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Author
Publisher
Simon & Schuster
Pub. Date
2015.
Description
Recognized the world over for his distinct voice and timeless hits spanning a career of nearly half a century, Charlie Wilson is one of the most celebrated musicians of his generation. So it took friends and family by surprise when he checked into rehab and revealed that he had been not only homeless, but also helpless. This is the story of how love and faith carried him through not only his addiction, but also prostate cancer. It is also the story...
Author
Publisher
Century
Pub. Date
2018
Description
Tina Turner is the Queen of Rock 'n' Roll, a musical icon celebrating her 60th year in the industry. In this dramatic autobiography, she tells the story of a truly remarkable life in the spotlight. From her early years picking cotton in Nutbush, Tennessee to her rise to fame alongside Ike Turner, and finally to her phenomenal success in the 1980s and beyond, Tina candidly examines her personal history, from her darkest hours to her happiest moments...
Author
Series
Publisher
Hal Leonard Books
Pub. Date
2013
Description
In 1950, Billy Eckstine was the most popular singer in America. Movie-star handsome with an elegant pencil-thin mustache and a wide vibrato, Eckstine possessed one of the most magnificent voices in popular music history. Born in Pittsburgh, Eckstine won a talent contest by imitating Cab Calloway and started leading jazz orchestras, calling himself Baron Billy. This book tells his story.
Author
Publisher
Continuum
Pub. Date
2010
Description
This book is a concise, evocative, & thoroughly researched study of one of the great rock 'n' roll pioneers, Little Richard. After 'Tutti Frutti', Little Richard began garnering fans from both sides of the civil rights divide. He brought black & white youngsters together on the dance floor & even helped to transform race relations.
Author
Publisher
Sidgwick & Jackson
Pub. Date
2007
Description
Diana Ross is one of the most successful musical artists of all time. This biography recalls the life of the ultra-diva, describing her struggles with her demons, her divorce, arrest for drunk-driving, rehab and the tragic suicide of her second husband.
Author
Publisher
Omnibus
Pub. Date
c2005
Description
Mike Evans traces Ray Charles' amazing story from the abject disadvantage of being orphaned, black and blind in the South of the 1930s to the height of international success. First-hand interviews and quotes are featured from those who worked with, or were simply influenced by him.