21 best-selling music books like For the Record 4: Sly & the Family Stone by Dave Marsh

Cover of For the Record 4: Sly & the Family Stone by Dave Marsh

For the Record 4: Sly & the Family Stone

By: Dave Marsh

3.78

Format: 228 pages, Paperback

There are two kinds of black before Sly Stone, and after Sly Stone. He shook the foundations of so…

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Cover of My Ears Are Bent by Joseph Mitchell, Dan Frank, Sheila McGrath

1. My Ears Are Bent

By: Joseph Mitchell , Dan Frank , Sheila McGrath

4.18

Format: 299 pages, Hardcover

As a young newspaper reporter in 1930s New York, Joseph Mitchell interviewed fan dancers, street ev… read more

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  • nonfiction
Cover of The Captive / The Fugitive (In Search of Lost Time, #5-6) by Marcel Proust, None, Terence Kilmartin, D.J. Enright

2. The Captive / The Fugitive (In Search of Lost Time, #5-6)

By: Marcel Proust , None , Terence Kilmartin , D.J. Enright

4.39

Format: 957 pages, Paperback

The Modern Library’s fifth volume of In Search of Lost Time contains both The Captive (1923) and Th… read more

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"...every social class has its own pathology..."

-Marcel Proust, The Captive / The Fugitive (In Search of Lost Time, #5-6)

"Love is space and time made perceptible to the heart."

-Marcel Proust, The Captive / The Fugitive (In Search of Lost Time, #5-6)

"Let us leave pretty women to men with no imagination."

-Marcel Proust, The Captive / The Fugitive (In Search of Lost Time, #5-6)

"There are optical errors in time as there are in space."

-Marcel Proust, The Captive / The Fugitive (In Search of Lost Time, #5-6)

Cover of High-Rise by J.G. Ballard

3. High-Rise

By: J.G. Ballard

3.61

Format: 208 pages, Paperback

When a class war erupts inside a luxurious apartment block, modern elevators become violent battleg… read more

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"Togetherness is beating up an empty elevator."

-J.G. Ballard, High-Rise

"this was an environment built, not for man, but for man's absence."

-J.G. Ballard, High-Rise

"In effect, the apartment block was a small vertical city, its two thousand inhabitants boxed up into the sky.j.g."

-J.G. Ballard, High-Rise

"Not for the first time Laing reflected that he and his neighbors were eager for trouble as the most effective means of enlarging their sex lives."

-J.G. Ballard, High-Rise

Cover of Miss O'Dell: My Hard Days and Long Nights with the Beatles, the Stones, Bob Dylan, Eric Clapton and the Women They Loved by Chris O'Dell, Katherine Ketcham

4. Miss O'Dell: My Hard Days and Long Nights with the Beatles, the Stones, Bob Dylan, Eric Clapton and the Women They Loved

By: Chris O'Dell , Katherine Ketcham

3.53

Format: 39 pages,

Chris O'Dell Wasn't Famous. She Wasn't Even Almost Famous. But She Was There. She was in the studio… read more

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  • music
  • nonfiction
  • biography

5. Without You: The Tragic Story of Badfinger

By: Dan Matovina

3.97

Format: None pages,

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6. Reckless Daughter: A Portrait of Joni Mitchell

By: David Yaffe

3.78

Format: 416 pages, Hardcover

An intimate new biography of Joni Mitchell, one of the greatest musicians of the twentieth century … read more

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7. Respect: The Life of Aretha Franklin

By: David Ritz

3.72

Format: 640 pages, Hardcover

The definitive biography of the Queen of Soul from acclaimed music writer David Ritz. Aretha Frankl… read more

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8. Here, There and Everywhere: My Life Recording the Music of the Beatles

By: Elvis Costello , Geoff Emerick , Howard Massey

3.00

Format: 81 pages,

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Cover of Scattershot: Life, Music, Elton, and Me by Bernie Taupin

9. Scattershot: Life, Music, Elton, and Me

By: Bernie Taupin

3.58

Format: 416 pages, Hardcover

** NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER** An evocative, clear-eyed, and revealing memoir by Bernie Taupin, th… read more

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  • music
  • nonfiction
  • biography
Cover of My Effin' Life by Geddy Lee

10. My Effin' Life

By: Geddy Lee

4.58

Format: 512 pages, Hardcover

The long-awaited memoir, generously illustrated with never-before-seen photos, from the iconic Rock… read more

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  • music
  • nonfiction
  • biography
Cover of The Philosophy of Modern Song by Bob Dylan

11. The Philosophy of Modern Song

By: Bob Dylan

3.80

Format: 339 pages, Hardcover

The Philosophy of Modern Song is Bob Dylan’s first book of new writing since 2004’s Chronicles: Vol… read more

