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"The King is dead. The Walrus is shot. The Greatest is no more. Elvis Presley, John Lennon, and Muhammad Ali. These three icons changed not only the worlds of music, film, and sports, but the world itself. Their faces were known everywhere, in every nation, across every culture. And their stories became larger than life-until their lives spun out of control at the hands of those they most trusted. In Killing the Legends, Bill O'Reilly and Martin Dugard...
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Rocking and Rolling Picture Book Biographies
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"A biography of African American musician Melba Doretta Liston, a virtuoso musician who played the trombone and composed and arranged music for many of the great jazz musicians of the twentieth century. Includes afterword, discography, and sources"--
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"The Notorious B.I.G. was one of the most charismatic and talented artists of the 1990s. Born Christopher Wallace and raised in Clinton Hill/Bed Stuy, Brooklyn, Biggie lived an almost archetypal rap life: young trouble, drug dealing, guns, prison, a giant hit record, the wealth and international superstardom that came with it, then an early violent death. Biggie released his first record, Ready to Die, in 1994, when he was only 22. Less than three...
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Collection of interviews spanning five decades of Dolly Parton's career and featuring material gathered from celebrated publications including Rolling Stone, Cosmopolitan, Playboy, and Interview magazine. This book traces Dolly's evolution from her dirt-poor Smoky Mountain childhood to her reign as the undisputed 'Queen of Country Music' -- Adapted from Amazon.com summary.
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Bring readers along to witness breakout rapper Silento's rise to fame. Silento is the star behind the viral dance craze 'Watch Me (Whip/Nae Nae).' Additional features include a Fast Facts spread, critical thinking questions, primary source quotes and accompanying source notes, a phonetic glossary, an index, and sources for further research.
79) Giants of jazz
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Brief biographies of thirteen jazz musicians who have made major contributions to the development of this form of music.
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Contains alphabetically arranged profiles of about seventy musical artists, groups, and record-industry luminaries from various genres, including Tracy Chapman, Daft Punk, Hiromi,and Jimmy Wayne, providing biographical information, career summaries, and selected discographies.