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Love Goes to Buildings on Fire: Five Years in New York That Changed Music Forever
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Love Goes to Buildings on Fire

By Will Hermes ,

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Blues People: Negro Music in White America
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Blues People

By Leroi Jones ,

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The Chitlin' Circuit: And the Road to Rock 'n' Roll
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The Chitlin' Circuit

By Preston Lauterbach ,

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Be My Baby: A Memoir
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Be My Baby

By Ronnie Spector , Vince Waldron ,

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The Rolling Stone Album Guide: Completely New Reviews: Every Essential Album, Every Essential Artist
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The Rolling Stone Album Guide

By Rolling Stone Magazine ,

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How Sweet It Is: A Songwriter's Reflections on Music, Motown and the Mystery of the Muse
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How Sweet It Is

By Lamont Dozier , Scott B. Bomar ,

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Outside the Jukebox: How I Turned My Vintage Music Obsession Into My Dream Gig
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Outside the Jukebox

By Scott Bradlee ,

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Chuck Berry: The Autobiography
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Chuck Berry

By Chuck Berry ,

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Revolution in the Head: The Beatles' Records and the Sixties
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Revolution in the Head

By Ian MacDonald ,

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The Countdown Years 1974 - 1987: Glad All Over
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The Countdown Years 1974 - 1987

By Peter Wilmoth ,

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Make Believe: The Broadway Musical in the 1920's
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Make Believe

By Ethan Mordden ,

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Wail: The Life of Bud Powell
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Wail

By Peter Pullman ,

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Rage to Survive: The Etta James Story
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Rage to Survive

By Etta James , David Ritz ,

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Shout, Sister, Shout!: The Untold Story of Rock-And-Roll Trailblazer Sister Rosetta Tharpe
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Shout, Sister, Shout!

By Gayle F. Wald ,

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Gender, Branding, and the Modern Music Industry: The Social Construction of Female Popular Music Stars
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Gender, Branding, and the Modern Music Industry

By Kristin J. Lieb ,

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The Voice of Egypt, 1997: Umm Kulthum, Arabic Song, and Egyptian Society in the Twentieth Century
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The Voice of Egypt, 1997

By Virginia Danielson ,

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It Came from Memphis
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It Came from Memphis

By Robert Gordon ,

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Any Old Way You Choose It
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Any Old Way You Choose It

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Honkers and Shouters: The Golden Years of Rhythm and Blues
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Honkers and Shouters

By Arnold Shaw ,

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Gumbo Ya-Ya
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Gumbo Ya-Ya

By Lyle Saxon , Edward Dreyer , Robert Tallant

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Sun Records: The Brief History of the Legendary Record Label
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Sun Records

By Colin Escott , Martin Hawkins ,

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Rythm Oil: A Journey Through The Music Of The American South
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Rythm Oil

By Stanley Booth ,

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Appalachian Patterns: Stories
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Appalachian Patterns

By Bo Ball ,

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Noise Uprising: The Audiopolitics of a World Musical Revolution
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Noise Uprising

By Michael Denning ,

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Shine Bright: A Very Personal History of Black Women in Pop
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Shine Bright

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Q: The Autobiography of Quincy Jones
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Q

By Quincy Jones ,

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The Teddy Bears' Picnic
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The Teddy Bears' Picnic

By Jimmy Kennedy , Alexandra Day (illustrator) ,

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The Rolling Stone Record Guide
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The Rolling Stone Record Guide

By Dave Marsh ,

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Music Legends: 40 inspiring icons
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Music Legends

By Hervé Guilleminot , Jérôme Masi (illustrator) ,

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Killing Strangers: How Political Violence Became Modern
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Killing Strangers

By T. K. Wilson ,

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Feel: Robbie Williams
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Feel

By Chris Heath ,

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Generation Misfits
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Generation Misfits

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Lighters in the Sky: The All-Time Greatest Concerts, 1960-2016
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Lighters in the Sky

By Corbin Reiff ,

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Live Music in America: A History from Jenny Lind to Beyoncé
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Live Music in America

By Steve Waksman ,

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On the Road: Recording the Stars in a Golden Era of Live Music
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On the Road

By David W. Hewitt ,

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Songs in the Key of Z
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Songs in the Key of Z

By Irwin Chusid ,

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Save the Date
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Save the Date

By Morgan Matson ,

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I Hate You, Fuller James
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I Hate You, Fuller James

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Jean-Michel Basquiat: King Pleasure©
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Jean-Michel Basquiat

By Lisane Basquiat (contributor) , Jeanine Heriveaux (contributor) , Nora Fitzpatrick (contributor) , Ileen Gallagher (contributor)

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Just My Soul Responding: Rhythm and Blues, Black Consciousness, and Race Relations
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Just My Soul Responding

By Brian Ward ,

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How the Beatles Destroyed Rock 'n' Roll: An Alternative History of American Popular Music
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How the Beatles Destroyed Rock 'n' Roll

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A Women's History of the Beatles
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A Women's History of the Beatles

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The Beatles: The Only Ever Authorised Biography
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The Beatles

By Hunter Davies ,

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My Time with Prince
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My Time with Prince

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Major Labels: A History of Popular Music in Seven Genres
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Major Labels

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Help! The Beatles, Duke Ellington, and the Magic of Collaboration
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Help! The Beatles, Duke Ellington, and the Magic of Collaboration

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Larger Than Life: A History of Boy Bands from NKOTB to BTS
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Larger Than Life

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Veritas: A Rock 'n' Roll Story. Volume I: A semi-autobiographical novel from the co-founder of The Kinks
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Veritas

By Pete Quaife ,

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Sinatra! The Song Is You: A Singer's Art
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Sinatra! The Song Is You

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Performing Rites: On the Value of Popular Music
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Performing Rites

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Why Music Matters
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Why Music Matters

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Philosophy of New Music
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Philosophy of New Music

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1989: Bob Dylan Didn't Have This to Sing About
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1989

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Love Is a Mix Tape: Life and Loss, One Song at a Time
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Love Is a Mix Tape

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Last Night a DJ Saved My Life: The History of the Disc Jockey
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Last Night a DJ Saved My Life

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The Singer Sisters
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The Singer Sisters

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Here She Comes Now: Women in Music Who Have Changed Our Lives
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Here She Comes Now

By Jeff Gordinier , Marc Weingarten ,

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Behind the Hits
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Behind the Hits

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