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  • music
  • nonfiction
  • biography
"The thing about being misunderstood is that it diminishes your enjoyment of life"

-Bob Dylan, The Philosophy of Modern Song

Cover of Leon Russell: The Master of Space and Time's Journey Through Rock & Roll History by Bill Janovitz

12. Leon Russell: The Master of Space and Time's Journey Through Rock & Roll History

By: Bill Janovitz

4.29

Format: 592 pages, Hardcover

New York Times  Bestseller The definitive biography of legendary musician, composer, and perform… read more

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  • music
  • nonfiction
  • biography
Cover of Don't Tell Anybody the Secrets I Told You: A Memoir by Lucinda Williams

13. Don't Tell Anybody the Secrets I Told You: A Memoir

By: Lucinda Williams

3.96

Format: 272 pages, Hardcover

The iconic singer-songwriter and three-time Grammy winner opens up about her traumatic childhood in… read more

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  • music
  • nonfiction
  • biography
Cover of Dickens and Prince: A Particular Kind of Genius by Nick Hornby

14. Dickens and Prince: A Particular Kind of Genius

By: Nick Hornby

3.66

Format: 192 pages, Hardcover

From the bestselling author of Just Like You, High Fidelity, and Fever Pitch, a short, warm, and… read more

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  • music
  • nonfiction
  • biography
"This book is about work, and nobody ever worked harder than these two, or at a higher standard, while connectiong with so many people for so long."

-Nick Hornby, Dickens and Prince: A Particular Kind of Genius

Cover of Still Alright: A Memoir by Kenny Loggins

15. Still Alright: A Memoir

By: Kenny Loggins

3.81

Format: None pages, Audiobook

You know Kenny Loggins for his megahit soundtrack themes and chart-topping collaborations. Now you … read more

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  • music
  • nonfiction
  • biography
Cover of Thank You (Falettinme Be Mice Elf Agin): A Memoir by Sly Stone

16. Thank You (Falettinme Be Mice Elf Agin): A Memoir

By: Sly Stone

3.56

Format: 320 pages, Hardcover

Not many memoirs are generational events. But when Sly Stone, one of the few true musical geniuses … read more

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  • music
  • nonfiction
  • biography
Cover of All You Need Is Love: An Oral History of The Beatles by Peter Brown

17. All You Need Is Love: An Oral History of The Beatles

By: Peter Brown

3.53

Format: 339 pages, Hardcover

The Beatles in their own words: unpublished, unvarnished, and told by The Beatles and their inner c… read more

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  • music
  • nonfiction
  • biography
Cover of Charlie's Good Tonight by Paul Sexton

18. Charlie's Good Tonight

By: Paul Sexton

4.12

Format: 368 pages, Hardcover

The fully authorized and official biography of legendary Rolling Stones drummer Charlie Watts, one … read more

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  • music
  • nonfiction
  • biography
Cover of Hitchcock's Blondes: The Unforgettable Women Behind the Legendary Director's Dark Obsession by Laurence Leamer

19. Hitchcock's Blondes: The Unforgettable Women Behind the Legendary Director's Dark Obsession

By: Laurence Leamer

3.46

Format: 336 pages, Hardcover

Bestselling author of Capote’s Women Laurence Leamer shares an engrossing account of the enigmatic … read more

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  • nonfiction
  • biography
Cover of Into the Void: From Birth to Black Sabbath―And Beyond by Geezer Butler

20. Into the Void: From Birth to Black Sabbath―And Beyond

By: Geezer Butler

4.20

Format: 288 pages, Hardcover

A rollicking, effusive, and candid memoir by the heavy metal musician and founding member of Black … read more

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  • music
  • nonfiction
  • biography
"Being in Black Sabbath felt like being an actor in a soap opera. It’s a minor miracle all four of the original lineup survived beyond the 1970s, let alone that we’re all still here. Along the way, we…"

-Geezer Butler, Into the Void: From Birth to Black Sabbath―And Beyond

"Writing was my godsend, my treatment, my way of digging myself out of a depressive hole. That’s not an outlet a lot of working-class kids had. But because I’d been exposed to books from an early age,…"

-Geezer Butler, Into the Void: From Birth to Black Sabbath―And Beyond

Cover of Adventures in Modern Recording: From ABC to ZZT by Trevor Horn

21. Adventures in Modern Recording: From ABC to ZZT

By: Trevor Horn

4.15

Format: 320 pages, Hardcover

As a renowned recording-studio maven, Trevor Horn has been dubbed 'the man who invented the '80s'. … read more

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  • music
  • nonfiction
  • biography
Cover of Chuck Berry: An American Life by R.J. Smith

22. Chuck Berry: An American Life

By: R.J. Smith

4.11

Format: 432 pages, Hardcover

The definitive biography of Chuck Berry, legendary performer and inventor of rock and roll Best kn… read more

