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Andrea Davis Pinkney
(412)
Summary: A narrative history of the Motown music label covering the historical context, personalities, and ongoing legacy of the "sound of young America."
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Call #: 781.644 PIN YA
Location: YA Nonfiction
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by
Bill Bentley
(23)
Summary: In December 2015, the Smithsonian called on rock and roll lovers around the world to collect photos and stories of their favorite moments in music. Fans dug through attics, basements, closets,...
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Call #: 781.66 BEN
Location: Adult Nonfiction
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by
Maureen Mahon
Summary: African American women have played a pivotal part in rock and roll -- from laying its foundations and singing chart-topping hits to influencing some of the genre's most iconic acts. Despite this,...
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Call #: 782.42 MAH
Location: Adult Nonfiction
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by
Robbie Robertson
(212)
Summary: A tribute to more than two dozen legendary music artists who significantly influenced the landscape of music for generations to come, from Ray Charles and Bob Dylan to Chuck Berry and Johnny Cash.
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Call #: 782.42 ROB
Location: Adult Nonfiction
copies in: 1 of 1
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by
Steve Turner
(892)
Summary: 1966. The Beatles' last concert; the release of Revolver, their first album of songs not intended for live performance. They experimented with avant-garde ideas, and angered many when they spoke...
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Call #: 782.42166 BEA
Location: Adult Nonfiction
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by
Jeff Walker
Summary: The Beatles weren't just the biggest pop group ever; they were the funniest. In what they said, in what they did, in what happened to them and in what was said about them. Never before has a book...
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Call #: 782.42166 BEA
Location: Adult Nonfiction
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(16,798)
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Call #: 782.42166 BEA
Location: Adult Nonfiction
copies in: 1 of 1
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by
Tom Beaujour
(2,110)
Summary: Hard rock in the 1980s was a hedonistic and often intensely creative wellspring of escapism that perfectly encapsulated -- and maybe even helped to define -- a spectacularly over-the-top decade....
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Call #: 782.42166 BEA
Location: Adult Nonfiction
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(629)
Summary: The most anticipated book in more than a decade by the legendary band, this is the official account of the creation of their final album, Let It Be, told in The Beatles' own words, illustrated with...
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Call #: 782.42166 BEA
Location: Adult Nonfiction
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by
Robby Krieger
(871)
Summary: Few bands are as shrouded in the murky haze of rock mythology as The Doors, and parsing fact from fiction has been a virtually impossible task. But now, after fifty years, The Doors' notoriously...
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Call #: 782.42166 DOO
Location: Adult Nonfiction
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by
Virginia Hanlon Grohl
(3,730)
Summary: Drawing on interviews with such women as Verna Griffin, Dr. Dre's mother; Marianne Stipe, Michael Stipe of REM's mother; Janis Winehouse, Amy Winehouse's mother; Hester Diamond, Mike D of The Beastie...
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Call #: 782.42166 GRO
Location: Adult Nonfiction
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by
Tom Johnston
(249)
Summary: Only a very few rock bands have had the longevity, success, and drama of The Doobie Brothers. Born out of late 1960s NoCal, they stood alongside their contemporaries The Grateful Dead, The Allman...
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Call #: 782.42166 JOH
Location: Adult Nonfiction
copies in: 1 of 1
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by
Greil Marcus
(3,421)
Summary: "In 1975, Greil Marcus's Mystery Train changed the way readers thought about rock 'n' roll and continues to be sought out today by music fans and anyone interested in pop culture. Looking at...
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Call #: 782.42166 MAR
Location: Adult Nonfiction
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by
Alan Paul
Summary: The Allman Brothers Band's Brothers and Sisters was not only the band's best-selling album, at over seven million copies sold, but it was also a powerfully influential release, both musically and...
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Call #: 782.42166 PAU
Location: New Adult Nonfiction
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by
Kim Neely
(787)
Summary: Kim Neely was one of Pearl Jam's earliest supporters in the national press, and interviewed them extensively during the most pivotal years of their career. In this book she offers a richly-detailed...
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Call #: 782.42166 PEA
Location: Adult Nonfiction
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by
Ryan Pinkard
(235)
Summary: Released in 2007, the National's fourth full-length album is one that saved them. For fans, "Boxer" is a profound personal meditation on the unmagnificent lives of adults, an elegant culmination of...
