Harris, Duchess.

Summary: Aretha Franklin was a legendary singer and activist. Her music helped shape the civil rights movement and inspired many people. Aretha Franklin: Legendary Singer explores her life and legacy. Includes infographics and glossary. Aligned to Common Core Standards and correlated to state standards.

Format: text

Publisher / Publication Date: Core Library, an imprint of Abdo Publishing 2020

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1 available in Juvenile, Call number: JB FRANKLIN HAR

Summary: Back to Black tells the real story of how Amy's best known and most celebrated body of work came into being. Featuring previously unseen footage of Amy in the studio, new interviews with producers Mark Ronson and Salaam Remi, and the musicians who worked with Amy on the album, it offers fresh insights into Amy's remarkable gifts as a singer, songwriter, musician and performer. Also includes An...

Format: moving image

Publisher / Publication Date: 2018

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1 available in Music DVDs, Call number: DVD MUSIC AMY

Tower of Power (Musical group)

Contents: CD 1. Stroke '75 (2:40) -- Ain't nothing stopping us now (2:36) -- You ought to be having fun (3:21) -- Soul with a capital S (6:07) -- Stop (4:34) -- You're so wonderful, so marvelous (3:06) -- On the serious side (4:17) -- Just when we start makin' it (7:24) -- Soul vaccination (5:04) -- What is hip?/Soul power (9:25) -- Do you like that? (3:36) -- Drop it in the slot (3:12) --

Format: sound recording-musical

Publisher / Publication Date: 2021

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1 available in Compact Audio Disc, Call number: CD RHYTHM AND BLUES TOW

Summary: The Dick Cavett Show was the late-night TV home of the biggest names in music. Cavett so enjoyed talking with Ray Charles that he had him on the show three times, including one where he was Cavett's only guest.

Format: moving image

Publisher / Publication Date: Shout! Factory 2005

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1 available in Television Series DVDs, Call number: DVD TV DIC

Lauterbach, Preston.

Summary: A definitive account of the birth of rock 'n' roll in black America...The Chitlin' Circuit brings us into the sweaty back rooms where such stars as James Brown, B. B. King, and Little Richard got their start.--Amazon.com

Format: text

Publisher / Publication Date: W.W. Norton 2011

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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 781.66 LAU

Evans, Mike

Summary: Charts the history of the blues from its rural roots in the American South, focusing on the key musicians and singers who brought it recognition worldwide.

Format: text

Publisher / Publication Date: Sterling 2014

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1 available in Oversize, Call number: OVS 781.5 EVA

Gordon, Robert

Summary: Offers an authoritative biography of the father of modern blues, detailing his turbulent life, from the cotton fields of rural Mississippi to his extraordinary rise to success, forever changing the music industry.

Format: text

Publisher / Publication Date: Little, Brown 2002

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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 921 WATERS, MUDDY GOR

Iandoli, Kathy

Summary: "By twenty-two years old, Aaliyah had already accomplished a staggering amount: hit records, acclaimed acting roles, and fame that was just about to cross over into superstardom. Like her song, she was already "more than a woman" but her shocking death ina plane crash prevented her from fully growing into one. Now, two decades later, the full story of Aaliyah's life and cultural impact is...

Format: text

Publisher / Publication Date: Atria Books 2021

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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 921 AALIYAH IAN

Kelly, R.

Summary: The R&B performer and producer traces the story of his life and career, describing his battle with a learning disorder, his collaborations with such icons as Michael Jackson and Aretha Franklin, and his difficulties with personal and legal challenges.

Format: text

Publisher / Publication Date: Hay House 2011

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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 921 KELLY, R. KEL

Scott-Heron, Gil

Summary: A personal account by the late musician and poet traces the story of his life, career, and history-making 1981 tour at the side of Stevie Wonder to raise support for the establishment of Martin Luther King, Jr. Day.

Format: text

Publisher / Publication Date: Grove Press 2012

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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 921 SCOTT-HERON, GIL SCO

Steele, Timothy.

Summary: "A lively and comprehensive study of the forms and traditions of English poetry."

Format: text

Publisher / Publication Date: Ohio University Press 1999

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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 821.009 STE

Beyoncé

Contents: [CD], Album. Pray you catch me -- Hold up -- Don't hurt yourself (featuring Jack White) -- Sorry -- 6 inch (featuring the Weeknd) -- Daddy lessons -- Love drought -- Sandcastles -- Forward (featuring James Blake) -- Freedom (featuring Kendrick Lamar) -- All night -- Formation --

Format: sound recording-musical

Publisher / Publication Date: 2016

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1 available in Compact Audio Disc, Call number: CD BEY POP/ROCK

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1 available in Compact Audio Disc, Call number: CD RHYTHM AND BLUES BEY

Booker T.