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  • music
  • nonfiction
  • biography
Cover of For the Record 4: Sly & the Family Stone by Dave Marsh

23. For the Record 4: Sly & the Family Stone

By: Dave Marsh

3.78

Format: 228 pages, Paperback

There are two kinds of black before Sly Stone, and after Sly Stone. He shook the foundations of so… read more

Similar categories in Dave Marsh's For the Record 4: Sly & the Family Stone book and Dave Marsh's For the Record 4: Sly & the Family Stone

  • music
  • nonfiction
  • biography
Cover of Drums & Demons: The Tragic Journey of Jim Gordon by Joel Selvin

24. Drums & Demons: The Tragic Journey of Jim Gordon

By: Joel Selvin

4.27

Format: 302 pages, Kindle Edition

The blazing rock opera of the greatest drummer of all-time, Jim Gordon, from the legendary Wrecking… read more

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  • music
  • nonfiction
  • biography
Cover of Long Train Runnin': Our Story of The Doobie Brothers by Tom  Johnston

25. Long Train Runnin': Our Story of The Doobie Brothers

By: Tom Johnston

3.84

Format: 368 pages, Hardcover

For the first time, the incredible true story of the legendary band, the Doobie Brothers, written b… read more

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  • music
  • nonfiction
  • biography
Cover of Everything Is Combustible: Television, CBGB's and Five Decades of Rock and Roll: The Memoirs of an Alchemical Guitarist by Richard Lloyd

26. Everything Is Combustible: Television, CBGB's and Five Decades of Rock and Roll: The Memoirs of an Alchemical Guitarist

By: Richard Lloyd

3.67

Format: 416 pages, Hardcover

Written in Richard Lloyd's inimitable, frequently humorous style, Everything is Combustible chronic… read more

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  • music
  • nonfiction
  • biography
Cover of Dangerous Rhythms: Jazz and the Underworld by T.J. English

27. Dangerous Rhythms: Jazz and the Underworld

By: T.J. English

4.12

Format: 448 pages, Hardcover

From T. J. English, the New York Times bestselling author of Havana Nocturne, comes the epic, scint… read more

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  • music
  • nonfiction
Cover of Fillmore East: The Venue That Changed Rock Music Forever by Frank Mastropolo

28. Fillmore East: The Venue That Changed Rock Music Forever

By: Frank Mastropolo

4.15

Format: 364 pages, Kindle Edition

There are thousands of rock concert venues; only one is called The Church of Rock and Fillmore Eas… read more

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  • nonfiction
Cover of Felix Cavaliere Memoir of a Rascal by Felix Cavaliere

29. Felix Cavaliere Memoir of a Rascal

By: Felix Cavaliere

4.12

Format: 301 pages, Kindle Edition

As founding member of ‘The Rascals’ Felix Cavaliere’s message has always been to stand for peace, l… read more

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  • music
Cover of Limited Edition of One by Steven John Wilson

30. Limited Edition of One

By: Steven John Wilson

4.23

Format: 320 pages, None

The King of Progressive Rock, a curator of talent and the reason behind Porcupine Tree's rise and f… read more

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  • music
  • nonfiction
  • biography
Cover of Happy Forever: My Musical Adventures With The Turtles, Frank Zappa, T. Rex, Flo & Eddie, And More by Mark Volman

31. Happy Forever: My Musical Adventures With The Turtles, Frank Zappa, T. Rex, Flo & Eddie, And More

By: Mark Volman

3.89

Format: 468 pages, Kindle Edition

‘Mark is one of the most indomitable yet gentle spirits I’ve ever met. He will always be one of my … read more

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23 Top nonfiction books like For the Record 4: Sly & the Family Stone by Dave Marsh

Transform Your Habits

My Ears Are Bent

Joseph Mitchell , Dan Frank , Sheila McGrath

4.18

Transform Your Habits

Miss O'Dell: My Hard Days and Long Nights with the Beatles, the Stones, Bob Dylan, Eric Clapton and the Women They Loved

Chris O'Dell , Katherine Ketcham

3.53

Transform Your Habits

Scattershot: Life, Music, Elton, and Me

Bernie Taupin

3.58

Transform Your Habits

My Effin' Life

Geddy Lee

4.58

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20 Best audiobook books like Leon Russell: The Master of Space and Time's Journey Through Rock & Roll History by Bill Janovitz

Transform Your Habits

Scattershot: Life, Music, Elton, and Me

Bernie Taupin

3.58

Transform Your Habits

The Philosophy of Modern Song

Bob Dylan

3.80

Transform Your Habits

Lou Reed: The King of New York

Will Hermes

4.23

Transform Your Habits

Deliver Me from Nowhere: The Making of Bruce Springsteen's Nebraska

Warren Zanes

4.42

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