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By Leslie Gourse. 1995
Life story of the legendary gospel, blues, and soul singer. The author discusses Franklin's struggles--being an unwed teenage mother, enduring…
two troubled marriages, and suffering legal and tax problems--as well as her triumphs: sixteen Grammy awards, seventeen top-ten records, and national acclaim for her powerful singing. For junior and senior high readersHandbook on organizing and managing one's own rock music group. Powell offers both creative and technical tips on all phases…
of the music business: using public address systems; mixing live music; utilizing recording studios; promoting a band; negotiating contracts; and avoiding the perils of the business. For junior and senior high readersBorn in Puerto Rico in 1931, Moreno moved with her mother to New York as a young child. Suntree tells…
how Moreno became an actress and was the first Hispanic woman to win an Oscar, which she received for her role in the film West Side Story. Also discusses Moreno's work on stage, in television, and in recordings that led to her being the first performer to win all four top entertainment awards. For grades 5-8 and older readersBy Randy Powell. 1992
Biff, eighteen, is obsessed with pinball and Tommie, the girl of his dreams. After nearly two years, though, he has…
yet to talk to her (or any other girl) without freezing up. Then, along comes Heidi, a wisecracking, cigarette-smoking fifteen-year-old who is staying with relatives in his neighborhood while she's suspended from school. For junior and senior high readersBy Peter Guralnick. 1994
In the first part of a projected two-volume biography, Guralnick describes the shy Tennessee boy who doted on his parents,…
loved to sing, and took his guitar to school each day. Elvis's quick rise to fame is detailed, as is his shock when, though a star, he is drafted into the army. Sure that he will soon be forgotten, Elvis is further devastated by the death of his "best girl," his adored mother. Strong languageBorn in Chihuahua, Mexico, in 1915, Anthony Quinn moved to the United States with his parents while still a baby.…
As a very young child he worked alongside his family who were migrant farm workers. The family later settled in East Los Angeles. To correct a speech impediment, Quinn began therapy with a well-known dramatic arts teacher, and developed an interest in acting. His career has spanned six decades. For grades 5-8 and older readersBy Melissa Amdur, Richard Amdur. 1993
Linda Ronstadt was born in Tucson, Arizona, in 1946, the daughter of an accomplished musician of German and Mexican ancestry.…
As a young child, Ronstadt loved music and singing more than anything else. In 1964 she moved to Los Angeles to launch her career. She has since won Grammy Awards for Best Female Country Vocal Performance (1974), Best Pop Female Vocalist (1976), and Best Performance by a Mexican American (1987). For grades 5-8 and older readersBy Wendy Thompson. 1991
A pleasing voice gained Haydn a place in his uncle's school and his first music lessons at age six. Soon…
his voice drew the attention of the choirmaster of St. Stephen's in Vienna. After his dismissal from St. Stephen's for playing tricks, Haydn began teaching rich children and sometimes famous pupils too. Later, Papa Haydn worked for the Esterhazy family while he composed music with lots of surprises. For grades 6-9 and older readersBy Charles Patterson. 1988
A biography of the opera and concert singer, who, among other achievements, was the first African-American soloist to perform with…
the Metropolitan Opera Company. Marian Anderson was born in South Philadelphia in 1902. The author shows how Anderson's enormous talent, hard work, and unfailing determination led to her success first in Europe, and then in America. For junior and senior high and older readersBy Martin Gardner, Patricia Neal. 1988
At twenty-one the self-confident, determined, Southern-bred actress starred in a Broadway hit, won a Tony, and became "the toast of…
New York." In this account written "to reclaim the past that was stolen," Neal writes candidly about her numerous love affairs, both transient and profound, such as a liaison with Gary Cooper and her long marriage to writer Roald Dahl. She tells of the deaths of two of her five children and of her massive stroke at age thirty-nine. Some strong languageBy Roger Englander. 1983
By Nelson George. 1984
By Richard Russo, Eric Alterman, David L. Ulin, Paul Muldoon, Wesley Stace, Elijah Wald, Daniel Wolff, Peter Ames Carlin, Regina Barreca, Greil Marcus, Kenneth Womack, June Skinner Sawyers, Jim Cullen, Dermot Bolger, Deepa Iyer, Jefferson Cowie, A. O. Scott, Joel Dinerstein, Nancy Bishop, Gillian G. Gaar, Louis Masur, Natalie Adler, Martyn Joseph, Lauren Onkey, Colleen Sheehy, Frank Stefanko, Irwin Streight, Wayne Swan, Jonathan D. Cohen. 2019
A compilation of twenty-six essays in tribute to musician Bruce Springsteen from a wide range of contributors including music critics,…
novelists, scholars, and ardent fans. The essays discuss how Springsteen's music impacted them personally, as well as his broader cultural influence. 2019By Diane C Taylor, Diane C. Taylor. 2020
A collective biography about five musicians and groups at the height of their careers, whose passion and talent influenced the…
Civil Rights Movement. Includes hands-on projects and suggested music samples on YouTube alongside essential questions. For grades 6-9. 2020By Karen Zeinert, Virginia Reed Murphy, Virginia R. Murphy. 1996
This is the story of the Donner party, the 83 pioneers snowbound in California's Sierra Nevada mountains in 1846. This…
book is based on an article by Virginia Reed and supplemented with her step-father James Reed's letters to family. Some violenceBy Gregory Copeland, Who Hq, Jody Jensen Shaffer, Who Hq. 2020
When Kong-sang (now known as Jackie Chan) was a young boy in Hong Kong, he enjoyed practicing martial arts with…
his dad but hated going to school. He was eventually enrolled in the China Drama Academy, where he improved his martial arts skills and became a stuntman. That training led to a successful career as an actor. For grades 4-7By Whitney Stewart, Nancy Harrison, Who Hq, Who Hq. 2009
Highlights the life and accomplishments of Walt Disney, the famous cartoonist who created Mickey Mouse, Snow White and the Seven…
Dwarfs, and Bambi and was the owner of Walt Disney Studios and Disneyland. Who was...series. For grades 4-7By Dede Putra, Ellen Labrecque, Who Hq, Who Hq. 2016
A biography about a strong native Missouri black woman who was able to pull herself out of her situation and…
become a successful poet and writer who flourished at life. For grades 4-7. Unrated. BestsellerBy Antony John. 2019
After an assignment from her teacher asks her to imagine what her life would be like if one big thing…
was different, Lola Harmon decides to find her father, who has never been part of her life. For junior and senior high readersBy Geoff Edgers. 2019
Almost everyone can sing along with the Beatles, but how many young readers know their whole story? Geoff Edgers, a…
Boston Globe reporter and hard-core Beatles fan, brings the Fab Four to life in this Who Was...? book. Readers will learn about their childhoods in Liverpool, their first forays into rock music, what Beatlemania was like, and why they broke up. It's all here in an easy-to-listen narrative!