13 Top music books like You Started It: Rock 'n' Roll's Most Notorious and Bitter Feuds by Ken McNab

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You Started It: Rock 'n' Roll's Most Notorious and Bitter Feuds

By: Ken McNab

3.48

Format: 279 pages, Kindle Edition

Many of the world’s biggest bands have imploded amid bitter and violent grudges over money, publish…

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Cover of Here Comes the Night: The Dark Soul of Bert Berns and the Dirty Business of Rhythm and Blues by Joel Selvin

1. Here Comes the Night: The Dark Soul of Bert Berns and the Dirty Business of Rhythm and Blues

By: Joel Selvin

3.90

Format: 320 pages, Hardcover

Here Comes the Night is both a definitive account of the golden age of rhythm and blues of the earl… read more

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Cover of Jack's Life: A Biography of Jack Nicholson by Patrick McGilligan

2. Jack's Life: A Biography of Jack Nicholson

By: Patrick McGilligan

4.15

Format: None pages, Paperback

No male American film star of the post-Brando era has demonstrated the talent, the charisma, the la… read more

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3. Bad Moon Rising: The Unofficial History of Creedence Clearwater Revival

By: Hank Bordowitz

3.70

Format: 368 pages, Paperback

Based on first-hand interviews with surviving band members, this title tells the story of the chequ… read more

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4. Steve McQueen: A Biography

By: Marc Eliot

3.15

Format: 252 pages, Paperback

Steve McQueen is one of America's legendary movie stars best known for his hugely successful film c… read more

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5. Without Frontiers: The Life & Music of Peter Gabriel

By: Daryl Easlea

4.23

Format: None pages,

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Cover of Deliver Me from Nowhere: The Making of Bruce Springsteen's Nebraska by Warren Zanes

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

By: Warren Zanes

4.42

Format: 320 pages, Hardcover

The fascinating story behind the making of Bruce Springsteen’s most surprising album, Nebraska, rev… read more

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"Nineteen eighty-two is as good a year as any to mark the threshold of a future we're still negotiating. It's been called the information age, the digital age, the new media age. It was the beginning …"

-Warren Zanes, Deliver Me from Nowhere: The Making of Bruce Springsteen's Nebraska

"Nebraska made it almost impossible for critics to miss Springsteen's willingness to take a chance in the name of his art. If Springsteen was driven simply by fame and mainstream success, there would …"

-Warren Zanes, Deliver Me from Nowhere: The Making of Bruce Springsteen's Nebraska

"Guitar Town was out, and it was doing okay," [Steve] Earle recalled. "But the label didn't want it to happen. Jimmy [Bowen] certainly didn't. He didn't like the record. He didn't like me. But it was …"

-Warren Zanes, Deliver Me from Nowhere: The Making of Bruce Springsteen's Nebraska

Cover of Surely You Can't Be Serious: The True Story of Airplane! by David Zucker

7. Surely You Can't Be Serious: The True Story of Airplane!

By: David Zucker

4.17

Format: 352 pages, Hardcover

Surely You Can't Be Serious is an in-depth and hysterical look at the making of 1980's comedy class… read more

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Cover of Opposable Thumbs: How Siskel & Ebert Changed Movies Forever by Matt Singer

8. Opposable Thumbs: How Siskel & Ebert Changed Movies Forever

By: Matt Singer

4.06

Format: 352 pages, Hardcover

Once upon a time, if you wanted to know if a movie was worth seeing, you didn’t check out Rotten To… read more

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Cover of Truly, Madly: Vivien Leigh, Laurence Olivier, and the Romance of the Century by Stephen Galloway

9. Truly, Madly: Vivien Leigh, Laurence Olivier, and the Romance of the Century

By: Stephen Galloway

3.75

Format: 416 pages, Hardcover

NAMED A BEST BOOK OF THE YEAR BY THE WASHINGTON POST A New York Times Bestseller "A "well rou… read more

