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LISTEN TO NEW MUSIC! Vocalist Autumn Cannon Releases New Single & Book “Why Not Me”

Background Vocalist AUTUMN CANNON Steps Forward For Solo Career With “Why Not Me” Radio Single and Inspirational Book

Having toured the U.S. singing background for blues artists Willie Clayton, Omar Cunningham, Kenne Wayne and touring for three years with the popular Festival of Praise Tour, singer AUTUMN CANNON is stepping from behind the BGV mic to the lead mic in Godly confidence with a emotional and inspiring new single and book “Why Not Me”.

Music Legend Joe Simon Releases New Documentary, Book and Single with The Temptations

Singer Joe Simon Reflects On An Extraordinary Career With The Documentary Looking Back

The last of the great male soul voices returns with a new documentary, a book and single with the Temptations

NEW YORK – Sept. 13, 2016 – PRLog — New York: Joe Simon one of R&B’s most successful male vocalists is seeing a career renaissance which started this summer as the recipient of the Phillies, Gamble & Huff Community Partnership Award presented at Citizens Bank Park.

Music Icon LA Reid to Release Memoir “Sing to Me…” on Feb. 2nd, 2016

LA Reid, Chairman & CEO, Epic Records and three-time Grammy -winning producer is set to release his first-ever memoir, Sing to Me: My Story of Making Music, Finding Magic, and Searching for Who’s Next (Harper Collins – Feb. 2, 2016)

SING TO ME is a stunning record of LA Reid’s life and career, featuring over 100 of his personal photos.

LA Reid is a rare breed among record producers — not only one of the most accomplished and innovative figures working behind the scenes in the music industry, but a celebrity presence in his own right.

Legendary Soul Singer Charles Wright Pens First In Series of Autobiographies “UP FROM WHERE WE’VE COME”

Soul Music Great CHARLES WRIGHT Pens First In Series of Autobiographies “UP FROM WHERE WE’VE COME”

Inaugural Book Details 56 Chapters of Racism and Hardship
The Wright Family Faced As Sharecroppers Near Clarksdale,
Mississippi Circa The ’40s

Book Includes a Glowing and Empathetic Foreword by Little Richard

Los Angeles, CA — October 5, 2015 — While fans of Soul Music great Charles Wright are accustomed to hearing the singer/songwriter/guitarist shout “Express Yourself ” on oldies radio, in movies and dozens of television commercials, the multi-talented messenger has taken up his pen to complete the first in a planned series of autobiographies that detail his profound life story as a southern Black man that miraculously brought himself from poverty to prosperity.

“Don’t Let The Green Grass Fool You: A Siblings Memoir of Legendary Singer Wilson Pickett,” by Louella Pickett-New

A man and a half: The truth behind the legendary voice

A memoir and tribute to famous soul singer Wilson Pickett by his beloved sister Louella Pickett-New

ATLANTA (PRWEB) January 21, 2015

“Do the Watusi like my little Lucy,” sang legendary soul singer Wilson Pickett about his little sister he called “Lucy Coot.”

January 19, 2015 marked nine years since Wilson’s death. Lucy Coot, aka Louella Pickett-New, honors her brother today in her new memoir “Don’t Let The Green Grass Fool You.”

Blue Note/UMe to Release 5-CD Singles Box Set & Book “Blue Note: Uncompromising Expression” on Nov. 4th, 2014

Blue Note Records’ 75th Anniversary Celebrations Continue With Commemorative ‘Blue Note: Uncompromising Expression’ 5-CD Singles Box Set & Hardbound Book to Be Released November 4

Blue Note Records’ 75th anniversary celebrations continue in full swing. In addition to fall releases from Jason Moran, Otis Brown III, and Kandace Springs, as well as the continuation of the label’s successful vinyl reissue series, Blue Note/UMe will release a new label-spanning 5-CD singles box set as a companion piece to a new hardcover book, both titled Blue Note: Uncompromising Expression. The book and 75-track singles collection are both available now for preorder ahead of their November 4 release.

New Book Release: Legendary Drummer/Singer Sheila E.’s “The Beat Of My Own Drum” | Avail NOW

FROM THE LEGENDARY EMMY & GRAMMY-NOMINATED SINGER, DRUMMER, AND PERCUSSIONIST—A POWERFUL MEMOIR OF THE TRANSFORMATIVE POWER OF MUSIC AND FIVE DECADES OF LIFE AND LOVE ON THE STAGE

In the first pages of her thoughtful and compelling memoir, THE BEAT OF MY OWN DRUM, renowned drummer and percussionist Sheila “E” Escovedo vividly describes what it felt like to approach the stage for her first live performance. The connection she felt to the music seemed like part of her DNA. The cymbals vibrated through her body and the timbales shook her bones and touched her soul. She was five years old.

Author James Arena Releases Tell-All Book, “First Legends of Disco” | Avail NOW.

Disco Celebrities Share the Highs and Lows of the Era in New Book “First Legends of Disco”

Author James Arena interviews 40 prominent disco stars in new tell-all.

I was privileged to share the personal stories of many disco legends, such as Alfa Anderson (formerly of the Nile Rodgers group Chic), Randy Jones (formerly with the Village People), George McCrae (“Rock Your Baby”) and France Joli (“Come To Me”).

New York (PRWEB) February 26, 2014

Forty years after the first disco songs topped the U.S. pop charts and launched an exciting new era in music, author James Arena asks: where are these stars today?

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Music Legend Gloria Gaynor to Release 1st Gospel CD and Book “We Will Survive” on Nov. 26th, 2013 | TAKE A LISTEN to New Single!

Legendary R&B/Disco Queen GLORIA GAYNOR Prepares For First Gospel CD and Companion Book WE WILL SURVIVE

GLORIA GAYNOR Releases Gospel Radio Single “YOU’RE RIGHT ON TIME”

Grammy Award-winning singer GLORIA GAYNOR took the music world by storm in the 1970s, striking platinum with her disco hit “I Will Survive”. “I Will Survive” was the only song to earn a Grammy for Best Disco Recording and was one of only twenty-five songs inducted into the Grammy Hall of Fame in 2012.

Background Singer Kevin Owens to Release New Book “So Amazing” This Fall 2013

SUCCESSFUL BACKGROUND SINGER KEVIN OWENS CHRONICLES
32-YEAR JOURNEY ON STAGE AND BEHIND THE SCENES OF
THE LATE GREAT SUPERSTAR LUTHER VANDROSS and RAY, GOODMAN & BROWN WITH THE RELEASE OF “SO AMAZING”

A NEW BOOK SCHEDULED FOR RELEASE THIS FALL

NEW YORK, NEW YORK, August 1, 2013 – Over seven years in the making, SO AMAZING: Through The Eyes of Kevin Owens (My 32 Years On The Road With Luther Vandross and Ray, Goodman & Brown), a compelling new memoir written by R&B singer KEVIN OWENS, makes its highly anticipated book release debut this Fall.

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