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

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

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

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

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

Copies Available at Peninsula

1 available in Adult, Call number: 781.66 GUR

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1 available in Oversize, Call number: OVS 781.66 GUR

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

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

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

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

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

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