Aaron Neville Greatest Hits

Aaron Neville Greatest Hits PDF Author: Aaron Neville
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Languages : en
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Tell It Like It Is

Tell It Like It Is PDF Author: Aaron Neville
Publisher: Hachette Books
ISBN: 0306832550
Category : Biography & Autobiography
Languages : en
Pages : 261

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NAMED A BEST BOOK OF 2023 BY BEST CLASSIC BANDS For the first time, legendary singer and songwriter and Grammy Hall-of-Famer Aaron Neville tells his personal story of overcoming poverty, racism, addiction, and loss through faith, family, and music. Aaron Neville’s first #1 hit, “Tell It Like it Is,” was released in 1966. In the mid-70s he formed the Neville Brothers with Art, Charles, and Cyril—now known as the “First Family of New Orleans”—and they released more than a dozen influential albums. Given his one-of-a-kind, soaring falsetto, Aaron was the breakout star, and over the next six decades, he had four platinum albums, three #1 songs, numerous film and television appearances, and was inducted into the Grammy Hall of Fame in 2014. His triple-platinum duets with Linda Ronstadt (including the Grammy-Award-winning hit “I Don’t Know Much”) showcased the softer side of his voice, and the smoking hot funky soul of the Neville Brothers cemented his legacy as an R&B legend. But few people know the challenging and circuitous road Aaron took to fame. Born in a housing project in New Orleans of Black and Native American heritage, Aaron struggled as a teenage father working to raise a family while building his career as a musician, surviving a stint in jail for car theft and many years battling heroin addiction. ​Recognized by the dagger tattoo on his cheek and his St. Jude medallion earring, Neville credits St. Jude—the patron saint of lost cases—for turning his life around. He found healing and salvation in music. Aaron Neville is a man who by all accounts should not have made it. Tell It Like It Is shares his story for the first time.

Simple Dreams

Simple Dreams PDF Author: Linda Ronstadt
Publisher: Simon and Schuster
ISBN: 1451668732
Category : Biography & Autobiography
Languages : en
Pages : 256

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Includes discography (page 203-225) and index.

Their Love of Music

Their Love of Music PDF Author: Stephen Azzato
Publisher: Quiet Light Pub.
ISBN: 9780975395431
Category : Musicians
Languages : en
Pages : 0

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Ernie K-Doe

Ernie K-Doe PDF Author: Ben Sandmel
Publisher: Louisiana Artists Biography
ISBN: 9780917860607
Category : Biography & Autobiography
Languages : en
Pages : 0

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"May 1961, and one tune was sitting pretty atop both the R&B and pop charts. "Mother-in-Law" became the first hit by a New Orleans artist to achieve this feat?to rule black and white airwaves alike. Ernie K-Doe was only twenty-five years old, and his reign was just beginning. Born in New Orleans?s Charity Hospital, K-Doe came of age in a still-segregated South. He built his musical chops singing gospel in church, graduating to late-night gigs in clubs on the city?s backstreets. He practiced self-projection, reinvention, shedding his surname, Kador, for the radio-friendly tag K-Doe. He coined his own dialect, heavy on hyperbole, and created his own pantheon, placing himself front and center: "There have only been five great singers of rhythm & blues?Ernie K-Doe, James Brown, and Ernie K-Doe!" Decades after releasing his one-and-only chart-topper, he crowned himself Emperor of the Universe. A decade after his death, lovers of New Orleans music remain his loyal subjects." -- from publisher's website.

You Send Me

You Send Me PDF Author: Daniel Wolff
Publisher: Random House
ISBN: 0753540029
Category : African American singers
Languages : en
Pages : 386

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When Sam Cooke was shot dead in a cheap motel in Hollywood, he was one of America's most successful pop stars. He left a world in which he had been born poor and had become very rich from the success of such records as "You Send Me" and "A Wonderful World", yet his body lay unrecognised in a morgue for two days. This biography follows Cooke's life in a racist America where his voice was one of the first to reach beyond the segregated audiences and command a white following, Cooke himself becoming a player in the fledgling civil rights movement. This award-winning biography is a full and sometimes shocking story of a man whose songbook is revered by great performers such as Otis Redding, Rod Stewart and Aretha Franklin.

The Book of Golden Discs

The Book of Golden Discs PDF Author:
Publisher: London : Barrie & Jenkins
ISBN:
Category : Music
Languages : en
Pages : 424

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"The records that sold a million"--Cover.

All Music Guide

All Music Guide PDF Author: Vladimir Bogdanov
Publisher: Hal Leonard Corporation
ISBN: 9780879306274
Category : Music
Languages : en
Pages : 1508

Book Description
Arranged in sixteen musical categories, provides entries for twenty thousand releases from four thousand artists, and includes a history of each musical genre.

The Encyclopedia of Popular Music

The Encyclopedia of Popular Music PDF Author: Colin Larkin
Publisher: Omnibus Press
ISBN: 0857125958
Category : Music
Languages : en
Pages : 4183

Book Description
This text presents a comprehensive and up-to-date reference work on popular music, from the early 20th century to the present day.

The Green Book of Songs by Subject

The Green Book of Songs by Subject PDF Author: Jeff Green
Publisher: Professional Desk References Incorporated
ISBN: 9780939735204
Category : Music
Languages : en
Pages : 1569

Book Description
Indexes songs by subject, covering popular hits, country music, soul, jazz, big band, Broadway musicals, and motion picture soundtracks.