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"Maceo Parker's signature style became the lynchpin of James Brown's band when he and his brother Melvin joined the Hardest Working Man in Show Business in 1964. That style helped define Brown's brand of funk, and the phrase "Maceo, I want you to blow!" became part of the lexicon of black music. He took time off from James Brown to play with George Clinton's P-funk collective and with Bootsy's Rubber Band; he also formed his own band, Maceo and All...
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"Complete with never-before-revealed details about the sex, violence, and drugs in her life, this biography reveals the incredibly turbulent life of Motown artist Mary Wells. Based in part on four hours of previously unreleased and unpublicized deathbed interviews with Wells, this account delves deeply into her rapid rise and long fall as a recording artist, her spectacular romantic and family life, the violent incidents in which she was a participant,...
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Michael O'Mara
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2013.
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1 online resource (224 pages)
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English
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Going behind the gossip columns, the true story of a singer who has worked hard, reinventing herself along the way, to become a household name and one of the biggest artists on the planetRihanna has sold more than 25 million albums and won numerous awards, including five Grammys. At the same time she has become an object of fascination for celebrity magazines internationally thanks to her tumultuous personal life. This intimate biography follows her...
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"Flo Ballard's remarkable story is a personal Greek tragedy. In his wonderful The Lost Supreme, Peter Benjaminson tells it masterfully, with all the drama and empathy her life deserves." -Gerald Posner, author of Motown "Get to know the real Flo ... a must read." -Otis Williams, the Temptations The Supremes were the most successful female vocal group in history. Of the three original members-Diana Ross, Mary Wilson, and Florence Ballard- two told...
5) Party Music: The Inside Story of the Black Panthers' Band and How Black Power Transformed Soul Music
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Examining the culture and politics of the Black Power era of the late 1960s, this book explores the relationship of soul music to the Black Power movement from the vantage point of the musicians and black revolutionaries themselves. The 1960s were a turbulent time for race relations in the United States, but no other area in the country epitomized the radical social change that was taking place more than the San Francisco Bay Area the epicenter of...
7) Star time
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PolyGram Records
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p1991
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4 CDs : digital 4 3/4 in.
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English
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This box set has 71 tracks that cover all the high points and make an eloquent case for Brown as the greatest R & B artist of all time.
11) Greatest hits
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Rhino Records
Pub. Date
1992
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1 CD : digital ; 4 3/4 in.
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Based on the incredible life story of the Godfather of Soul, the film will give a fearless look inside the music, moves and moods of Brown, taking audiences on the journey from his impoverished childhood to his evolution into one of the most influential figures of the 20th century.
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