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42) Alicia Keys
Author
Series
Pub. Date
c2007
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 7.5 - AR Pts: 1
Description
Presents a brief profile of Hip Hop artist Alicia Keys; and chronicles her childhood, accomplishments and awards, and success in the entertainment industry.
43) Stevie Wonder
Author
Pub. Date
[2021]
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 2.7 - AR Pts: 1
Appears on list
Description
"At just 8 years old, it was clear that Steveland Judkins was going to be a star. Renamed Stevie Wonder for his astonishing talent on the piano and other instruments, he wrote and performed some of the biggest hits of the 1970s. Stevie became known for his inventiveness, his soulful voice, and the social commentary in his lyrics. He is a UN Messenger of Peace and remains one of the music world's most iconic figures. This inspiring book features stylish...
Author
Series
Pub. Date
2007
Description
Wilson's plays form a kind of fever chart of the unmooring trauma of slavery. Their historical trajectory takes African-Americans through the shock of freedom at the turn of the century (Gem of the Ocean); to the reassembling of identity in the teens (Joe Turner's Come and Gone); the struggle for power in the urban America in the twenties (Ma Rainey's Black Bottom); the dilemma of embracing their past as slaves in the thirties (The Piano Lesson);...
Author
Series
Pub. Date
2019.
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 4.2 - AR Pts: 1
Description
"Raised just a few blocks from Broadway, Alicia Keys began playing classical piano when she was seven years old. At twenty-two, she became famous for combining the music of her city and her classical training into a sound all her own. In this compelling biography, readers learn about the inspiring life and work of Keys, a fifteen-time Grammy Award-winning singer, songwriter, and producer. Keys is also an actress, author, and global activist in the...
53) Beyonc /̌
Author
Series
Pub. Date
[2017]
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 2.1 - AR Pts: 1
Description
An introductory biography of musician and actress Beyonc.̌
54) Killer Diller
Pub. Date
[2008]
Description
An ex-con guitar player meets an autistic savant piano player and together, along with a bunch of halfway-house residents, they form the red-hot Killer Diller Blues Band.
56) Bessie
Description
Bessie Smith's transformation from a struggling young singer into 'The Empress of the Blues', who became one of the most successful recording artists of the 1920s and is an enduring icon today.
Pub. Date
[2005]
Description
After Jake Blues is released from prison, he and brother Elwood go to visit the old home where they were raised by nuns. They learn the church is no longer supporting the institution and will sell the place to the education authority. The only way to keep the place open is if the $5000 tax on the property is paid within the next 11 days. The brothers want to help and decide to put their blues band back together and raise the the money by staging a...
Pub. Date
[2012]
Description
Rita Chiarelli, Canada's Queen of the Blues, takes a pilgrimage to the birthplace of the blues, Louisiana State Maximum Security Penitentiary a.k.a Angola Prison - what used to be the bloodiest prison in America. Rita's trip turns into an historic jailhouse performance, playing with inmates serving life sentences. Their shared bond of music, and Chiarelli's vivacious personality, draw striking revelations from the inmates.
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