Summary: Back to Black tells the real story of how Amy's best known and most celebrated body of work came into being. Featuring previously unseen footage of Amy in the studio, new interviews with producers Mark Ronson and Salaam Remi, and the musicians who worked with Amy on the album, it offers fresh insights into Amy's remarkable gifts as a singer, songwriter, musician and performer. Also includes An...
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: 2018
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1 available in Music DVDs, Call number: DVD MUSIC AMYLauterbach, Preston.
Summary: A definitive account of the birth of rock 'n' roll in black America...The Chitlin' Circuit brings us into the sweaty back rooms where such stars as James Brown, B. B. King, and Little Richard got their start.--Amazon.com
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: W.W. Norton 2011
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 781.66 LAUTower of Power (Musical group)
Contents: CD 1. Stroke '75 (2:40) -- Ain't nothing stopping us now (2:36) -- You ought to be having fun (3:21) -- Soul with a capital S (6:07) -- Stop (4:34) -- You're so wonderful, so marvelous (3:06) -- On the serious side (4:17) -- Just when we start makin' it (7:24) -- Soul vaccination (5:04) -- What is hip?/Soul power (9:25) -- Do you like that? (3:36) -- Drop it in the slot (3:12) --
Format: sound recording-musical
Publisher / Publication Date: 2021
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1 available in Compact Audio Disc, Call number: CD RHYTHM AND BLUES TOWSummary: 35 hits from the legendary record company in easy piano arrangements, including: ABC * Ain't No Mountain High Enough * Ain't Too Proud to Beg * Baby Love * Dancing in the Street * Endless Love * How Sweet It Is (To Be Loved by You) * I Heard It Through the Grapevine * I'll Be There * Isn't She Lovely * Just My Imagination (Running Away with Me) * Let's Get It On * My Girl * Please Mr. Postman *...
Format: notated music
Publisher / Publication Date: Hal Leonard Corp. 2016
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 786 MOTSummary: Hannibal, one of history's most famous generals, achieved what the Romans thought to be impossible. With a vast army of 30,000 troops, 15,000 horses, and 37 war elephants, he crossed the mighty Alps in only 16 days to launch an attack on Rome from the north. In Hannibal in the Alps, a team of experts conclusively proves for the first time that Hannibal's army did indeed cross the Alps.
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: 2018
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1 available in E-TV DVDs, Call number: DVD E-TV HANSummary: The Dick Cavett Show was the late-night TV home of the biggest names in music. Cavett so enjoyed talking with Ray Charles that he had him on the show three times, including one where he was Cavett's only guest.
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: Shout! Factory 2005
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1 available in Television Series DVDs, Call number: DVD TV DICDukes of September (Musical group)
Contents: People get up and drive your funky soul -- Who's that lady -- Sweet soul music -- I keep forgettin' -- Kid Charlemagne -- The same thing -- Miss Sun -- You never can tell -- What a fool believes -- Hey nineteen -- Love T.K.O. -- Peg -- Lowdown -- Takin' it to the streets -- Reelin' in the years -- Lido shuffle -- Pretzel logic -- Them changes.
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Publisher / Publication Date: 429 Records 2014
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1 available in Music DVDs, Call number: DVD MUSIC DUKGuralnick, Peter.
Summary: The Birth of Rock 'n' Roll: 70 Years of Sun Records is the official history of this legendary label, and looks at its story in a unique way: through the lens of 70 of its most iconic recordings. From the early days with primal blues artists like Howlin' Wolf and B.B. King to long nights in the studio with Elvis and Jerry Lee Lewis, you will see how the label was shaped and how it redefined...
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Weldon Owen 2022
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1 available in Adult, Call number: 781.66 GURCopies Available at Woodmere
1 available in Oversize, Call number: OVS 781.66 GURHudson, Wade
Summary: "The memoir of Wade Hudson, a Black man and Civil Rights activist who came of age in the 1960s at the height of the Civil Rights Movement"--
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Crown Books for Young Readers 2021
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1 available in Juvenile Nonfiction, Call number: J 921 HUDRush, Bobby
Summary: "Experience music history with this memoir by one of the last of the genuine old school Blues and R&B legends, the Grammy-winning dynamic showman Bobby Rush"--
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Hachette Books 2021
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 921 RUSH, BOBBY RUSSummary: This final season of the hit series, Duck Dynasty, follows the Robertson family as they conquer new family milestones while showcasing their down-home Southern charm. Tune in as the family spends a weekend at their childhood summer camp. Lil' Will shops for his first car, Reed gets married, Rowdy's adoption becomes official, and Gus turns 11.
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: A & E Television Networks 2017
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1 available in Television Series DVDs, Call number: DVD DUCWyman, Bill.
Summary: A history of the Blues genre and its celebrated musicians discusses how African-Americans expressed poverty, injustice, faith, and love in their music as they journeyed from southern plantations to northern cities.
