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"Opal is a fiercely independent young woman pushing against the grain in her style and attitude, Afro-punk before that term existed. Coming of age in Detroit, she can't imagine settling for a 9-to-5 job--despite her unusual looks, Opal believes she can be a star. So when the aspiring British singer/songwriter Neville Charles discovers her at a bar's amateur night, she takes him up on his offer to make rock music together for the fledgling Rivington...
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Little, Brown
Pub. Date
2005
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English
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Presents a comprehensive biography of the popular English rock band The Beatles, culled from years of research and hundreds of interviews and unreleased documents, revealing the complete history of the band, from their early days in Liverpool to their musical breakthrough at Abbey Road studios.
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Chronicle Books
Pub. Date
2000
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English
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A chronological history of the Beatles from their childhoods to the band's breakup, which presents archival photos and 1990s commentary by Paul McCartney, George Harrison, and Ringo Starr, as well as close associates Yoko Ono Lennon, Sir George Martin, Neil Aspinall, and Derek Taylor, and also includes quotations by John Lennon and the other Beatles from throughout their career.
7) M train
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English
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National Best Seller
From the National Book Award–winning author of Just Kids: an unforgettable odyssey of a legendary artist, told through the prism of the cafés and haunts she has worked in around the world. It is a book Patti Smith has described as “a roadmap to my life.”
M Train begins in the tiny Greenwich Village café where Smith goes every morning for black coffee, ruminates...
From the National Book Award–winning author of Just Kids: an unforgettable odyssey of a legendary artist, told through the prism of the cafés and haunts she has worked in around the world. It is a book Patti Smith has described as “a roadmap to my life.”
M Train begins in the tiny Greenwich Village café where Smith goes every morning for black coffee, ruminates...
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English
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Born Declan Patrick MacManus, Elvis Costello was raised in London and Liverpool, grandson of a trumpet player on the White Star Line and son of a jazz musician who became a successful radio dance band vocalist. Costello went into the family business and had taken the popular music world by storm before he was twenty-four. "Unfaithful Music" describes how Costello's career has endured for almost four decades through a combination of dumb luck and animal...
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Simon & Schuster
Pub. Date
2005, c1981
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English
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Presents a comprehensive biography of the Beatles from their early days in Liverpool to their success as the entertainment industry's most celebrated rock groups and describes their later struggles to break away from their former image and the deaths of both John Lennon and George Harrison.
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Crown Archetype
Pub. Date
c2012
Language
English
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A personal portrait by the legendary singer recounts his life on and off the stage, from his humble British roots and his riotous years on tour with "The Jeff Beck Group" and "The Faces" to his three marriages and his decades as a solo performer.
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English
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The bestselling author of Catch a Wave: The Rise, Fall and Redemption of the Beach Boys' Brian Wilson now presents an in-depth biography of the legendary musician and icon Paul McCartney, exploring his impact on music and culture, his personal triumphs and defeats, and his post-Beatles relationships with John Lennon, George Harrison, and Ringo Starr. The book explores McCartney through the perspective of his lyrics, spanning his career from his years...
18) I, Tina
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Morrow
Pub. Date
c1986
Language
English
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Describes the career of rock singer Tina Turner, a farmer's daughter from Tennessee, who burst upon the music scene in the 1960s and swept the 1985 Grammy Awards with her album "Private Dancer."
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