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Cover of Oscar Wars: A History of Hollywood in Gold, Sweat, and Tears by Michael        Schulman

10. Oscar Wars: A History of Hollywood in Gold, Sweat, and Tears

By: Michael Schulman

4.09

Format: 589 pages, Hardcover

The author of the New York Times bestseller Her Becoming Meryl Streep returns with a lively histor… read more

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Cover of There's Just One Problem...: True Tales from the Former, One-Time, 7th Most Powerful Person in WWE by Brian Gewirtz

11. There's Just One Problem...: True Tales from the Former, One-Time, 7th Most Powerful Person in WWE

By: Brian Gewirtz

4.12

Format: 288 pages, Hardcover

Former WWE head writer Brian Gewirtz brings readers behind the scenes for an unprecedented look at … read more

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Cover of The Blues Brothers: An Epic Friendship, the Rise of Improv, and the Making of an American Film Classic by Daniel de Visé

12. The Blues Brothers: An Epic Friendship, the Rise of Improv, and the Making of an American Film Classic

By: Daniel de Visé

4.25

Format: 400 pages, Hardcover

The story of the epic friendship between John Belushi and Dan Aykroyd, the golden era of improv, an… read more

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Cover of Astor: The Rise and Fall of an American Fortune by Anderson Cooper

13. Astor: The Rise and Fall of an American Fortune

By: Anderson Cooper

3.77

Format: 322 pages, Hardcover

The number one New York Times bestselling authors of Vanderbilt return with another riveting histor… read more

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Cover of The Castle on Sunset: Life, Death, Love, Art, and Scandal at Hollywood's Chateau Marmont by Shawn Levy

14. The Castle on Sunset: Life, Death, Love, Art, and Scandal at Hollywood's Chateau Marmont

By: Shawn Levy

3.67

Format: 384 pages, Hardcover

Since 1929, Hollywood’s brightest stars have flocked to the Chateau Marmont as if it were a second … read more

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Cover of Thank You For Your Servitude: Donald Trump's Washington and the Price of Submission by Mark Leibovich

15. Thank You For Your Servitude: Donald Trump's Washington and the Price of Submission

By: Mark Leibovich

4.18

Format: 352 pages, Hardcover

The #1 New York Times Bestseller "He's one of the best chroniclers of politics today." -Jake Tapp… read more

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

16. 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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Cover of Riverman: An American Odyssey by Ben McGrath

17. Riverman: An American Odyssey

By: Ben McGrath

3.74

Format: 256 pages, Hardcover

The true story of Dick Conant, an American folk hero who, over the course of more than twenty years… read more

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"No fleeting moment can bear the scrutiny that a lone voyager is able to give it."

-Ben McGrath, Riverman: An American Odyssey

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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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Cover of There Was Nothing You Could Do: Bruce Springsteen’s “Born In The U.S.A.” and the End of the Heartland by Steven Hyden

19. There Was Nothing You Could Do: Bruce Springsteen’s “Born In The U.S.A.” and the End of the Heartland

By: Steven Hyden

4.21

Format: 272 pages, Hardcover

A thought-provoking exploration of Bruce Springsteen’s iconic album,  Born in the U.S.A. —a record … read more

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Cover of Led Zeppelin: All the Albums, All the Songs by Martin Popoff

20. Led Zeppelin: All the Albums, All the Songs

By: Martin Popoff

4.10

Format: 256 pages, Hardcover

One of the world’s most prolific bands is being broken down track-by-track, album-by-album and you … read more

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Cover of Myth America: Historians Take On the Biggest Legends and Lies About Our Past by Kevin M. Kruse

21. Myth America: Historians Take On the Biggest Legends and Lies About Our Past

By: Kevin M. Kruse

3.93

Format: 400 pages, Hardcover

In this instant New York Times  bestseller, America’s top historians set the record straight on the… read more

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"Violence meant to seize and shore up power—a claim to sovereignty through the violence of the mob—is fundamentally American."

