421 books (22 pages) in this category
Legends of Rock & Roll: Aerosmith
by James Hoag
<p>Some people call them “the greatest band in America.” Are they the greatest? Only you can decide that. For me, they truly are a great band. They’ve also been known as “the bad boys from Boston.” Read Legends of Rock & Roll - Aerosmith to find
ISBN: 9781311692450
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eBookLegends of Rock & Roll: Bob Dylan
by James Hoag
<p>"It's All About the Music!"</p><p>This is, like the others, really a mini-biography of Bob Dylan which emphasizes the music that he has created. The author has had a lifelong passion for the music of the Fifties and Sixties and Pop music
ISBN: 9781310844485
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eBookLegends of Rock & Roll: Bobby Darin
by James Hoag
<p>Bobby Darin was one of the great performers of the Fifties and Sixties. He started as a rock and roller and ended up on the same level as greats like Frank Sinatra. He married one of the heart throbs of the Fifties, Sandra Dee. His life was ...
ISBN: 9781310548185
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eBookLegends of Rock & Roll: Bruce Springsteen
by James Hoag
<p>"It's All About the Music!"</p><p>Welcome to another in the Legends of Rock & Roll series.</p><p>This is, like the others, a mini-biography of one the greatest of American performers and bands, Bruce Springsteen and the E Street Band. ...
ISBN: 9781310737343
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eBookLegends of Rock & Roll: Buddy Holly
by James Hoag
<p>Buddy Holly lived a short life, killed at the age of 22 while touring in the mid-west in the middle of a freezing winter in 1959. That day is called "The Day the Music Died", but the music never really died. Buddy Holly has had more of an ...
ISBN: 9781310393310
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eBookLegends of Rock & Roll: Chuck Berry
by James Hoag
<p>Chuck Berry is known as “the Father of Rock and Roll”. Without Chuck Berry, rock and roll would have been very different. He is its greatest songwriter, one of its greatest guitar players and one of its greatest performers. He influenced The ...
ISBN: 9781310314766
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eBookLegends of Rock & Roll: Connie Francis
by James Hoag
<p>Connie Francis is the biggest selling female performer of them all. Having sold in excess of 100 million albums and who knows how many singles, she made her mark on the music of the Fifties and of the Sixties. This is the fourth in a series ...
ISBN: 9781310436307
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eBookLegends of Rock & Roll: Donna Summer
by James Hoag
<p>Donna Summer seemingly rose from nowhere to become the Queen of Disco in the Seventies. She recorded the sexy song that could only be played after midnight, "Love to Love You, Baby" and became an overnight success. There was a smoldering ...
ISBN: 9781311987495
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eBookLegends of Rock & Roll: Eagles
by James Hoag
<p>“At the end of the day, it was and still is about the music.” - Don Henley</p><p>Welcome to another in the Legends of Rock & Roll series.</p><p>The Legends of Rock & Roll series is about the music we have listened to over the past fifty ...
ISBN: 9781310032776
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eBookLegends of Rock & Roll: Elton John
by James Hoag
<p>One of the greatest performers of the past 40 years, Elton John has sold over 200 Million albums worldwide. He is the only person in the history of rock and roll to place a song in the Top 40 for every year for a span of 25 years. (1969 - ...
ISBN: 9781311727152
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eBookLegends of Rock & Roll: Fleetwood Mac
by James Hoag
<p>Welcome to another in the Legends of Rock & Roll series.</p><p>The Legends of Rock & Roll series is about the music we have listened to over the past fifty years. This is a mini-biography of the band Fleetwood Mac, but even more importantly, ...
ISBN: 9781311865229
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eBookby James Hoag
<p>Ann and Nancy Wilson were among the first to show us that women could rock as well as men. There have been other women rockers, but no one like the Wilson sisters. Their band Heart has been at the top of the album charts for over 40 ...
ISBN: 9781310846731
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eBookLegends of Rock & Roll: Jerry Lee Lewis
by James Hoag
<p>Jerry Lee Lewis, also known as “The Killer”, and the “Ferriday Fireball” had a tumultuous career. Is there an early rock and roller who had the energy he had, who could play (or pound) a piano with the ferocity that Jerry Lee could? With an ...
ISBN: 9781311415783
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eBookLegends of Rock & Roll: Little Richard
by James Hoag
<p>Before there was Prince, before there was Michael Jackson, before even the Beatles there was Little Richard, a true Rock and Roll trailblazer.</p><p>It seems like everybody in Rock and Roll has a title. James Brown is called the Godfather of ...
ISBN: 9781311111883
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eBookLegends of Rock & Roll: Michael Jackson
by James Hoag
<p>They called Michael Jackson the "King of Pop". He outsold Elvis and every other performer of the past fifty years. His story is one of success, heartbreak and loneliness: extreme highs and terrible lows. He was accused of being a child ...
ISBN: 9781311084378
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eBookLegends of Rock & Roll: Neil Diamond
by James Hoag
<p>Neil Diamond began his career in the Sixties. He started as a songwriter. He grew his career from songwriter to singer to major recording artist to international star. He has withstood the changes in the music industry, starting as a teen ...
ISBN: 9781311438843
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eBookLegends of Rock & Roll: Paul Anka
by James Hoag
<p>Paul Anka started out as a teen idol. He was the boy the girls all swooned over when he sang. I listened to the radio a lot when I was a kid and always enjoyed a Paul Anka song when it came on.</p><p>Even though Paul was a great singer (and ...
ISBN: 9781311000842
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eBookLegends of Rock & Roll: Rod Stewart
by James Hoag
<p>The bad boy of American rock music. Rod Stewart always had a woman on his arm. He has had the ideal rock and roll career. He's done it all, sex, drugs and rock and roll. If you were alive in 1971, you have never forgotten "Maggie May", ...
ISBN: 9781310735400
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eBookLegends of Rock & Roll: Roy Orbison
by James Hoag
<p>Roy Orbison had one of the best voices in pop music. It was a forceful, almost operatic bel canto tenor that is unlike anyone else in music. When you hear a Roy Orbison song, you almost immediately know who it is. Roy had a wonderful career ...
ISBN: 9781310435843
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eBookLegends of Rock & Roll: Simon & Garfunkel
by James Hoag
<p>Do you know who are the most popular duo of all time?</p><p>Simon & Garfunkel</p><p>This is another in the series of tributes to rock and roll heroes of the past and present. Simon & Garfunkel only produced 5 albums together before breaking ...
ISBN: 9781310526312
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