Summary: "The long-awaited memoir of Booker T. Jones, leader of the famed Stax Records house band, architect of the Memphis soul sound, and one of the most legendary figures in music. From Booker T. Jones's earliest years in segregated Memphis, music was the driving force in his life. While he worked paper routes and played gigs in local nightclubs to pay for lessons and support his family, Jones, on...

Format: text

Publisher / Publication Date: Little, Brown and Company 2019

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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 921 BOOKER T. BOO

Summary: Beyoncé. Her name conjures more than music, it has come to be synonymous with beauty, glamour, power, creativity, love, and romance. Her performances are legendary, her album releases events. She is not even forty but she has already rewritten the Beyoncé playbook more than half a dozen times. She is consistently provocative, political and surprising. As a solo artist, she has sold more than...

Format: text

Publisher / Publication Date: 2019

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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 782.42 QUE

Hart, Mickey.

Summary: More than 350 photographs and illustrations capture and illuminate the global primacy of percussion.

Format: text

Publisher / Publication Date: HarperSanFrancisco 1991

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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 786.9 HAR

Keys, Alicia

Summary: "An intimate, revealing look at one artist's journey from self-censorship to full expression As one of the most celebrated musicians of our time, Alicia Keys has enraptured the nation with her heartfelt lyrics, extraordinary vocal range, and soul-stirringpiano compositions. Yet away from the spotlight, Alicia has grappled with private heartache-over the challenging and complex relationship with...

Format: text

Publisher / Publication Date: Flatiron Books 2020

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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 921 KEYS, ALICIA KEY

Neville, Aaron.

Summary: 2013 release from the Soul legend, a concert filmed in November at New York's Brooklyn Bowl that features Aaron Neville performing songs from his album My True Story. An incredible array of musicians and guests join Neville, including: Greg Leisz on guitar (Beck, Sheryl Crow, Bob Dylan, Ryan Adams), George G. Receli on drums (Bob Dylan, James Brown), Tony Scherr on bass (Bill Frisell, Norah...

Format: moving image

Publisher / Publication Date: Blue Note Records 2013

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1 available in Music DVDs, Call number: DVD MUSIC MY

Wyman, Bill.

Summary: A history of the Blues genre and its celebrated musicians discusses how African-Americans expressed poverty, injustice, faith, and love in their music as they journeyed from southern plantations to northern cities.

Format: text

Publisher / Publication Date: DK Pub. 2001

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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 781.643 WYM

Charnas, Dan

Summary: "Equal parts musicology, biography, and cultural history, Dilla Time chronicles the invention of a new kind of beat by the most underappreciated musical genius of our time"--

Format: text

Publisher / Publication Date: MCD / Farrar, Straus and Giroux 2022

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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 921 J DILLA CHA

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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: Music Charnas

Hughes, Langston

Format: text

Publisher / Publication Date: Oxford University Press 1995

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1 available in Juvenile Nonfiction, Call number: J 781.224 HUG

Guralnick, Peter.

Summary: The Birth of Rock 'n' Roll: 70 Years of Sun Records is the official history of this legendary label, and looks at its story in a unique way: through the lens of 70 of its most iconic recordings. From the early days with primal blues artists like Howlin' Wolf and B.B. King to long nights in the studio with Elvis and Jerry Lee Lewis, you will see how the label was shaped and how it redefined...

Format: text

Publisher / Publication Date: Weldon Owen 2022

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1 available in Adult, Call number: 781.66 GUR

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1 available in Oversize, Call number: OVS 781.66 GUR

Jackson, Janet

Contents: CD. I.D. (interlude) -- Feedback -- Luv -- Spinnin (interlude) -- Rollercoaster -- Bathroom break (interlude) -- Rock with u -- 2nite -- Can't b good -- 4 words (interlude) -- Never letchu go -- Truth or dare (interlude) -- Greatest X -- Good morning Janet (interlude) -- So much betta -- Play selection (interlude) -- The 1 (with Missy Elliott) -- What's ur name -- The meaning (interlude) --...

Format: sound recording-musical

Publisher / Publication Date: Island Def Jam 2008

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1 available in Compact Audio Disc, Call number: CD RHYTHM AND BLUES JAC

Rush, Bobby

Summary: "Experience music history with this memoir by one of the last of the genuine old school Blues and R&B legends, the Grammy-winning dynamic showman Bobby Rush"--

Format: text

Publisher / Publication Date: Hachette Books 2021

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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 921 RUSH, BOBBY RUS