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Biographies and memoirs of musicians.

Updated July 18, 2023
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The number ones : twenty chart-topping hits that reveal the history of pop music
Breihan, Tom
Beloved music critic Tom Breihan's fascinating narrative of the history of popular music through the lens of game-changing #1 singles from the Billboard Hot 100. When Tom Breihan launched his Stereogum column in early 2018, "The Number Ones"--a space in which he has...
Surrender 40 Songs, One Story
Bono, Chaz.
NEW YORK TIMES BEST SELLER * Bono--artist, activist, and the lead singer of Irish rock band U2--has written a memoir: honest and irreverent, intimate and profound, Surrender is the story of the remarkable life he's lived, the challenges he's faced, and the friends and family who...
The double life of Bob Dylan : a restless, hungry feeling, 1941-1966
Heylin, Clinton
From the world's leading authority on Bob Dylan comes the definitive biography that promises to transform our understanding of the man and musician--thanks to early access to Dylan's never-before-studied archives. In 2016 Bob Dylan sold his personal archive to the George Kaiser...
Just kids
Smith, Patti.
WINNER OF THE NATIONAL BOOK AWARD It was the summer Coltrane died, the summer of love and riots, and the summer when a chance encounter in Brooklyn led two young people on a path of art, devotion, and initiation. Patti Smith would evolve as a poet and performer,...
Long road : Pearl Jam and the soundtrack of a generation
Hyden, Steven
A leading music journalist's riveting chronicle of how beloved band Pearl Jam shaped the times, and how their legacy and longevity have transcended generations. Ever since Pearl Jam first blasted onto the Seattle grunge scene three decades ago with their debut album, Ten, they...
Thelonious Monk : the life and times of an American original
Kelley, Robin D. G.
Thelonious Monk is one of the most popular jazz composers and pianists since Duke Ellington, and a cultural icon of cool. This first complete biography is written with full access to the family's archives.
Saxophone Colossus : the life and music of Sonny Rollins
Levy, Aidan
**Winner of the American Book Award (2023)** ​**Longlisted for the PEN/Jacqueline Bograd Weld Award (2023)** The long-awaited first full biography of legendary jazz saxophonist and...
Be my baby : a memoir
Spector, Ronnie
"Do I have to tell you that Ronnie's got one of the greatest female rock-and-roll voices of all time? She stands alone." --Keith Richards Be My Baby is the behind-the-scenes story--newly updated, and with an especially timely message--of how the original bad...
A song for everyone : the story of Creedence Clearwater Revival
Lingan, John
The definitive biography of Creedence Clearwater Revival, exploring the band's legendary rise to fame and how their music embodied the cultural landscape of the late '60s and early '70s From 1969 to 1971, as the United States convulsed with political upheaval and...
Anatomy of 55 more songs : the oral history of top hits that changed rock, pop and soul
Myers, Marc
Following his 2016 smash hit Anatomy of a Song, acclaimed musicjournalist Marc Myers collects fifty-five new oral histories oficonic songs from his popular Wall Street Journal column Songs that sell the most copies become hits,...
Me and Paul : untold stories of a fabled friendship
Nelson, Willie
Stories of Willie Nelson and Paul English's misadventures became legendary, but many have gone untold--until now. Immortalized in Willie Nelson's road song "Me and Paul," Paul English was the towering figure who acted as Willie's drummer, bodyguard, accountant, partner in crime, and right...
I'm your man : the life of Leonard Cohen
Simmons, Sylvie.
Singer/songwriter Leonard Cohen is one of the most important and influential musical artists of the past fifty years--and one of the most elusive. In I'm Your Man, journalist Sylvie Simmons, one of the foremost chroniclers of the world of rock 'n' roll and popular music, explores the...
Chuck Berry : an American life
Smith, R. J.
The definitive biography of Chuck Berry, legendary performer and inventor of rock and roll Best known as the groundbreaking artist behind classics like "Johnny B. Goode," "Maybellene," "You Never Can Tell" and "Roll Over Beethoven," Chuck Berry was a man of wild...
Waging heavy peace : a hippie dream
Young, Neil
A New York Times, Los Angeles Times, and USA Today bestseller. For the first time, legendary singer, songwriter, and guitarist Neil Young offers a kaleidoscopic view of his personal life and musical creativity. He tells of his childhood in Ontario, where his father...

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