go Gos Fusion of Funk & Hip Hop by Kip Lornell Publisher Comments The Beat: Go Go's Fusion of Funk and Hip Hop chronicles the birth and ongoing popularity of Go Go music since its evolution in Washington, D.C., during the early 1970s, when Chuck Brown left a Latin band to form Chuck Brown and the Soul Searchers. His... (read more) List Price $16.95 Your price: $3.95 Used - Trade Paper
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Devil's Music : a History of the Blues (97 Edition) 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) List Price $16.95 Your price: $9.00 Used - Trade Paper
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The Hardest Working Man: How James Brown Saved the Soul of America by James Sullivan Publisher Comments Acclaimed journalist Sullivan tells the story of the night James Brown kept the peace in the wake of the assassination of Martin Luther King, Jr.--and delivered hope with an immortal performance in Boston.... (read more) Your price: $5.99 Google eBooks - Electronic
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I Am the Blues : the Willie Dixon Story (89 Edition) by Willie Dixon Publisher Comments These are just a few of Willie Dixon's contributions to blues, R&B, and rock'n'roll—songs performed by artists as varied as the Rolling Stones, Howlin' Wolf, Muddy Waters, ZZ Top, the Doors, Sonny Boy Williamson, the Grateful Dead, Van Morrison... (read more) List Price $16.95 Your price: $9.00 Used - Trade Paper
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Whitney Houston: 1963-2012: We Will Always Love You by James Robert Parish Publisher Comments Following the tragic and sudden death of Whitney Houston, author James Robert Parish's updated biography takes a look at the amazing career of the superstar and her tumultuous life Whitney Houston burst onto the international music scene in... (read more) Available May 2012 Your price: $12.95 New - Trade Paper 
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Keep on Pushing: Black Power Music from Blues to Hip-Hop by Denise Sullivan Publisher Comments The marriage of music and social change didnt originate with the movements for civil rights and Black Power in the 1950s and 1960s, but never before and never again was the relationship between the two so dynamic. In Keep On Pushing, author Denise... (read more) Your price: $16.95 New - Trade Paper
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Unmasked by Ian Halperin Publisher Comments In late December 2008, Ian Halperin told the world that Michael Jackson had only six months to live. His investigations into Jackson's failing health made headlines around the globe. Six months later, the King of Pop was dead. Whatever the final autopsy... (read more) List Price $25.00 Your price: $1.95 Used - Hardcover
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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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Be Careful Who You Love: Inside the Michael Jackson Case by Diane Dimond Publisher Comments The explosive definitive account of the Michael Jackson saga, chronicling the King of Pop's battles against child molestation charges from 1993 to 2005, from award-winning journalist Diane Dimond, who broke the story first, over twelve years ago Michael... (read more) List Price $25.00 Your price: $2.95 Used - Hardcover
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Funk: The Music, the People, and the Rhythm of the One by Rickey Vincent Publisher Comments Funk: It's the only musical genre ever to have transformed the nation into a throbbing army of bell-bottomed, hoop-earringed, rainbow-Afro'd warriors on the dance floor. Its rhythms and lyrics turned bleak urban realties inside out with distinctive... (read more) List Price $19.99 Your price: $11.50 Used - Trade Paper
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Crazy in Love: The Beyonc' Knowles Biography by Daryl Easlea Synopsis Beyoncé Knowles first rose to fame as lead singer of Destiny’s Child, one of the most successful girl groups of all time. Since striking out on her own as a solo artist in 2003, with her multi-platinum debut album Dangerously in Love, Knowles&#... (read more) Your price: $19.95 New - Trade Paper
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Ain't Too Proud to Beg: The Troubled Lives and Enduring Soul of the Temptations by Mark Ribowsky Publisher Comments Praise for Mark Ribowsky "A dishy, insider look at Berry Gordy's making of the Supremes…Ribowsky nicely intersperses some hindsight reflections by the main players…In this engaging, vivacious account, Ribowksy energetically and thoroughly... (read more) Your price: $16.99 Google eBooks - Electronic
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Cole Porter: 22 Clever and Funny Songs by Hal Leonard Publishing Corporation Publisher Comments 22 gems from Cole Porter, including: Come Along With Me * Down in the Depths (On the Ninetieth Floor) * Kate the Great * My Heart Belongs to Daddy * Well, Did You Evah? * Who Wants to Be a Millionaire? * and more.... (read more) Your price: $10.75 New - Trade Paper
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