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...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Little, Brown and Company 2019
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 921 BOOKER T. BOOBooker T.
Summary: Booker T. Jones is a Rock and Roll Hall of Fame inductee, Musicians Hall of Fame inductee and Grammy Lifetime Achievement Award recipient. Arguably, as the leader of the legendary Memphis soul icons, Booker T and the MG's, he single-handedly set the cast for modern soul on classic Stax tunes like 'Green Onions' and 'Time is Tight.' A plethora of captivating artists join Booker on his upcoming...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Stax 2013
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1 available in Compact Audio Disc, Call number: CD RHYTHM AND BLUES BOOBooker T.
Contents: Jamaica song -- Mama Stewart -- Tennessee Voodoo -- Flamingo -- Song for Casey -- Evergreen -- Country days -- Why me -- Front Street rag -- Lie to me -- Bonus tracks: Evergreen (single version) ; Life is funky ; Take me to the river ; Love is strange (with Priscilla Coolidge) ; Whiter shade of pale ; (Your love has lifted me) Higher and higher.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Wounded Bird Records 2013
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1 available in Compact Audio Disc, Call number: CD RHYTHM AND BLUES BOOBooker T.
Contents: Walking papers -- Crazy -- Progress (feat. Yim Yames) -- The hive -- Down in Memphis -- Everything is everything -- Rent party -- Representing Memphis (feat. Matt Berninger & Sharon Jones) -- The vamp -- Harlem house -- The Bronx (feat. Lou Reed).
Format: sound recording-musical
Publisher / Publication Date: Anti 2011
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1 available in Compact Audio Disc, Call number: CD RHYTHM AND BLUES BOOBuckley, James
Summary: African American educator, author, speaker, and advisor to presidents of the United States, Booker Taliaferro Washington was the leading voice of former slaves and their descendants during the late 1800s. As part of the last generation of leaders born into slavery, Booker believed that blacks could better progress in society through education and entrepreneurship, rather than trying to directly...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Penguin Workshop, an imprint of Penguin Random House 2018
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Publisher / Publication Date: Quiet Vision Pub. 1998
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Publisher / Publication Date: Regenerative Agriculture Association 1987
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Summary: A biography of the former slave and inspiring educator describes the hardships he overcame in youth, the circumstances that challenged his efforts to learn how to read, and his triumphant pursuit of a college education.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Little, Brown 2012
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1 available in Juvenile, Call number: JB WASHINGTON ASIContents: Disc one: Stax writers, Stax releases (part one). Comfort me / Carla Thomas -- You make a strong girl weak / Jeanne & The Darlings -- What did I do wrong / William Bell -- Another night without my man / Carla Thomas -- I got everything you need ; Mister fix it ; I'll always have faith in you ; Got to make a comeback / Eddie Floyd -- I've seen what loneliness can do / Homer Banks -- Slow train /...
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Publisher / Publication Date: 2022
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1 available in Compact Audio Disc, Call number: CD RHYTHM AND BLUES WRISummary: UK six CD box set. Blaxploitation is a film genre that emerged in the United States in the 1970s. It is considered an ethnic subgenre of the general category of exploitation films. Blaxploitation films were the first to regularly feature soundtracks of funk and soul music as well as primarily black casts. This set features the best newly remastered soundtracks from the Blaxploitation genre -...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Spectrum 2015
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1 available in Compact Audio Disc, Call number: CD SHOW MUSIC BLABooker T. & the MG's (Musical group)
Contents: The horse / Jesse James (2:45) -- Love child / Richards, Sawyer, Taylor, Wilson Sing a simple song / Pepper, Watt (3:33) -- Lady madonna / McCartney, Lennon (3:32) -- Mrs. Robinson / Paul Simon (3:41) -- This guy's in love with you / Bacharach, David (3:08) -- Light my fire / Morrison, Manzarek, Densmore, Krieger (4:18) -- Michelle / McCartney, Lennon (2:49) --You're all I need to get by /...
