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Title	Authors	Description	OpenBook ID
Hitman	David Foster	After almost four decades in the music business, David Foster--producer, arranger, songwriter, performer--relates his compelling and outspoken memoir, describing the delicate balancing act between ar…	OL13604561W
Life and Def	Russell Simmons	Simmons tells the story of the founding of Def Jam Records and his expansion into television, movies, clothing and more.	OL15837773W
Def Jam, Inc	Stacy Gueraseva	An inside look at the world's largest and most successful hip-hop record label traces the evolution of Def Jam, Inc. from an idea hatched in an NYU dorm room in 1984 to a multibillion-dollar hip-hop …	OL15950595W
Pharrell Williams	Chris Roberts	In 2003, Pharrell Williams was responsible (performing or producing) for 43 per cent of all the music played on radio across the USA, and 20 per cent in the UK. His prolific and varied collaborations…	OL17272633W
Sweet revenge	Tom Bower	Simon Cowell has made an international name for himself as the no-holds-barred judge on the television phenomenon American Idol. He's been called mean, arrogant, brash, and unapologetic, but his stin…	OL17671766W
A new America	Tommy Mottola	The legendary music impresario explores and expounds on his lifelong love of Latin music and its ever-growing influence in America, in a book inspired by the HBO documentary "The Latin Explosion." "…	OL17885022W
In search of Pharrell Williams	Lester, Paul (Music journalist)	Pharrell Williams is one of the biggest names on today's top 40 charts. He's won eleven Grammys (and immeasurable attention for his Grammys fashion choices), been nominated for an Oscar, and is about…	OL17896430W
Phil Spector	Sean MacLeod	Musician, songwriter, and producer-- Spector's musical ability and visionary foresight charted the future of popular music and culture of the late twentieth century. He reshaped the business and mark…	OL19722123W
Siren song	Seymour Stein	Seymour Stein is America's greatest living record man. Not only has he signed and nurtured more important artists than anyone alive, now sixty years in the game, he's still the hippest label head, tr…	OL19745363W
Ralph Peer and the making of popular roots music	Barry Mazor	The first biography of Ralph Peer, the adventurous A&R man and music publisher who changed the breadth and flavor of popular music in the United States and around the world, a man who was crucial in …	OL19993077W
How music dies (or lives)	Ian Brennan	All recordings document life, arising from a specific time and place, and if that place is artificial, the results will be as well. Culled from a lifetime of learning through failure and designed to …	OL20028098W
My British Invasion	Harold Bronson	322 pages, 16 unnumbered pages of plates : 22 cm	OL20221165W
All Things Remembered	C. M. Goldie	1 online resource	OL21150345W
Hiro in Exile	Hiro Igarashi,VERBAL,Nigo	271 pages : 31 cm	OL22535759W
Record Label Romance	BlackByrd,King Benjamin	287 pages	OL24227321W
Making people's music	Peter David Goldsmith	"As the founder of Folkways Records in 1948 and its director for nearly forty years, Moe Asch was committed to preserving the entire range of the world's musical and oral traditions. By his death in …	OL2710170W
Not only women bleed	Dick Wagner	A memoir from the songwriter, guitarist, and producer/arranger.	OL28167204W
Suzanne de Passe	Mark Mussari	A biography of the president of Motown Productions, a bright, determined woman whose business gifts have brought her many awards in television and movie production.	OL4103956W
Bad Boy	Ronin Ro	"This is a tale of friendship, greed, and betrayal in the music industry - and a definitive history of America's biggest rap mogul.". "No one knows more about creating hits than Sean "Puffy" Combs. …	OL522817W
Rock On	Dan Kennedy	A memoir of comic genius about working for one of the great music labels: Spinal Tap meets The Office.How would you like a six-figure marketing job at the hallowed record label that signed everyone w…	OL6026837W