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  • The Michael Jackson Song Guide

    237 Songs by the King of Pop

    by David Scruse ...
    Michael Joseph Jackson made his professional debut in 1964 with his elder brothers Jackie, Tito, Jermaine, and Marlon as a member of the Jackson 5. He began his solo career in 1971. In the early 1980s, Jackson became a dominant figure in popular music. His music videos, including those of "Beat It", "Billie Jean", and "Thriller" from his 1982 album Thriller, are credited with breaking racial ... Read more

    $1.99 USD

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  • Untouchable

    The Strange Life and Tragic Death of Michael Jackson

    by Randall Sullivan ...
    The investigative biography of Michael Jackson's final years: "A tale of family, fame, lost childhood, and startling accusations never heard before" (ABC Nightline).When Michael Jackson died on June 25, 2009, millions of fans around the world were shocked. But the outpouring of emotion that followed his loss was bittersweet. Dogged by scandal for years and undone by financial mismanagement, ... Read more

    $14.39 USD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • All The Songs

    The Story Behind Every Beatles Release

    by Philippe Margotin, Jean-Michel Guesdon ...
    "Fun facts about every one of the Fab Four's creations, with photos. Yeah yeah yeah." — PeopleAll the Songs delves deep into the history and origins of the Beatles and their music. This first-of-its-kind book draws upon decades of research, as music historians Margotin and Guesdon recount the circumstances that led to the composition of every song, the recording process, and the instruments used ... Read more

    $14.39 USD

  • Sam Phillips: The Man Who Invented Rock 'n' Roll

    by Peter Guralnick ...
    From the author of the critically acclaimed Elvis Presley biography: Last Train to Memphis brings us the life of Sam Phillips, the visionary genius who singlehandedly steered the revolutionary path of Sun Records.The music that he shaped in his tiny Memphis studio with artists as diverse as Elvis Presley, Ike Turner, Howlin' Wolf, Jerry Lee Lewis, and Johnny Cash, introduced a sound that had never ... Read more

    $11.99 USD

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    Also available as: Audiobook

  • Lou Reed

    A Life

    by Anthony DeCurtis ...
    The essential biography of one of music's most influential icons: Lou Reed.As lead singer and songwriter for the Velvet Underground and a renowned solo artist, Lou Reed invented alternative rock. His music, at once a source of transcendent beauty and coruscating noise, violated all definitions of genre while speaking to millions of fans and inspiring generations of musicians.But while his iconic ... Read more

    $12.99 USD

    Also available as: Audiobook

    Also available as: Audiobook

  • The Beastie Boys' Paul's Boutique

    by Mr. Dan LeRoy ...
    Series series 33 1/3
    Derided as one-hit wonders, estranged from their original producer and record label, and in self-imposed exile in Los Angeles, the Beastie Boys were written off by most observers before even beginning to record their second album - an embarrassing commercial flop that should have ruined the group's career. But not only did "Paul's Boutique" eventually transformed the Beasties from a fratboy ... Read more

    $12.79 USD

  • The Beatles Lyrics

    The Stories Behind the Music, Including the Handwritten Drafts of More Than 100 Classic Beatles Songs

    by Hunter Davies ...
    "A fascinating, intimate glimpse into the creative process behind some of the greatest pop songs ever written." — Christian Science MonitorFor the Beatles, writing songs was a process that could happen anytime—songs we all know by heart often began as a scribble on the back of an envelope or on hotel stationery. These original documents have ended up scattered across the world at museums and ... Read more

    $17.29 USD

  • Portishead's Dummy

    by Mr. R.J. Wheaton ...
    Series series 33 1/3
    An album which distilled a genre from the musical, cultural, and social ether, Portishead's Dummy was such a complete artistic achievement that its ubiquitous successes threatened to exhaust its own potential. RJ Wheaton offers an impressionistic investigation of Dummy that imitates the cumulative structure of the album itself, piecing together interviews, impressions of time and place, cultural ... Read more

    $12.99 USD

  • 33 1/3 Greatest Hits, Volume 1

    Edited by David Barker ...
    Series series 33 1/3
    The writings in this book are extracted from volumes 1 through 20 of our 33 1/3 series - short books about individual albums. In here you'll find a wide variety of authors, albums, and approaches to writing about those albums. So sit back, put on your headphones, cue up your favourite songs, and let our writers transport you to a time when:Dusty Springfield headed south to Memphis to record a pop ... Read more

    $18.99 USD

  • Psychedelia and Other Colours

    by Rob Chapman ...
    In Psychedelia and Other Colours, acclaimed author Rob Chapman explores in crystalline detail the history, precedents and cultural impact of LSD, from the earliest experiments in painting with light and immersive environments to the thriving avant-garde scene that existed in San Francisco even before the Grateful Dead and the Fillmore Auditorium. In the UK, he documents an entirely different ... Read more

    $18.99 USD

  • Hole's Live Through This

    by Anwen Crawford ...
    Series series 33 1/3
    Courtney Love has never been less than notorious. Her intelligence, ambition and appetite for confrontation have made her a target in a music industry still dominated by men. As Kurt Cobain's wife she was derided as an opportunistic groupie; as his widow she is pitied, and scorned, as the madwoman in rock's attic. Yet Hole's second album, Live Through This, awoke a feminist consciousness in a ... Read more

    $12.99 USD

  • Johnny Marr - The Smiths & the Art of Gunslinging

    by Richard Carman ...
    The shimmering, muscular guitar pop of The Smiths shone like a beacon through the eighties as they took up the mantle of the best British band since The Beatles. Their unparalleled musicality inspired a generation of popular bands including Oasis, the Stone Roses and Radiohead. Johnny Marr was the genius behind that revolutionary sound. Manchester-born Marr has proved to be a gun-slinger without ... Read more

    $7.19 USD