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Publisher / Publication Date: 1987
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1 available in Compact Audio Disc, Call number: CD RHYTHM AND BLUES BOOContents: Disc 1. R.O.C.K. in the U.S.A. (John Mellencamp) -- Be my baby (Melissa Etheridge) -- Love child (Melissa Etheridge) -- Leader of the pack (Melissa Etheridge) -- Tired of being alone (Al Green) -- A change is gonna come (Al Green) -- My city was gone (The Pretenders) -- Folsom Prison blues (Johnny Cash) -- I can't turn you loose (Aretha Franklin) -- It's a man's man's man's world (James Brown)...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Columbia 1996
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1 available in Compact Audio Disc, Call number: CD POP/ROCK CONBooker T. & the MG's (Musical group)
Contents: Be young, be foolish, be happy -- La la means I love you -- Hang 'em high -- Willow weep for me -- Over easy -- Soul limbo -- Eleanor Rigby -- Heads or tails -- (Sweet, sweet, baby) Since you've been gone -- Born under a bad sign -- Foxy lady.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Stax Records 1991
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1 available in Compact Audio Disc, Call number: CD RHYTHM AND BLUES BOOBooker T. & the MG's (Musical group)
Contents: I can dig it -- Expressway (to your heart) -- Doin' our thing -- You don't love me -- Never my love -- The exodus song -- The beat goes on -- Ode to Billie Joe -- Blue on green -- You keep me hanging on -- Let's go get stoned.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Atlantic 1992
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1 available in Compact Audio Disc, Call number: CD RHYTHM AND BLUES BOOBooker T. & the MG's (Musical group)
Contents: Green onions -- Chinese checkers -- Groovin' -- Soul dressing -- Boot-leg -- My sweet potato -- Slim Jenkin's place -- Booker-loo -- Hip hug-her -- Mo' onions -- Soul-limbo -- Hang 'em high -- Time is tight -- Mrs. Robinson -- Slum baby -- Melting pot.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Rhino 1994
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1 available in Compact Audio Disc, Call number: CD RHYTHM AND BLUES BOOBooker T. & the MG's (Musical group)
Contents: Hip hug-her -- Soul sanction -- Get ready -- More -- Double or nothing -- Carnaby St. -- Slim Jenkins' joint -- Pigmy -- Groovin' -- Booker's notion -- Sunny.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Atlantic 1992
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1 available in Compact Audio Disc, Call number: CD RHYTHM AND BLUES BOOBooker T. & the MG's (Musical group)
Contents: Green onions -- Mo' onions -- Jellybread -- Tic-tac-toe -- Soul dressing -- Terrible thing -- Can't be still -- Boot-leg -- Summertime -- Be my lady -- Red beans and rice -- My sweet potato -- Booker-loo -- Hip hug-her -- Slim Jenkins' place -- Groovin'.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Atlantic 1989
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1 available in Compact Audio Disc, Call number: CD RHYTHM AND BLUES BOOBooker T. & the MG's (Musical group)
Contents: Green onions (2:45) -- Rinky-dink (2:39) -- I got a woman (3:32) -- Mo' onions (2:50) -- Twist and shout (2:09) -- Behave yourself (3:45) -- Stranger on the shore (2:18) -- Lonely Avenue (3:25) -- One who really loves you (2:22) -- You can't sit down (2:46) -- A woman, a lover, a friend (3:15) -- Comin' home baby (3:09).
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Publisher / Publication Date: Atlantic 1962
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1 available in Compact Audio Disc, Call number: CD RHYTHM AND BLUES BOOBooker T. & the MG's (Musical group)
Contents: Medley -- Golden slumbers -- Carry that weight -- The end -- Here comes the sun -- Come together -- Something -- Medley. Because ; You never give me your money -- Medley. Sun king ; Mean Mr. Mustard ; Polythene Pam ; She came in through the bathroom window ; I want you (She's so heavy) -- You can't do that -- Day tripper -- Michelle -- Eleanor Rigby -- Lady Madonna -- You can't do that...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Concord Music 2011
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1 available in Compact Audio Disc, Call number: CD RHYTHM AND BLUES BOOBooker T. & the MG's (Musical group)
Contents: Melting pot (8:15) -- Back home (4:40) -- Chicken pox (3:26) -- Fuquawi (3:40) -- Kinda easy like (8:43) -- Hi ride (2:36) -- L.A. jazz song (4:18) -- Sunny Monday (4:35).
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Publisher / Publication Date: Stax Records 1990
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1 available in Compact Audio Disc, Call number: CD RHYTHM AND BLUES BOOContents: Disc 1: (We're gonna) Rock around the clock (Bill Haley and the Comets) (2:10) -- Sixteen candles (The Crests) (2:50) -- Runaway (Del Shannon) (2:18) -- Why do fools fall in love (Frankie Lymon & The Teenagers) (2:17) -- That'll be the day (Buddy Holly) (2:15) -- Fanny Mae (Buster Brown) (2:55) -- At the hop (2:26) ; She's so fine (2:21) (Flash Cadilllac & The Continental Kids) -- The stroll...
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Publisher / Publication Date: MCA Records 1993
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1 available in Compact Audio Disc, Call number: CD SHOW MUSIC AMESummary: Continues the history of people of African descent, including topics such as the global African presence, the science of melanin, the truth about the prison industrial complex, how thriving black economic communities were undermined in America, hidden truths about Native Americans, and more.
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: 2013
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1 available in Documentary DVDs, Call number: DVD DOC HIDContents: Disc 1. I forgot to be your lover / The Mad Lads -- Joy / Isaac Hayes -- In the rain / The Dramatics -- I could never be happy / The Emotions -- Don't take my kindness for weakness / The Soul Children -- I'm afraid the masquerade is over / David Porter -- Sing a simple song / Booker T. & The M.G.'s -- Packed up and took my mind / Little Milton -- Poverty's paradise / 24-Carat Black -- I'll play...
Format: sound recording-musical
Publisher / Publication Date: Soul Temple 2013
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1 available in Compact Audio Disc, Call number: CD RHYTHM AND BLUES RZANelson, Willie
Summary: On April 29 and 30 of this year, a variety of artists spanning genres and generations came together with Willie Nelson to celebrate the legend's 90th birthday for a star-studded, once-in-a-lifetime event at the Hollywood Bowl in Los Angeles. This two CD+Blu-ray set captures the highlights of this amazing night, including 39 performances across the two CDs and the same songs captured in HD on...
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Publisher / Publication Date: 2023