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By Michael B. Druxman. 2015
Biography of the pioneering 1970s TV talk-show host, who began her career as a successful singer in the 1940s and…
50s. Covers her childhood in Tennessee, her early bout with polio, her long career, and her many romantic relationships. 2015By Susan Whitall. 2017
A music writer from Detroit presents an oral history of Motown, focusing on the many women who were part of…
the heyday of the record label. The short profiles start with Mable John and include girl groups such as Martha and the Vandellas and the Supremes. 2017By Andrew Lloyd Webber. 2018
Memoir by the British composer of some of the longest-running shows in the history of musical theater, including The Phantom…
of the Opera, Cats, and School of Rock. Opens up about his musical influences, his life in the theater, and the talented people with whom he has collaborated. Some strong language. 2018By Mark Bego, Micky Dolenz. 2004
The actor and singer chronicles his days as a child actor, the heights of his fame with the 1960s television…
show The Monkees, and the years beyond. Includes behind-the-scenes stories of the group, including their struggles over control of their music and careers. Some strong language. 2004By Seymour Stein, Gareth Murphy. 2018
Memoir of music executive and co-founder of Sire Records. Discusses his formative time at King Records, the founding of his…
own label, and how he helped dozens of famous acts make their break, including Madonna, Talking Heads, and Ramones. Descriptions of sex. 2018By Jeff Burger. 2018
A collection of interviews with the influential musician, mostly sourced from newspapers, magazines, and radio stations. Arranged chronologically from early…
in his career as a folk singer in 1962, through the acceptance speech he wrote when he won the Nobel Prize for Literature in 2016. 2018Through her years as a touring musician, a singer-songwriter has spent a lot of time in America's small towns. Here…
she shares her observations about why some towns flourish and others fail, and describes factors towns can use to build an identity and thrive. 2017By Robert Mann. 2018
Memoir of violinist and founding member of the Juilliard String Quartet. Shares personal stories of his life and musical contemporaries,…
focusing on the chamber music quartet he helped found in 1946 and retired from in 1997. Also includes a selection of letters and lectures. 2018By Michael Streissguth. 2013
The author of Johnny Cash (DB 63854) examines the careers of three trailblazing rebels of the Nashville music scene: Waylon…
Jennings, Willie Nelson, and Kris Kristofferson. Focuses on a period from the late 1960s through the 1970s, when Nashville was finding its musical identity. Some strong language. 2013By Scott Pitoniak, Lou Gramm. 2013
The lead singer of the band Foreigner looks back on his life and career, from his youth in Rochester, New…
York, through the heights of success in the 1970s and '80s, and beyond. Also discusses his troubles with addiction and a frightening health scare. 2013By John Suchet. 2018
Biography of the Italian composer (1813-1901) who is most famous for operas including Aida, La Traviata, and Otello. Chronicles his…
life as a landowner, his efforts towards Italian independence, his personal life and losses, and his music. 2018By Peter Richardson. 2021
For almost three decades, the Grateful Dead was America's most popular touring band. No Simple Highway is the first book…
to ask the simple question of why - and attempt to answer it. Drawing on new research, interviews, and a fresh supply of material from the Grateful Dead archives, author Peter Richardson vividly recounts the Dead's colorful history, adding new insight into everything from the Acid Tests to the band's formation of their own record label to their massive late-career success, while probing the riddle of the Dead's vast and durable appeal. Arguing that the band successfully tapped three powerful utopian ideals - for ecstasy, mobility, and community - it also shows how the Dead's lived experience with these ideals struck deep chords with two generations of American youth and continues today. Routinely caricatured by the mainstream media, the Grateful Dead are often portrayed as grizzled hippy throwbacks with a cult following of burned-out stoners. No Simple Highway corrects that impression, revealing them to be one of the most popular, versatile, and resilient music ensembles in the second half of the 20th century. The band's history has been well-documented by insiders, but its unique and sustained appeal has yet to be explored fully. At last, this legendary American musical institution is given the serious and entertaining examination it richly deserves.By Michael Barclay. 2018
From our talent-rich neighbor to the north comes this biography of one of the most successful Canadian rock bands, The…
Tragically Hip, which announced a year-long tour after sharing the news of lead singer Gord Downie’s inoperable cancer. Now available to US listeners, The Never-Ending Present details what led up to the memorable night when music fans all over the world watched Downie’s heroic final performance. Author Michael Barclay explores the band’s musical and cultural importance through interviews with friends, fans, and others they touched. Broadcaster George Stroumboulopoulos narrates the Hip’s saga from its start in Kingston, Ontario, in 1984 to its superstar status as kings of the Canadian music scene—even conquering what Barclay calls the "American albatross." This audiobook is for anyone interested in rock music biographies in general or "Canada’s band" in particular, and how fans’ love for a band can foster a profound cultural moment of unity.By Elaine M. Hayes. 2017
Music historian explores the life and legacy of jazz singer Vaughan (1924-1990). Draws on interviews with friends and former colleagues…
to chronicle her career highs and lows, as well as the marriages that took their toll on her both emotionally and financially. Some strong language. 2017By Lauren Rebecca Sklaroff. 2018
Biography of a singer and actor who starred in vaudeville, radio, film, and television. Drawing heavily on the scrapbooks Tucker…
(1887-1966) kept throughout her career, chronicles how this daughter of Russian Jewish immigrants went on to inspire generations of female performers. Some strong language. 2018By Ashley Kahn. 2003
A music journalist looks at the creation of jazz saxophonist John Coltrane's seminal album A Love Supreme. Examines how the…
album, recorded over one evening in 1964, was pivotal for both Coltrane and jazz as a whole. Some strong language. 2002By Jesse Jarnow. 2018
The story of the folk music group the Weavers, founded by Pete Seeger and Lee Hays in 1940. Adding Ronnie…
Gilbert and Fred Hellerman, the group created iconic protest songs, but advocating for social justice also landed them on the blacklist of the House Un-American Activities Committee. 2018By Joe Moscheo. 2017
Examination of the importance of gospel music to singer Elvis Presley, written by a musician whose gospel quartet performed with…
Presley. Recounts Presley's youth surrounded by Southern and African American gospel, and how the music remained a comfort to him throughout his life. 2007By Stephen Walsh. 2019
SHORTLISTED FOR THE ROYAL PHILHARMONIC SOCIETY AWARD FOR STORYTELLINGClaude Debussy was that rare creature, a composer who reinvented the language…
of music without alienating the majority of music lovers. He is the modernist everyone loves. How did he manage this? Was it through the association of his music with visual images, or was it simply that, by throwing out the rule book of the Paris Conservatoire where he studied, his music put beauty of sound above the spiritual ambitions of the German tradition from which those rules derived. Stephen Walsh's thought-provoking biography, told partly through the events of Debussy's life, and partly through a critical discussion of his music, addresses these and other questions about one of the most influential composers of the early twentieth century.By Lesley-Ann Jones. 2020
Un portrait de la rockstar, ses amours, sa musique, sa mort prématurée le 8 décembre 1980 et son héritage. En…
étudiant les événements de la vie et les traits de personnalité de J. Lennon et en s'aidant d'archives et de témoignages, l'auteure veut donner des pistes de réponses aux interrogations qui entourent sa mort.