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Call #: 782.42166 PIN
Location: Adult Nonfiction
copies in: 1 of 1
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Call #: 782.42166 ROC
Location: Adult Nonfiction
copies in: 1 of 1
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(42)
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Call #: 782.42166 ROC
Location: Adult Nonfiction
copies in: 1 of 1
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(2,682)
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Call #: 782.42166 U2
Location: Adult Nonfiction
copies in: 1 of 1
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by
Sheila Weller
(5,734)
Summary: "Girls Like Us" is a groundbreaking and irresistible biography of three of America's most important musical artists--Carly Simon, Carole King, and Joni Mitchell--and offers an epic treatment of these mid-century women who dared to break tradition.
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Call #: 782.42166 WEL
Location: Adult Nonfiction
copies in: 1 of 1
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by
Lana Del Rey
(35,257)
Summary: "'Violet Bent Backwards Over the Grass' is the title poem of the book and the first poem I wrote of many. Some of which came to me in their entirety, which I dictated and then typed out, and some...
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Call #: 811.6 DEL
Location: Adult Nonfiction
copies in: 1 of 1
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by
Bill O'Reilly
(3,146)
Summary: The King is dead. The Walrus is shot. The Greatest is no more. Elvis Presley, John Lennon, and Muhammad Ali. These three icons changed not only the worlds of music, film, and sports, but the world...
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Call #: 920.71 O'RE
Location: Adult Nonfiction
copies in: 1 of 1
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by
Tori Amos
(2,060)
Summary: Since the release of her first career-defining solo album, Tori Amos as been one of the music industry's most enduring and ingenious artists. From her unnerving depiction of sexual assault in "Me and...
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Call #: B AMOS
Location: Adult Biographies
copies in: 1 of 1
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by
Travis Barker
(4,544)
Summary: After breaking out as the acclaimed drummer of the multi-platinum punk band Blink-182, everything changed for Travis Barker. But the dark side of rock stardom took its toll: his marriage, chronicled...
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Call #: B BARKER
Location: Adult Biographies
copies in: 1 of 1
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by
Bono
(10,442)
Summary: Bono, artist, activist, and the lead singer of Irish rock band U2, has written a memoir: honest and irreverent, intimate and profound, this is the story of the remarkable life he's lived, the...
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Call #: B BONO
Location: Adult Biographies
copies in: 1 of 1
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by
Mike Allred , artist
(1,299)
Summary: As one of the most magnetic icons of modern pop culture, David Bowie seduced generations of fans with his music and counterculture persona. While Bowie's legacy as a musician is remarkable and...
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Call #: B BOWIE
Location: Adult Biographies
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by
Bobbie Brown
(3,573)
Summary: "An uncensored Hollywood tell-all filled with explicit tales of love, sex, and revenge from the video vixen made famous by Warrant's rock anthem "Cherry Pie.""-- Provided by publisher.
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Call #: B BROWN
Location: Adult Biographies
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(128)
Summary: Kurt Cobain burst into American consciousness with a vengeance with the release of Nevermind, an instant classic that defined a sound and a generation. Three years later, he was dead of suicide,...
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Call #: B COBAIN
Location: Adult Biographies
copies in: 1 of 1
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by
Phil Collins
(6,832)
Summary: The Genesis front man and successful solo artist presents a reflective memoir that shares insights into the remarkable experiences behind many of his iconic songs and performances, discussing his...
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Call #: B COLLINS
Location: Adult Biographies
copies in: 1 of 1
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by
Roger Daltrey
(3,981)
Summary: The front man of The Who draws on years of careful introspection in an anecdotal memoir of his rise from poverty to rock-and-roll stardom, sharing insights into the creative processes behind iconic hits and his relationship with Keith Moon.
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Call #: B DALTREY
Location: Adult Biographies
copies in: 1 of 1
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by
Flea
(19,036)
Summary: Flea takes readers on a deeply personal and revealing tour of his formative years, spanning from Australia to the New York City suburbs to, finally, Los Angeles. Through hilarious anecdotes, poetical...
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Call #: B FLEA
Location: Adult Biographies
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by
Ben Folds
(4,471)
Summary: Ben Folds is a celebrated American singer-songwriter, beloved for songs such as "Brick," "You Don't Know Me," "Rockin' the Suburbs," and "The Luckiest," and is the former frontman of the alternative...
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Call #: B FOLDS
Location: Adult Biographies
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by
Peter Frampton
(1,176)
Summary: Frampton was on a path to stardom from an early age, first as the lead singer and guitarist of the Herd and then as co-founder of one of the first supergroups, Humble Pie. As part of a tight-knit...
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Call #: B FRAMPTON
Location: Adult Biographies
copies in: 1 of 1
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