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Series
Publisher
A&E Television Networks
Pub. Date
[2000]
Language
English
Description
"They were three brothers who went from England to Australia and back and then on to America in search of stardom. On the verge of disbanding, they caught the wave of a new musical trend and rode it to superstardom."--A&E website.
Author
Language
English
Description
Buffett wasn?t always the pied piper of beaches, bars, and laid-back living. Born on the Gulf Coast, the son of a son of a sailing ship captain, Buffett scuffed around New Orleans in the late sixties, flunked out of Nashville (and a marriage) in 1971, and found refuge among the artists, dopers, shrimpers, and genuine characters who?d collected at the end of the road in Key West. And it was there, in those waning outlaw days at the last American exit,...
Author
Series
Killing volume 12
Language
English
Description
"The King is dead. The Walrus is shot. The Greatest is no more. Elvis Presley, John Lennon, and Muhammad Ali. These three icons changed not only the worlds of music, film, and sports, but the world itself. Their faces were known everywhere, in every nation, across every culture. And their stories became larger than life-until their lives spun out of control at the hands of those they most trusted. In Killing the Legends, Bill O'Reilly and Martin Dugard...
Author
Publisher
Da Capo Press
Language
English
Description
Spanning the entirety of McCartney's life from early childhood right up to the present day, Fab delves deep into the life of the living embodiment of The Beatles, revealing the often dark reality behind his consistently positive, relaxed public image.
8) Elvis
Publisher
Warner Bros. Entertainment
Pub. Date
[2022]
Language
English
Appears on list
Formats
Description
Elvis Presley rises to fame in the 1950s while maintaining a complex relationship with his manager, Colonel Tom Parker.
Author
Publisher
Gotham Books
Pub. Date
[2011]
Language
English
Description
This book is a biography and cultural examination of the Rolling Stones' frontman Mick Jagger's spectacular life and the cultural revolution he led. As the Rolling Stones' legendary front man Mick Jagger remains an enigma. He hasn't given an in-depth interview for a decade and a half and never commented on his friend and partner, Keith Richard's often critical biography. Drawing on firsthand recollections from rockers, filmmakers, writers, radicals,...
Author
Publisher
Ecco
Pub. Date
2007.
Language
English
Description
An oral biography chronicling the life of singer-songwriter Warren Zevon brings together conversations and interviews with Jackson Browne, Tom Petty, Emmylou Harris, and other friends and colleagues from California's rock scene.
When Warren Zevon died in 2003, he left behind both a fanatical cult following and a rich catalog of dark, witty rock-n-roll classics that includes "Lawyers, Guns, and Money," "Excitable Boy," and the immortal "Werewolves...
Publisher
Liberation Entertainment
Pub. Date
[2008]
Language
English
Description
A rare glimpse into one of the biggest bands in history, through previously unseen home movies, personal photographs, interviews, and more. Includes film of their 1964 Scotland tour, and brand new interviews with celebrity friends and colleagues.
17) England is mine
Publisher
Cleopatra Entertainment
Pub. Date
[2017]
Language
English
Description
A portrait of Morrissey and his early life in 1970s Manchester before he went on to become the lead singer of seminal alternative rock band The Smiths.
Author
Publisher
Christy Ottaviano Books
Pub. Date
2015.
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 3.8 - AR Pts: 1
Lexile measure
AD 600L
Language
English
Description
"Elvis Presley, perhaps better known as the King of Rock and Roll, left an amazing legacy on the worldwide music scene. But before Elvis became The King, he was just a shy kid growing up in a poor family in Mississippi. From an early age singing in church, Elvis used music as a form of hope, a means of getting by. He soon created his own style that brought together classes and races and lifted people's spirits. His mark was indelible. He remains the...
