Composers Musicians category: 3267 books
by Anthony Kiedis, Larry Sloman
Language: English
Release Date: October 1, 2004
Language: English
Release Date: October 1, 2004
In this "vivid and inspiring" NYT bestseller (Newsweek), the Red Hot Chili Peppers' lead singer and songwriter shares a searingly honest account of life in the rock scene's fast lane -- from the darkness into the light.
In 1983, four self-described "knuckleheads" burst out...
Behind the Candelabra
My Life With Liberace
Language: English
Release Date: May 14, 2013
In this unusually frank book Scott Thorson, Liberace's longtime lover, tells all: the good, the bad, and the ugly truths about the legendary entertainer who went to outrageous extremes to prevent public knowledge of his homosexuality.
Liberace's unhappy childhood, dominated by a mother determined...
by Loretta Lynn
Language: English
Release Date: September 21, 2010
Language: English
Release Date: September 21, 2010
Loretta Lynn’s classic memoir tells the story of her early life in Butcher Holler, Kentucky, and her amazing rise to the top of the music industry.
Born into deep poverty, married at thirteen, mother of six, and a grandmother by the time she was twenty-nine, Loretta Lynn went on to become...
Do You!
12 Laws to Access the Power in You to Achieve Happiness and Success
Language: English
Release Date: April 24, 2007
Since rising out of the New York City streets over twenty-five years ago, Russell Simmons has helped create such groundbreaking ventures as Def Jam Records, Phat Farm, and Def Comedy Jam. Russell might have helped introduce hip-hop to the world, but he credits his success to his belief in a strong...
by Michael Jackson
Language: English
Release Date: October 27, 2010
Language: English
Release Date: October 27, 2010
In this #1 New York Times bestseller, Michael Jackson tells the story of his life, in his words.
In this intimate and often moving personal account of Michael Jackson’s public and private life, he recalls a childhood that was both harsh and joyful but always formidable. Michael and his brothers...
Girl in a Band
A Memoir
Language: English
Release Date: February 24, 2015
NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER
Kim Gordon, founding member of Sonic Youth, fashion icon, and role model for a generation of women, now tells her story—a memoir of life as an artist, of music, marriage, motherhood, independence, and as one of the first women of rock and roll, written with the lyricism...
The Most Beautiful
My Life with Prince
Language: English
Release Date: April 4, 2017
**INSTANT NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER
At the one-year anniversary of his death, legendary musician Prince's first wife shares a uniquely intimate, candid, and revelatory look inside the personal and professional life of one of the world's most beloved icons.**
In The Most Beautiful, a...
Girls Like Us
Carole King, Joni Mitchell, Carly Simon--And the Journey of a Generation
Language: English
Release Date: April 8, 2008
A groundbreaking and irresistible biography of three of America's most important musical artists—Carole King, Joni Mitchell, and Carly Simon—charts their lives as women at a magical moment in time.
Carole King, Joni Mitchell, and Carly Simon remain among the most enduring and important...
It's a Long Story
My Life
Language: English
Release Date: May 5, 2015
The definitive autobiography of Willie Nelson
"Unvarnished. Funny. Leaving no stone unturned."
. . . So say the publishers about this book I've written.
What I say is that this is the story of my life, told as clear as a Texas sky and in the same rhythm that I lived...
by Wynonna Judd, Patsi Bale Cox
Language: English
Release Date: June 5, 2007
Language: English
Release Date: June 5, 2007
From the heart of one of the world’s most beloved entertainers comes an engaging memoir of professional triumph, private heartbreak, and personal victory.
It didn’t take Wynonna Judd long to find her purpose—or her voice. She picked up her first guitar at nine and in less that ten years...
Wild Tales
A Rock & Roll Life
Language: English
Release Date: September 17, 2013
From Graham Nash—the legendary musician and founding member of the iconic bands Crosby, Stills & Nash and The Hollies—comes a candid and riveting autobiography that belongs on the reading list of every classic rock fan.
Graham Nash's songs defined a generation and helped shape the history...
The Soloist (Movie Tie-In)
A Lost Dream, an Unlikely Friendship, and the Redemptive Power of Music
Language: English
Release Date: April 17, 2008
The New York Times bestselling true story that inspired the major motion picture—an “unforgettable tale of hope, heart and humanity”(People).
Journalist Steve Lopez discovered of Nathaniel Ayers, a former classical bass student at Julliard, playing his heart out on a two-string violin...
Mick
The Wild Life and Mad Genius of Jagger
Language: English
Release Date: July 10, 2012
“He’s a smart little mother******,I’ll give him that.” —KEITH RICHARDS on MICK JAGGER
IS he Jumpin’ Jack Flash? A Street Fighting Man? A Man of Wealth and Taste? All this, it turns out, and far more. By any definition, Mick Jagger is a force of nature, a complete original—and...
Can't Buy Me Love
The Beatles, Britain, and America
Language: English
Release Date: October 2, 2007
That the Beatles were an unprecedented phenomenon is a given. In Can’t Buy Me Love, Jonathan Gould explains why, placing the Fab Four in the broad and tumultuous panorama of their time and place, rooting their story in the social context that girded both their rise and their demise. Nearly twenty...