Books on music
1. 
Who Hears Here?: On Black Music, Pasts and Present (Phono: Black Music and the Global Imagination) (Volume 1) 4.33 avg rating — 6 ratings
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Why You Like It: The Science and Culture of Musical Taste
by:
Nolan Gasser
3.22 avg rating — 337 ratings 3. 
Last Train to Memphis: The Rise of Elvis Presley
by:
Peter Guralnick
4.17 avg rating — 9,895 ratings 
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Elvis Day by Day: The Definitive Record of His Life and Music
by:
Peter Guralnick
4.41 avg rating — 75 ratings 7. 
The Next Next Level: A Story of Rap, Friendship, and Almost Giving Up
by:
Leon Neyfakh
3.81 avg rating — 109 ratings 
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Here, There and Everywhere: My Life Recording the Music of The Beatles
by:
Geoff Emerick
4.29 avg rating — 6,426 ratings 
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Lennon: The Man, the Myth, the Music - The Definitive Life
by:
Tim Riley
3.89 avg rating — 478 ratings 
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Lost Highway: Journeys and Arrivals of American Musicians
by:
Peter Guralnick
4.22 avg rating — 823 ratings 
17. 
Yeah! Yeah! Yeah! The Story of Pop Music from Bill Haley to Beyoncé
by:
Bob Stanley
4.17 avg rating — 1,748 ratings 18. 
Revolution in the Head: The Beatles Records and the Sixties
by:
Ian MacDonald
4.25 avg rating — 5,722 ratings 
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Echoes: The Hampton Grease Band, My Life, My Music and How I Stopped Having Panic Attacks
by:
Glenn Phillips
4.67 avg rating — 3 ratings 19. 
Play It Loud: An Epic History of the Style, Sound, and Revolution of the Electric Guitar
by:
Brad Tolinski
4.27 avg rating — 808 ratings 19. 
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Music As Medicine: Deforia Lane's Life of Music, Healing, and Faith
by:
Deforia Lane
4.04 avg rating — 46 ratings 
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Walk This Way: Run-DMC, Aerosmith, and the Song that Changed American Music Forever
by:
Geoff Edgers
3.59 avg rating — 210 ratings 31. 
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Hole in Our Soul: The Loss of Beauty and Meaning in American Popular Music
by:
Martha Bayles
3.27 avg rating — 55 ratings 
37. 
Please Kill Me: The Uncensored Oral History of Punk
by:
Legs McNeil
4.19 avg rating — 35,981 ratings 37. 
For the Love of Music: A Conductor's Guide to the Art of Listening
by:
John Mauceri
3.87 avg rating — 263 ratings 
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Really Saying Something: Sara & Keren – Our Bananarama Story
by:
Sara Dallin
3.75 avg rating — 580 ratings 
41. 
Delta Blues: The Life and Times of the Mississippi Masters Who Revolutionized American Music
by:
Ted Gioia
4.30 avg rating — 753 ratings 41. 
Music, The Brain, And Ecstasy: How Music Captures Our Imagination
by:
Robert Jourdain
really liked it 4.00 avg rating — 2,097 ratings 
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The Tao of Willie: A Guide to the Happiness in Your Heart
by:
Willie Nelson
4.09 avg rating — 1,430 ratings 
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Baby, Let's Play House: Elvis Presley and the Women Who Loved Him
by:
Alanna Nash
4.08 avg rating — 826 ratings 
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Something Beautiful: The Stories Behind a Half-Century of the Songs of Bill and Gloria Gaither
by:
Gloria Gaither
4.33 avg rating — 27 ratings 
55. 
Our Band Could Be Your Life: Scenes from the American Indie Underground 1981-1991
by:
Michael Azerrad
4.22 avg rating — 17,535 ratings 
55. 
Sweet Soul Music: Rhythm and Blues and the Southern Dream of Freedom
by:
Peter Guralnick
4.24 avg rating — 2,349 ratings 55. 
It's More Than the Music: Life Lessons on Friends, Faith, and What Matters Most
by:
Bill Gaither
4.40 avg rating — 102 ratings 
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Jelly's Blues: The Life, Music, And Redemption Of Jelly Roll Morton
by:
Howard Reich
4.18 avg rating — 83 ratings 63. 
Shaped Notes: How Ordinary People with Extraordinary Gifts Influenced My Life and Career
by:
Larnelle Harris
4.43 avg rating — 28 ratings 
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John Coltrane: His Life and Music (The Michigan American Music Series)
by:
Lewis Porter
4.16 avg rating — 606 ratings 
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We Got the Neutron Bomb : The Untold Story of L.A. Punk
by:
Marc Spitz
3.97 avg rating — 2,738 ratings 72. 
Elvis and Ginger: Elvis Presley's Fiancée and Last Love Finally Tells Her Story
by:
Ginger Alden
3.91 avg rating — 2,037 ratings 72. 
Sinful Tunes and Spirituals: Black Folk Music to the Civil War
by:
Dena J. Epstein
4.31 avg rating — 36 ratings 72. 
We Will Survive: True Stories of Encouragement, Inspiration, and the Power of Song
by:
Gloria Gaynor
3.44 avg rating — 529 ratings 
77. 
Elvis and Me: The True Story of the Love Between Priscilla Presley and the King of Rock N' Roll 4.01 avg rating — 30,113 ratings
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The Marxist Minstrels: A Handbook On Communist Subversion Of Music
by:
David A. Noebel
3.25 avg rating — 8 ratings 
82. 
From the Velvets to the Voidoids: A Pre-Punk History for a Post-Punk World
by:
Clinton Heylin
3.91 avg rating — 1,724 ratings 
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The Music of Life: Bartolomeo Cristofori & The Invention of the Piano
by:
Elizabeth Rusch
4.04 avg rating — 251 ratings 86. 
Deep Blues: A Musical and Cultural History of the Mississippi Delta
by:
Robert Palmer
4.22 avg rating — 1,994 ratings 
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Twentieth-Century Classical Music: A Ladybird Expert Book (20) (The Ladybird Expert Series)
by:
Fiona Maddocks
3.36 avg rating — 14 ratings 89. 
A Deeper Blue: The Life and Music of Townes Van Zandt (North Texas Lives of Musician Series) 4.03 avg rating — 566 ratings
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The Extraordinary Music of Mr. Ives: The True Story of a Famous American Composer 3.43 avg rating — 69 ratings
93. 
Girls to the Front: The True Story of the Riot Grrrl Revolution
by:
Sara Marcus
3.95 avg rating — 8,795 ratings 
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Mr. B: The Music and Life of Billy Eckstine
by:
Cary Ginell
really liked it 4.00 avg rating — 9 ratings 93. 
The Music in George's Head: George Gershwin Creates Rhapsody in Blue
by:
Suzanne Slade
4.14 avg rating — 298 ratings 97. 