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: DK Pub. 2001
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 781.643 WYMSummary: This season follows the Robertson family as they conquer new milestones while showcasing their down-home Southern charm. Willie and Korie celebrate their 25th wedding anniversary as well as introduce fans to their newly adopted son, Rowdy. Additionally, Jase's son Reed surprises his girlfriend with a marriage proposal in New York City, Si goes to court to fight a parking ticket, Sadie checks...
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: A&E Television Networks 2016
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1 available in Television Series DVDs, Call number: DVD DUCGordon, Robert
Summary: Offers an authoritative biography of the father of modern blues, detailing his turbulent life, from the cotton fields of rural Mississippi to his extraordinary rise to success, forever changing the music industry.
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Little, Brown 2002
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 921 WATERS, MUDDY GORAlvarado, Denise
Summary: "The first guide and spell book for modern witches on how to bring the renowned Marie Laveau's spiritual heritage to life. The Marie Laveau Voodoo Grimoire is a practical guide to New Orleans-style magic inspired by the life and traditions of Marie Laveau-the eternal and enduring Queen of New Orleans Voodoo. This is a working grimoire, or spell book, created for the modern witch and Conjure...
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Weiser Books 2024
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Publisher / Publication Date: University of Michigan Press 2010
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1 available in Oversize, Call number: OVS 781.63 LIVLindahl, Carl.
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Publisher / Publication Date: University Press of Mississippi 1997
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 391.434 LINBooker T.
Summary: "The long-awaited memoir of Booker T. Jones, leader of the famed Stax Records house band, architect of the Memphis soul sound, and one of the most legendary figures in music. From Booker T. Jones's earliest years in segregated Memphis, music was the driving force in his life. While he worked paper routes and played gigs in local nightclubs to pay for lessons and support his family, Jones, on...
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Little, Brown and Company 2019
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 921 BOOKER T. BOOHarris, Duchess.
Summary: Aretha Franklin was a legendary singer and activist. Her music helped shape the civil rights movement and inspired many people. Aretha Franklin: Legendary Singer explores her life and legacy. Includes infographics and glossary. Aligned to Common Core Standards and correlated to state standards.
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Core Library, an imprint of Abdo Publishing 2020
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1 available in Juvenile, Call number: JB FRANKLIN HARJackson, Janet
Contents: CD. I.D. (interlude) -- Feedback -- Luv -- Spinnin (interlude) -- Rollercoaster -- Bathroom break (interlude) -- Rock with u -- 2nite -- Can't b good -- 4 words (interlude) -- Never letchu go -- Truth or dare (interlude) -- Greatest X -- Good morning Janet (interlude) -- So much betta -- Play selection (interlude) -- The 1 (with Missy Elliott) -- What's ur name -- The meaning (interlude) --...
Format: sound recording-musical
Publisher / Publication Date: Island Def Jam 2008
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1 available in Compact Audio Disc, Call number: CD RHYTHM AND BLUES JACCourrier, Kevin
Summary: In the spring of 1969, the inauspicious release of Captain Beefheart and the Magic Band's Trout Mask Replica, a double-album featuring 28 stream-of-consciousness songs filled with abstract rhythms and guttural bellows, dramatically altered the pop landscape. Yet even if the album did cast its radical vision over the future of music, much of the record's artistic strength is actually drawn from...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Continuum 2007
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 780.33 COUSummary: Summer is here, and for the Robertson's that means more pranks, parties, and, for Korie, planning for John Luke's big wedding. While the guys are busy bowling, golfing, and goofing, Korie finds shopping for engagement presents not so easy with Si and Kay along for the ride. As Jase and the gang attempt to work as a NASCAR pit crew, Korie and Willie take to the courts challenging John Luke and...
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: [publisher not identified] 2015
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1 available in Television Series DVDs, Call number: DVD DUSBeyoncé
Contents: [CD], Album. Pray you catch me -- Hold up -- Don't hurt yourself (featuring Jack White) -- Sorry -- 6 inch (featuring the Weeknd) -- Daddy lessons -- Love drought -- Sandcastles -- Forward (featuring James Blake) -- Freedom (featuring Kendrick Lamar) -- All night -- Formation --
Format: sound recording-musical
Publisher / Publication Date: 2016
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1 available in Compact Audio Disc, Call number: CD BEY POP/ROCKCopies Available at Woodmere
2 available in Compact Audio Disc, Call number: CD RHYTHM AND BLUES BEYNeville, Aaron.
Summary: 2013 release from the Soul legend, a concert filmed in November at New York's Brooklyn Bowl that features Aaron Neville performing songs from his album My True Story. An incredible array of musicians and guests join Neville, including: Greg Leisz on guitar (Beck, Sheryl Crow, Bob Dylan, Ryan Adams), George G. Receli on drums (Bob Dylan, James Brown), Tony Scherr on bass (Bill Frisell, Norah...
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: Blue Note Records 2013