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Author
Publisher
Scholastic Press
Pub. Date
2002
Edition
1st ed.
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 5.2 - AR Pts: 1
Physical Desc
1 v. (unpaged) : col. ill. ; 26 x 31 cm.
Language
English
Description
An introduction to the life of Marian Anderson, extraordinary singer and civil rights activist, who was the first African American to perform at the Metropolitan Opera, whose life and career encouraged social change.
Author
Language
English
Formats
Description
"Aretha Franklin began life as the golden daughter of a progressive and promiscuous Baptist preacher. Raised without her mother, she was a gospel prodigy who gave birth to two sons in her teens and left them and her native Detroit for New York, where she struggled to find her true voice. She found fame, fortune, and that remarkable voice in 1967 with "Respect" and a rapid-fire string of hits. Aretha turned the industry on its head by refueling pop...
64) Billie
Publisher
Kino Lorber
Pub. Date
[2021]
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (96 min.): digital, color, black and white ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
Documentary on the famed jazz singer Billie Holiday, and her would-be biographer.
65) Billie Eilish
Author
Publisher
Grand Central Publishing
Pub. Date
2021.
Edition
First edition.
Physical Desc
336 pages : chiefly illustrations (chiefly color) ; 24 cm
Language
English
Description
A brief, two-page introduction starts off a home-photo album of Eilish, from pre-partum days, birthday parties and piano practice to concerts, tours, and photo shoots. Minor amounts of text accompanies some of the photos. -- perusal of book.
"Legendary recording artist Billie Eilish shares an intimate inside look at her life - both on and off the stage - in this stunning, photo-filled book. Billie Eilish is a phenomenon. With distinctive visual flare...
Author
Language
English
Formats
Description
The touching, triumphant story of a young black man's journey from violence and despair to one of the world's most elite artistic institutions. In 2011, at the age of twenty-four, Ryan won a nationwide competition hosted by New York's Metropolitan Opera. Today, he is a rising star performing major roles at the Met and Europe's most prestigious opera houses.
Author
Language
English
Formats
Description
A personal account by the lead singer of Earth, Wind & Fire traces his professional and spiritual journey against a backdrop of the group's meteoric rise to stardom, describing the diverse influences that shaped the band's style and his own experiences as a solo performer.
Publisher
Sexy Intellectual
Pub. Date
c2009
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (85 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
Reviews and critique's Pink's career and music across the past ten years. Features rare and classic footage of Pink, video clips and live performances, and interviews from those whove known her best plus critics and broadcasters.
Publisher
Echo Bridge Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
[2009]
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (49 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
Takes a look into the life of one of the most enigmatic and flamboyant pop stars of our time. Includes Jackson's death and memorial, behind-the-scenes footage, and features candid contributions from Janet Jackson, Brooke Shields, Quincy Jones, Sheryl Crow, and Diana Ross.
71) True love
Author
Publisher
Celebra
Pub. Date
2014.
Physical Desc
x, 276 pages : illustrations (chiefly color) ; 24 cm
Language
English
Description
One of the most influential Latina performers in history opens up about her life's most defining period, two years during which it took everything she had to rise above the greatest challenges she had ever faced.
Author
Publisher
St. Martin's Press
Pub. Date
2013
Edition
First US edition.
Physical Desc
371 pages, 32 pages of unnumbered plates : illustrations ; 22 cm
Language
English
Description
In My Way the smooth, charismatic singer and songwriter pens his long-awaited autobiography revealing a life that has been much more dramatic than his crooning reveals.
Author
Language
English
Formats
Description
The country music legend shares the story behind his meteoric rise to fame, including the highs and lows, and the secrets behind his biggest hits. Rogers details his lifelong journey to becoming one of American music's elder statesmen--a rare talent who's created hit records for decades while staying true to his values as a performer and a person. Join him on a rollicking ride through fifty years of music history, which offers a heartwarming testament...
Author
Language
English
Appears on list
Description
"From the indie rockstar of Japanese Breakfast fame, and author of the viral 2018 New Yorker essay that shares the title of this book, an unflinching, powerful memoir about growing up Korean-American, losing her mother, and forging her own identity. In this exquisite story of family, food, grief, and endurance, Michelle Zauner proves herself far more than a dazzling singer, songwriter, and guitarist. With humor and heart, she tells of growing up the...
75) Open book
Author
Language
English
Description
Jessica reveals for the first time her inner monologue and most intimate struggles. Guided by the journals she's kept since age fifteen, and brimming with her unique humor and down-to-earth humanity, Open Book is as inspiring as it is entertaining. This was supposed to be a very different book. Five years ago, Jessica Simpson was approached to write a motivational guide to living your best life. She walked away from the offer, and nobody understood...
Author
Language
English
Description
"Simon's memoir reveals her remarkable life, beginning with her storied childhood as the third daughter of Richard L. Simon, the co-founder of publishing giant Simon & Schuster, her musical debut as half of The Simon Sisters performing folk songs with her sister Lucy in Greenwich Village, to a meteoric solo career that would result in 13 top 40 hits, including the #1 song "You're So Vain." She was the first artist in history to win a Grammy Award,...
Author
Language
English
Formats
Description
"The Kennedy Center Honoree and Tony Award-winning Broadway star traces her remarkable but turbulent life during the glory days of Broadway and the American musical, describing how her acclaimed stage performances were overshadowed by depression and alcoholism before her reinvention as a cabaret artist,"--NoveList.
Publisher
Sexy Intellectual
Pub. Date
c2010
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (71 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
Charts Katy Perry's life and career to date, going back to her childhood growing up in a strict Christian family, her early stabs at success in Gospel music, and her aborted recordings with The Matrix, and on to her rebirth as a bona fide pop princess. Features rare archive footage, classic interviews, and contributions from those who have known her best.
Author
Publisher
Viking
Pub. Date
[2019]
Physical Desc
306 pages, 16 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations ; 24 cm
Language
English
Description
"A memoir by the celebrated singer-songwriter and social activist Ani DiFranco. In her new memoir, Ani DiFranco recounts her early life from a place of hard-won wisdom, combining personal expression, the power of music, feminism, political activism, storytelling, philanthropy, entrepreneurship, and much more into an inspiring whole. In these frank, honest, passionate, and often funny pages is the tale of one woman's eventful and radical journey to...
Author
Publisher
Rutgers University Press
Pub. Date
[2020]
Physical Desc
141 pages : chiefly illustrations (some color) ; 22 cm
Language
English
Description
"The first-ever graphic biography of Paul Robeson, Ballad of an American, charts Robeson's career as a singer, actor, scholar, athlete, and activist who achieved global fame. Through his films, concerts, and records, he became a potent symbol representing the promise of a multicultural, multiracial American democracy at a time when, despite his stardom, he was denied personal access to his many audiences. Robeson was a major figure in the rise of...
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