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"For the first time ever, legendary singer-songwriter Dolly Parton brings you behind the lyrics of 175 of her songs to reveal the personal stories and vibrant memories that have inspired sixty years of songwriting. Lushly illustrated and told in Dolly's inimitable voice, this rich collection offers an intimate, exclusive look at the colorful life, prolific career, and rags-to-rhinestones journey of one of the most revered entertainers of our time"--...
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Johnny Cash is one of the most influential figures in music and American popular culture today. While he was an icon to people of all ages during his life, Cash's legacy continues after his death. His remarkable story is captured in this exclusive authorized biography, addressing the whole life of Johnny Cash-not just his unforgettable music but also his relationship with June Carter Cash and his faith in Christ. His authenticity, love for God and...
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2005
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A sickly and awkward boy who turned into a country music legend, Hiram Williams had reinvented himself as Hank Williams and taken to alcohol by the age of 14. He was dead by the age of 29. Here, Paul Hemphill recounts the tortured life and whirlwind career of the hillbilly Shakespeare as only a fellow Southerner can.
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Iris Cooper has been singing ever since she can remember, hitting the high notes like no one else. When she is twelve, her father convinces the owner of a bar in Lake City, Texas, to let her perform, and she stuns the audience. In the ensuing years, never staying anywhere for long, father and daughter move from one dusty town to the next, her passion for music growing every time she takes the mike in another roadhouse. But it is not an easy life for...
6) Taylor Swift
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ECW
Pub. Date
2013.
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Taylor Swift: The Platinum Edition gets to the heart of this superstar with albums and singles that head straight to the top of the pop and country music charts, a shelf full of awards, and millions of fans around the world.
Fans looking for Taylor's complete story should look no further than this detailed biography, which chronicles her childhood in Pennsylvania where she was teased and bullied, to her early days trying to land a record deal by personally...
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Calkins Creek, an imprint of Astra Books for Young Readers
Pub. Date
[2022]
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Dolly is a little girl with a BIG voice. Music fills Dolly's heart so plumb full she has to let it out! She'll even sing to her cornhusk dolls or a pen full of pigs. She makes her own drum from a pot and her own guitar from a broken mandolin. But what Dolly dreams of is performing for a real audience--people who would hear her sing, and applaud!
9) Toby Keith
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CMT Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
c2006
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Homecoming: Toby Keith in Oklahoma. A true-blue Oklahoman, Toby shares many of the places and events that helped make him the man he is today. Watch Toby join friends and family as they talk about his life as a former roughneck, football player and honky tonk front man. You'll also see Toby suit up with his beloved football team, the Oklahoma Sooners, and perform a few exelusive acoustic numbers including Honkytonk U.
10) Kenny Chesney
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CMT Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
c2007
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"Behind the scenes: 2007 Flip Flop Summer Tour: Catch up with Kenny Chesney in Philadelphia on the road with the 2007 Flip Flop Summer Tour as he walks you through a songography of some of his favorite cuts off his newest CD "Just who I am: poets & pirates'. Hear him describe why these songs mean so much to him." -- Container. Also includes the 2007 CMT Music Awards performance of "Summertime", 2006 CMT Music Awards performance of "Beer in Mexico"...
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W Publishing Group, an imprint of Thomas Nelson
Pub. Date
[2017]
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"Readers will experience a soft, personal side of Charlie Daniels that has never before been documented. In his own words, he presents the path from his post-depression childhood to performing for millions as one of the most successful country acts of all time and what he has learned along the way. The book also includes insights into the many musicians that orbited Charlie's world, including Elvis Presley, Bob Dylan, Willie Nelson, Tammy Wynette...
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Hyperion
Pub. Date
c1997
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Country music star Tucker recounts her life from her birth to a poor family from the Oklahoma hills to her sudden rise to stardom, through her abusive relationship with Glen Campbell and her spiral down into drug abuse, to her comeback in the 1990s.
14) Small town girl
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New York Times bestselling author LaVyrle Spencer, "famous for her heartrending slices of Americana," is at her best in this sweet, small-town romance about a country music star discovering the true meaning of love ...
Eighteen years ago, Tess McPhail left her tiny hometown of Wintergreen, Missouri, for the bright lights of Nashville and never looked back. Now, one of country music's biggest stars, "Mac" is a hardworking woman with little time for...
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William Morrow, an imprint of HarperCollinsPublishers
Pub. Date
[2024]
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From the author of the award-winning Shadows of Pecan Hollow comes a novel set in the country music world of 1970s Nashville about a struggling musician who writes a hit song that both promises her long-sought-after fame and implicates her in a heinous crime.
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CamCat Books
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"A missing brooch. A face set in cement. This is not your average music festival. Lewis Sinclair, a stalwart and tender country musician, is about to take the stage with his band, the Gentlemen Cowboys, at the premier U.S. country music festival when his girl dumps him for the Cowboys' shifty manager. When that same manager ends up at FallFest's walk of fame with his handprints--and his head--in cement, Lew finds himself on the top ten most wanted...
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Gone to the dogs mysteries volume 2
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"Grab a lap dog to cuddle and relax into a fun small-town mystery as a new dog rescue project turns into a three-ring circus of calamities. Trina Potter, Nashville country music star, buys a ranch near her hometown in Brenham, Texas, to help her niece open a rescue facility for dogs. Her presence in town stirs up some old high school rivalries -- and romance. Finding property to buy is a challenge, convincing her mother to move there with her is daunting,...
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Hachette Books
Pub. Date
2022.
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Merle Haggard was one of the most important country music musicians who ever lived. His astonishing musical career stretched across the second half of the 20th Century and into the first two decades of the next, during which he released an extraordinary 63 albums, 38 that made it on to Billboard's Country Top Ten, 13 that went to #1, and 37 #1 hit singles. With his ample songbook, unique singing voice and brilliant phrasing that illuminated his uncompromising...
19) Country strong
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Sony Pictures Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
[2011]
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Soon after a rising young singer-songwriter gets involved with a fallen, emotionally unstable country star, the pair embark on a career resurrection tour steered by her husband/manager, that includes a beauty-queen-turned-singer. Between the concerts, romantic entanglements and old demons threaten to derail them all.
20) Restless heart
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New American Library
Pub. Date
c2011
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Destiny finds success on the musical stage but struggles to reconnect to the things in her life that matter most.
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