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1	Motown: Music, Money, Sex, and Power more books like this by Gerald Posner add to wishlist With an astonishing cast of characters who are familiar worldwide -- Diana Ross, Michael Jackson, Marvin Gaye, Smokey Robinson, Stevie Wonder, and many others--the story of Motown is an American Greek tragedy, the rise and fall of an extended family. see all copies from $2.29! new only from $9.56! \| first editions \| SVS
2	Sweet Soul Music: Rhythm and Blues and the Southern Dream of Freedom more books like this by Peter Guralnick add to wishlist In Peter Guralnick's retelling, the story of soul music is largely the story of the South, the Stax and Atlantic record labels, and the wealth of artistic talent that flourished from the 1950s to the '70s. The genre's emergence from gospel music was controversial, with some in the religious community outraged at their music being used for secular ... see all copies from $1.99! new only from $10.03! \| signed copies \| first editions
3	Brother Ray: Ray Charles' Own Story more books like this by Ray Charles, David Ritz add to wishlist Written when the late Ray Charles was 48 years old, BROTHER RAY is an earthy, conversational account of the singer's early life story. Co-author David Ritz does an excellent job of giving Charles's distinctive voice free rein as the pianist recounts his early school years, the onset of his blindness around the age of five (horrifically, one of the ... see all copies from $1.99! new only from $3.75! \| first editions \| SVS
4	I Put a Spell on You: The Autobiography of Nina Simone more books like this by Nina Simone, Stephen Cleary add to wishlist The late Nina Simone's autobiography starts with an atmospheric recounting of her North Carolina childhood during the 1930s; she lived in a tight-knit family in an unusually racially mixed community that weathered the Depression with fortitude. Her first inklings of the undercurrents of racism came around the same time as the flowering of her ... see all copies from $6.19! new only from $10.18! \| first editions \| SVS
5	Black Pearls: Blues Queens of the 1920s more books like this by Daphne Duval Harrison add to wishlist A contribution to the history of the blues in particular and of Afro-American culture in general, new information about a remarkable set of assertive, creative women as well as new insights into the musical heritage they have left behind. Sippie Wallace, Edith Wilson, Victoria Spivey and Alberta Hunter are the collective focus of this work - four ... see all copies from $2.52! new only from $26.18! \| first editions \| SVS
6	Divided Soul: The Life of Marvin Gaye more books like this by David Ritz add to wishlist Marvin Gaye's 1960s persona--his smooth good looks, impeccable dress sense, and magnificent voice--embodied Tamla Motown boss Berry Gordy's vision for the record label as The Sound of Young America. Gaye's '70s bid for artistic freedom, resulting in influential albums such as WHAT'S GOING ON, TROUBLE MAN, and LET'S GET IT ON, paved the way for ... see all copies from $2.33! new only from $9.50! \| signed copies \| first editions \| SVS
7	Luther: The Life and Longing of Luther Vandross more books like this by Craig Seymour add to wishlist The first ever indepth biography of the world's most legendary and reclusive superstar, who suffered a near fatal stroke in April 2003 and whose new CD debuted in number 1 on the Billboard Charts in June 2003. see all copies from $1.99! new only from $16.01! \| first editions
8	Marvin Gaye: What's Going on and the Last Days of the Motown Sound more books like this by Ben Edmonds add to wishlist Marvin Gaye's remarkable state-of-the-nation critique of America's social, political, and moral outlook of the late 1960s and early '70s was a quantum artistic leap for both the musician and his record label, Tamla Motown. As the title of British music writer Ben Edmonds's story of the album's creation--WHAT'S GOING ON: MARVIN GAYE AND THE LAST ... see all copies from $3.88! new only from $4.03! \| first editions \| SVS
9	A House on Fire: The Rise and Fall of Philadelphia Soul more books like this by John A Jackson add to wishlist The Tamla Motown label, with its motto "The Sound Of Young America," reigned supreme on the R&B charts throughout the 1960s. But, for the most part, '70s R&B belonged to Philadelphia International, a label that incorporated the talents of producers Kenny Gamble, Leon Huff, and Thom Bell. The trio's story, retold in John A. Jackson's A HOUSE ON ... see all copies from $4.99! new only from $9.98! \| SVS
10	One Nation Under a Groove: Motown and American Culture more books like this by Gerald Early add to wishlist An expansion of an article for "The New Republic," "One Nation Under a Groove" examines the business behind Motown's music. The book covers many aspects of Motown's particular culture, such as the unusual Midwest location of Motown records. It chronicles the life and business career of Berry Gordy, and the period in which the music itself rose to ... see all copies from $2.57! new only from $10.00! \| first editions
11 view cover	The Land Where the Blues Began more books like this by Alan Lomax add to wishlist Lomax, who has done more than anyone else to make the black music of the South known as one of the glorious expressions of American art, sums up his 60 years of "discovering" the African-American musical heritage in this singular journey through the Mississippi Delta. 16 pages of photographs. see all copies from $3.75! new only from $16.62! \| first editions \| SVS
12 view cover	The Big Book of Blues: A Biographical Encyclopedia more books like this by Robert Santelli add to wishlist This is a book about the blues: more specifically it's a book about the artists who have helped make the blues one of the richest and most enduring music forms in the music in the world, whose influence has had far reaching implications. It is intended to be a helpful and much used reference book, a companion for a discovery of the blues or, if ... see all copies from $1.99! new only from $40.07! \| first editions
