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Girls Like Us: Carole King, Joni Mitchell, Carly Simon--And the Journey of a Generation
by Sheila Weller  Publisher Comments A groundbreaking and irresistible biography of three of America's most important musical artists -- Carole King, Joni Mitchell, and Carly Simon -- charts their lives as women at a magical moment in time. Carole King, Joni Mitchell, and Carly Simon...
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Celine Dion: Let's Talk about Love (33 1/3 Series)
by Carl Wilson Publisher Comments Non-fans regard Celine Dion as ersatz and plastic, yet to those who love her, no one could be more real, with her impoverished childhood, her (creepy) manager-husband’s struggle with cancer, her knack for howling out raw emotion. There’s nothing cool...
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The Complete Lyrics of Irving Berlin
by Irving Berlin Publisher Comments Gathered together in one volume for the first time: all of the incomparable song lyrics of Irving Berlin, whose career and work are the most important and all-encompassing in the history of American popular music. Berlin came from a poor immigrant...
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Piano Lessons: Music, Love, and True Adventures
by Noah Adams Publisher Comments 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 monthly...
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The Story of the Trapp Family Singers
by Maria Augusta Trapp Publisher Comments 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...
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Laurel Canyon: The Inside Story of Rock-And-Roll's Legendary Neighborhood
by Michael Walker Publisher Comments In the late sixties and early seventies, an impromptu collection of musicians colonized a eucalyptus-scented canyon deep in the Hollywood Hills of Los Angeles and melded folk, rock, and savvy American pop into a sound that conquered the world as...
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Why Sinatra Matters
by Pete Hamill Synopsis Shaped by Prohibition, the Depression and World War II, Sinatra became the spokesman of urban loneliness. In this tribute, the author draws upon intimate conversations over the course of many years, examining his art and his legend....
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The Musical Worlds of Lerner and Loewe
by Gene Lees Publisher Comments < div> Lyricist Alan Jay Lerner (1918& #8211; 86) and composer Frederick Loewe (1901& #8211; 88) wrote some of the most successful musical shows on Broadway and in motion-picture history: < i> Brigadoon< /i> , < i> My Fair...
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Glenn Gould: The Ecstasy and Tragedy of Genius
by Peter Ostwald Publisher Comments The Canadian pianist Glenn Gould was a child prodigy and a musical genius whose 1955 recording of Bach's "Goldberg Variations" catapulted him to world fame. He was also plagued by lifelong depression, was terrified of playing before live Audiences, and...
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Natural Born Man: The Life of Jack Johnson
by Marc Shapiro Publisher Comments 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 as a...
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The Woman I Am
by Helen Reddy Synopsis At the height of her career, Reddy's world was shattered by the death of both her parents, and simultaneously, the news that she had an incurable disease. In this brave memoir, she reveals the emotional highs and lows and spiritual faith that has shaped...
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Hell Bent for Leather: Confessions of a Heavy Metal Addict (P.S.)
by Seb Hunter Publisher Comments Seb Hunter wasn't just a heavy metal fan. He was a blind devotee who threw away his education and future prospects to become a rock star. In Hell Bent for Leather, he reaches into the most embarrassing depths of the family photo album to reveal his Wayne'...
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Howling at the Moon: The Odyssey of a Monstrous Music Mogul in an Age of Excess
by Walter Yetnikoff Publisher Comments Show biz memoir at its name-dropping, bridge-burning, profane best: the music industry’s most outspoken, outrageous, and phenomenally successful executive delivers a rollicking memoir of pop music’s heyday. During the 1970s and '80s the music...
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Sinatra Frank and Friendly: A Unique Photographic Memoir of a Legend
by Terry Oneill Synopsis Few photographers worked more closely with Frank Sinatra than Terry ONeill. This book draws on hundreds of images, many of them never seen before, from the photographers personal and private archive, and tells the stories behind those images....
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IZ: Voice of the People
by Rick Carroll Synopsis 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...
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Raga Mala: The Autobiography of Ravi Shankar
by Ravi Shankar Synopsis Raga Mala is an unprecedented look at Ravi Shankar, master of the sitar and one of the most enduring and inspriational performers of the twentieth century....
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Mosaic: Pieces of My Life So Far
by Amy Grant Publisher Comments One of America’s most popular music artists shares beautiful pieces of an unforgettable human mosaic, revealing pieces of a life in progress. With her unmistakable voice and honest lyrics, Amy Grant has captured a unique place in American music. As...
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Fever: The Life and Music of Miss Peggy Lee
by Peter Richmond Publisher Comments "I learned courage from Buddha, Jesus, Lincoln, and Mr. Cary Grant." So said Miss Peggy Lee. Albert Einstein adored her; Duke Ellington dubbed her "the Queen." With her platinum cool and inimitable whisper, Peggy Lee sold twenty million records, made...
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The Importance of Being Barbra: The Brilliant, Tumultuous Career of Barbra Streisand
by Tom Santopietro Publisher Comments Controversial, a global icon, a diva among divas---Barbra Streisand, the last genuinely unique show business personality of the twentieth century is the most honored entertainer in the world today. But along with the Tony, two Oscars, six Emmys, eight...
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Bio-Bibliographies in Music #46: Elinor Remick Warren: A Bio-Bibliography
by Virginia Bortin Publisher Comments Elinor Remick Warren's distinguished career as a composer, concert pianist, and accompanist for renowned singers spanned seventy-five years of American musical history. She began writing music in 1904 at age four. Her first published composition, a song,...
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