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Publisher
UMe
Pub. Date
[2015]
Language
English
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James Brown changed the face of American music. Soul Brother Number One, as he was known, pioneered the journey from rhythm and blues to funk. Includes music videos, full length commentary and interviews with Rev. Al Sharpton, Bootsy Collins, Maceo Parker, and more.
Publisher
Vision Films
Pub. Date
2019.
Language
English
Description
Sam Cooke, the most influential black pop star of his time, was shot dead at the young age of 33 in a seedy motel in South Los Angeles at the height of his music career. Uncover the mystery surrounding the death of The King of Soul, civil rights activist, and writer of such songs as "(What a) Wonderful World," "Twistin' the Night Away," and "Chain Gang" and who contributed to the rise of the world's best-known soul icons.
7) Respect
Publisher
Universal
Pub. Date
[2021]
Language
English
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Following the rise of Aretha Franklin's career from a child singing in her father's church's choir to her international superstardom, 'Respect' is the remarkable true story of the music icon's journey to find her voice.
Author
Publisher
Atheneum Books for Young Readers
Pub. Date
2020.
Language
English
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Description
"Aretha Franklin was born to sing. The daughter of a pastor and a gospel singer, her musical talent was clear from her earliest days in her father's Detroit church. Aretha sang with a soaring voice that spanned more than three octaves. Her incredible talent and string of hit songs earned her the title "the Queen of Soul." This Queen was a multi-Grammy winner and the first female inductee to the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame. And there was even more to...
Author
Publisher
Liveright Publishing Corporation
Pub. Date
[2015]
Language
English
Description
A soul icon and the southern music he helped popularize come to life in this moving requiem. When he died in one of rock's string of tragic plane crashes, Otis Redding was only twenty-six, yet already the avatar of a new kind of soul music. The beating heart of Memphis-based Stax Records, he had risen to fame belting out gospel-flecked blues in stage performances that seemed to ignite not only a room but an entire generation. If Berry Gordy's black-owned...
Publisher
MVD Visual
Pub. Date
[2020]
Language
English
Description
Betty Davis, an aspiring songwriter from a small steel town, Betty arrived on the '70s scene to break boundaries for women with her daring personality, iconic fashion, and outrageous funk music. She befriended Jimi Hendrix and Sly Stone, wrote songs for the Chambers Brothers and the Commodores, and married Miles, startlingly turning him from jazz to funk on the album she named Bitches Brew.
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