13 view cover	Searching for Robert Johnson more books like this by Peter Guralnick add to wishlist This is an essay on the life and legend of the "King of the Delta Blues Singers". While probably the most influential of all blues singers, he has remained one of the most historically obscure. He was the chief influence upon Muddy Waters and inspiration for Eric Clapton, the Rolling Stones and a whole generation of rock and roll. He was well ... see all copies from $4.85! new only from $78.42! \| signed copies \| first editions
14 view cover	Roadhouse Blues: Stevie Ray Vaughan and Texas Randb more books like this by Hugh Gregory add to wishlist Texans have always considered themselves apart from the rest of the United States, and Texan musicians have felt this more than most. The music of Texas is different. The location is certainly a factor, making it easy for musicians to absorb the influences of Mexico to the south, New Mexico and Southern California to the west, Oklahoma to the ... see all copies from $2.64! new only from $9.95! \| SVS
15 view cover	The death of rhythm & blues more books like this by Nelson George add to wishlist The classic history of modern black music from "the best black writer writing about black music in America" ("Newsweek"). This passionate and provocative book tells the complete story of black music in the last 50 years, and in doing so outlines the perilous position of black culture within white American society. see all copies from $1.99! new only from $7.50! \| signed copies \| first editions \| SVS
16 view cover	To Be Loved more books like this by Berry Gordy (Read by) add to wishlist Now the man who made Motown, the revolutionary who shattered the color barrier in the American entertainment industry, the visionary who forever changed the way the world hears its music, finally breaks his silence after decades of rumor, gossip and misinformation. In TO BE LOVED, Berry Gordy tells it from the inside, as he lived it, as he made it ... see all copies from $4.99! new only from $4.99! \| signed copies \| first editions
17 view cover	Honkers and Shouters: The Golden Age of Rhythm and Blues more books like this by Arnold Shaw add to wishlist see all copies from $8.50! new only from $179.97!
18 view cover	Father of the Blues: An Autobiography more books like this by W C Handy, Arna Wendell Bontemps (Photographer) add to wishlist W. C. Handy's bluesMemphis Blues," "Beale Street Blues," "St. Louis Blues"changed America's music forever. In Father of the Blues, Handy presents his own story: a vivid picture of American life now vanished. W. C. Handy (18731958) was a sensitive child who loved nature and music; but not until he had won a reputation did his father, a ... see all copies from $7.01! new only from $9.95! \| signed copies \| first editions \| SVS
19 view cover	Rhythm and the Blues: A Life in American Music more books like this by Jerry Wexler, David Ritz add to wishlist Jerry Wexler has been called "The Godfather of Soul Music", and, as a music reporter in the late 1940s, he coined the term "rhythm and blues" for what had previously been called "race records". As a partner in Atlantic Records, he participated in the evolution of the modern music business. And as a producer, Wexler worked with Ray Charles, Aretha ... see all copies from $12.98! signed copies \| first editions
20 view cover	Stormy Monday: The T-Bone Walker Story more books like this by Helen Oakley Dance, B B King (Foreword by) add to wishlist This biography of the blues guitarist is based on a large number of interviews with Walker himself as well as with members of his family and fellow musicians. It offers an insider's account of the life of a blues musician, from wild living on the road to a contented family life at home. see all copies from $5.59! new only from $7.99! \| signed copies \| first editions \| SVS
21 view cover	The History of the Blues: The Roots, the Music, the People more books like this by Francis Davis add to wishlist In honor of the Year of the Blues, the long-awaited reissue of a myth-shattering examination of a most enduring form of American music. Francis Davis's The History of the Blues is a groundbreaking rethinking of the blues that fearlessly examines how race relations have altered perceptions of the music. Tracing its origins from the Mississippi ... see all copies from $3.64! new only from $11.00! \| SVS
22 view cover	Bessie more books like this by Chris Albertson add to wishlist First published in 1972, this celebrated biography of jazz great Bessie Smith (1895-1937) has been revised to include material from interviews the author conducted with people who knew her. The book is an examination not only of this supremely gifted singer but also of the music world of the time. see all copies from $1.99! new only from $13.45! \| signed copies \| first editions \| SVS
23 view cover	Dancing in the Street: Motown and the Cultural Politics of Detroit more books like this by Suzanne E Smith add to wishlist The rise of the black-owned and run soul record label Tamla Motown and the growth of the 1960s civil rights movement are discussed and analyzed in DANCING IN THE STREET, Suzanne E. Smith's story of the imprint and its roots in Detroit, Michigan's black community. Smith follows label owner Berry Gordy's brainchild as it grows from a cottage ... see all copies from $7.97! new only from $19.99! \| SVS
24 view cover	There's a Riot Goin' on more books like this by Miles Marshall Lewis add to wishlist The story behind the making of the album that signaled the descent of Sylvester Sly Stone Stewart into a haze of drug addiction and delirium is captivating enough for the cinema. In the spacious attic of a Beverly Hills mansion belonging to John and Michelle Phillips (of the Mamas and the Papas) during the fall of 1970, Sly Stone began recording ... see all copies from $6.09! new only from $15.00!
25 view cover	I am the blues : the Willie Dixon story more books like this by Willie Dixon, Don Snowden add to wishlist These are just a few of Willie Dixon's contributions to blues, R&B, and rock'n'rollsongs performed by artists as varied as the Rolling Stones, Howlin' Wolf, Muddy Waters, ZZ Top, the Doors, Sonny Boy Williamson, the Grateful Dead, Van Morrison, Megadeth, Eric Clapton, Let Zepplin, Tesla, Elvis Presley, Chuck Berry, Stevie Ray Vaughan, and Jeff ... see all copies from $4.22! new only from $10.16! \| first editions \| SVS

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