Soul category: 101 books

There is only one Diana Ross. This is her story. 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...

Whitney Houston (1963–2012) was a superstar. Few in the world of show business reach the career heights that she attained with what seemed such ease. Her megastardom peaked in 1992 with the release of the hit movie The Bodyguard and the international Number One hit “I Will Always Love You.” The...

Read This eBook If Youíre Looking For A Great eBook On The Many Stlyes Of Jazz Music, The History Of Vocal Jazz,  Creating Jazz Music, Lena Horne- Jazz Legend, Billie Holiday,  Art Blakey, Dizzy Gillespie  and Jazz Music Today.. Plus Much More!  

Though you may not know the man, you probably know his music. Arkansas-born Louis Jordan's songs like "Baby, It's Cold Outside," "Caldonia" and "Ain't Nobody Here But Us Chickens" can still be heard today, decades since Jordan ruled the charts. In his five-decade career, Jordan influenced American popular...

In this extraordinary reconstruction of the origins of the blues, historian Marybeth Hamilton demonstrates that the story as we know it is largely a myth. Following the trail of characters like Howard Odum, who combed Mississippi's back roads with a cylinder phonograph to record vagrants, John and...

Maria Lawson rose to fame on the hit TV show The X Factor in 2005 but had already enjoyed some success as a singer/songwriter prior to this, having secured a recording and publishing contract through her own efforts and determination to break into the music industry. Life Starts Now follows Maria’s...

With these easy-to-play renditions, beginning pianists of all ages can enjoy one of America's most celebrated art forms. Sixteen popular blues melodies include traditional songs such as "St. James Infirmary" and "Careless Love" as well as several numbers by blues giants Jelly Roll Morton and W. C. Handy,...

Motown means different things to different people. The mere mention of perhaps the most iconic record label in history is often enough to invoke memories and mental images of Marvin Gaye, Diana Ross, Stevie Wonder, The Temptations, The Jackson 5, The Supremes and numerous others. With each group recalled,...

In 1959 Berry Gordy Jr., a high school dropout, former boxer and record store owner, founded the Motown record label in Detroit. The company name, which played on the city's proud tradition of car manufacture, was to become synonymous with great music as Gordy took the sound of black America to the...

From Nelson George, supervising producer and writer of the hit Netflix series, "The Get Down," this passionate and provocative book tells the complete story of black music in the last fifty years, and in doing so outlines the perilous position of black culture within white American society....

Are you a fan of rhythm and blues? Can you name the great R&B artists from yesteryear and the songs that made them famous? Do you consider yourself to be an expert on R&B music? If so, why not put your knowledge to the test with The Rhythm and Blues Quiz Book? Which Fats Domino single stayed at number...

Motown as we remember it: The music, the stars, the storys and the pure fun.  See all the artists and the people behind the scenes who made Motown a legend in the world of music.  The Supremes, The Temptations, Martha and The Vandellas, Stevie Wonder, The Jackson 5, Marvin Gaye and all the others. ...

The only official, behind-the-scenes chronicle of the Jacksons' lives and careers, celebrating 50 years of one of the greatest acts of all time. The Jacksons: Legacy is the first official book on the the Royal Family of Pop. Unrivaled access to the family archives as well as the private collections...

Dutch jazz singer, Caro Emerald, set a all-time Dutch chart record with her debut album ‘Deleted Scenes from the Cutting Room Floor’, spending 30 weeks at number one, beating the previous record set by Michael Jackson's ‘Thriller’. In April 2013, her second studio album ‘The Shocking...