-Kevin M. Kruse, Myth America: Historians Take On the Biggest Legends and Lies About Our Past

"Although in this case it is an understandable, emotional reaction meant to decry antidemocratic violence, the notion that January 6 is 'not who we are' is one manifestation of what has become a regul…"

-Kevin M. Kruse, Myth America: Historians Take On the Biggest Legends and Lies About Our Past

"People may hear ‘white nationalism’ and assume it to be adjacent with patriotism, or at the very least consider it as pro-American. But after 1983 the nation at the heart of white nationalism was not…"

-Kevin M. Kruse, Myth America: Historians Take On the Biggest Legends and Lies About Our Past

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

22. 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

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Cover of Drums & Demons: The Tragic Journey of Jim Gordon by Joel Selvin

23. 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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Cover of Ask Not: The Kennedys and the Women They Destroyed by Maureen Callahan

24. Ask Not: The Kennedys and the Women They Destroyed

By: Maureen Callahan

4.25

Format: 400 pages, Hardcover

From New York Times bestseller Maureen Callahan, a fierce, character-driven exposé of the real Kenn… read more

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Cover of When Rock Met Disco: The Story of How The Rolling Stones, Rod Stewart, KISS, Queen, Blondie and More Got Their Groove On in the Me Decade by Steven Blush

25. When Rock Met Disco: The Story of How The Rolling Stones, Rod Stewart, KISS, Queen, Blondie and More Got Their Groove On in the Me Decade

By: Steven Blush

3.39

Format: None pages, Paperback

Disco began as a gay, black, and brown underground New York City party music scene, which alone was… read more

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Cover of You Started It: Rock 'n' Roll's Most Notorious and Bitter Feuds by Ken McNab

26. You Started It: Rock 'n' Roll's Most Notorious and Bitter Feuds

By: Ken McNab

3.48

Format: 279 pages, Kindle Edition

Many of the world’s biggest bands have imploded amid bitter and violent grudges over money, publish… read more

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Cover of Roger Waters and Pink Floyd: The Concept Albums (The Fairleigh Dickinson University Press Series in Communication Studies) by Phil   Rose

27. Roger Waters and Pink Floyd: The Concept Albums (The Fairleigh Dickinson University Press Series in Communication Studies)

By: Phil Rose

3.90

Format: 278 pages, Hardcover

Beyond its elucidation and critique of traditional ‘notation-centric’ musicology, this book's prima… read more

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Cover of The Clash: All the Albums, All the Songs by Martin Popoff

28. The Clash: All the Albums, All the Songs

By: Martin Popoff

3.92

Format: 240 pages, Hardcover

Formed in London in 1976 by Joe Strummer, Mick Jones, and Paul Simonon at the outset of that city’s… read more

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Cover of Reinventing Pink Floyd: From Syd Barrett to the Dark Side of the Moon by Bill Kopp

29. Reinventing Pink Floyd: From Syd Barrett to the Dark Side of the Moon

By: Bill Kopp

3.68

Format: 260 pages, ebook

In celebration of the 45th anniversary of The Dark Side of the Moon, Bill Kopp explores the ingenui… read more

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Cover of Pittsburgh's Civic Arena: Stories from the Igloo (Sports) by The Association of Gentleman Pittsburgh Journalists

30. Pittsburgh's Civic Arena: Stories from the Igloo (Sports)

By: The Association of Gentleman Pittsburgh Journalists

4.11

Format: 192 pages, Paperback

Lovingly nicknamed the Igloo, the Civic Arena was home to the Pittsburgh Penguins until 2010 and ho… read more

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Cover of Lucky Loser: How Donald Trump Squandered His Father's Fortune and Created the Illusion of Success by Russ Buettner

31. Lucky Loser: How Donald Trump Squandered His Father's Fortune and Created the Illusion of Success

By: Russ Buettner

4.56

Format: 528 pages, Hardcover

From the Pulitzer Prize-winning reporters behind the 2018 bombshell New York Times exposé of then-P… read more

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3.44

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4.35

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