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The definitive book of Beatles songs, shown as first written by their own hands and put into authoritative context, for the 50th anniversary of the Beatles coming to America. For the Beatles, writing songs was a process that could happen anytime -- songs we all know by heart often began as a scribble on the back of an envelope or on hotel stationery. These original documents have ended up scattered across the world at museums and universities and...
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"It's been over sixty years since Loretta Lynn first rose to stardom, transforming from a coal miner's daughter to the Queen of Country Music. Today, Loretta knows she's blessed-to record music, to sing her songs to such great crowds, and to write books. In A Song and A Prayer, Loretta invites readers to join her in a very special kind of prayer meeting. Inspired by her songwriting sessions with Kim McLean (a fellow songwriter, music producer, as...
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Bobby Braddock, the only living songwriter to have written number-one country songs in five consecutive decades, celebrates standout lines in more than eighty country masterpieces. Unique stories give the reader a behind-the-scenes look at classics from Hank Williams, Bill Anderson, Roger Miller and Merle Haggard, as well as twenty-first-century icons like Alan Jackson, Taylor Swift and Eric Church. Artist Carmen Beecher brings these tales to vivid...
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In this illustrated version of Bob Marley's song, a young girl enlists her friends, family, and community to transform their neighborhood for the better.
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Offers a pictorial look at the life and career of singer Dolly Parton as seen through her song lyrics. Parton presents the lyrics from 175 key songs in her career that spans six decades, and provides personal stories, insights, and memories behind their creation and performance. In the process, she reflects on her childhood, family, rise to fame, the singers she worked with, her films, her charitable projects, and her legacy. Includes personal photographs,...
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A collection of lyrics and autobiographical commentary by singer Mark Lanegan, with a preface by John Cale and a foreword by Moby
With a voice that Pitchfork has called "as scratchy as a three-day beard yet as supple and pliable as moccasin leather," former Screaming Trees and Queens of the Stone Age vocalist Mark Lanegan draws frequent comparisons to masters like Nick Cave and Leonard Cohen. Lanegan's voice is one of the most distinct...
With a voice that Pitchfork has called "as scratchy as a three-day beard yet as supple and pliable as moccasin leather," former Screaming Trees and Queens of the Stone Age vocalist Mark Lanegan draws frequent comparisons to masters like Nick Cave and Leonard Cohen. Lanegan's voice is one of the most distinct...