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Author
Publisher
Citadel Press
Language
English
Formats
Description
The New York Times bestselling biographer provides "the dish on Motown's most famous songstress" in this newly updated edition (The Dallas Morning News).
Drawn from hundreds of interviews conducted over four decades, Diana Ross paints an unforgettable picture of an extraordinary and often controversial legend—a pop music goddess, acclaimed actress, loving mother, Civil Rights trailblazer, and consummate...
Drawn from hundreds of interviews conducted over four decades, Diana Ross paints an unforgettable picture of an extraordinary and often controversial legend—a pop music goddess, acclaimed actress, loving mother, Civil Rights trailblazer, and consummate...
2) Beyoncé
Author
Publisher
A Golden Book
Pub. Date
[2023]
Language
English
Description
"Explores the life and career of Beyoncé, famous pop and R&B singer."--
6) Khalid
Author
Series
Publisher
Fly!, an imprint of Abdo Zoom
Pub. Date
[2019]
Language
English
Description
"This title focuses on talented singer/songwriter Khalid. This book looks into his early life, his time in the spotlight, and the legacy he will leave behind. This hi-lo title is complete with dazzling photographs, simple text, glossary, and an index. Aligned to Common Core Standards and correlated to state standards."--Provided by publisher.
Author
Publisher
Chicago Review Press
Language
English
Formats
Description
Complete with never-before-revealed details about the sex, violence, and drugs in her life, this biography reveals the incredibly turbulent life of Motown artist Mary Wells. Based in part on four hours of previously unreleased and unpublicized deathbed interviews with Wells, this account delves deeply into her rapid rise and long fall as a recording artist, her spectacular romantic and family life, the violent incidents in which she was a participant,...
Author
Series
Publisher
Charles River Editors
Pub. Date
2016.
Language
English
Description
This book looks at the life and career of one of America's most influential musicians. Along with pictures of important people, places, and events, you will learn about Sam Cooke like never before, in no time at all.
Author
Publisher
Amistad 35, an imprint of HarperCollinsPublishers
Pub. Date
[2022]
Language
English
Description
"Celebrating the overlooked women who have left an indelible mark on gospel music, this book showcases the talents, gifts and skills of twenty-five women, chronicling their journeys from the choir loft to the world's largest stages."--
Author
Publisher
Hyperion
Pub. Date
[2004]
Language
English
Description
Singer and songwriter, Laura Love, is known for her “folk-funk” style of music. In this, her first written work, she focuses her talents on a poignant memoir of growing up in an extremely dysfunctional family during the 1960s. Shuffled from a mentally unstable mother to foster homes and orphanages and back again, Laura finds escape through her music. Heart-wrenching and shocking, her story is also inspiring.
Author
Pub. Date
2021.
Language
English
Description
Growing up Black and gay in America has never been easy. Before Porter was winning Emmys, Tonys and Grammys, he was a boy in Pittsburgh who was seen as different, who didn't fit in. At five years old Porter was sent to therapy to 'fix' his effeminacy; he was endlessly bullied at school, sexually abused by his stepfather, and criticized at his church. This is his story: of a boy whose talent and courage opened doors for him, but only a crack. Of a...
19) Marian Anderson
Author
Series
Publisher
Philomel
Pub. Date
2022.
Language
English
Description
"Chronicles the life of a renowned classical singer who, despite numerous setbacks, became a singing sensation, a voice of the Civil Rights Movement, and the winner of the first ever Presidential Medal of Freedom and a Grammy Lifetime Achievement Award."--
