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The Number Ones: Twenty Chart-Topping Hits That Reveal the History of Pop Music
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Major Labels: A History of Popular Music in Seven Genres
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4.14 avg rating — 2,526 ratings
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Bon Jovi: When We Were Beautiful
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Love Me Do!: The Beatles' Progress
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really liked it 4.00 avg rating — 628 ratings
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The Billboard Book of Number One Hits
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Making Rumours: The Inside Story of the Classic Fleetwood Mac Album
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Florida Soul: From Ray Charles to KC and the Sunshine Band
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The Meaning of Mariah Carey
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Catch a Wave: The Rise, Fall, and Redemption of the Beach Boys' Brian Wilson
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3.96 avg rating — 1,534 ratings
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The Big Payback: The History of the Business of Hip-Hop
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Hit Men: Power Brokers and Fast Money Inside the Music Business
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3.96 avg rating — 972 ratings
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The Twist: The Story of the Song and Dance That Changed the World
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3.75 avg rating — 8 ratings
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The Rolling Stone Illustrated History of Rock and Roll: The Definitive History of the Most Important Artists and Their Music
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3.95 avg rating — 462 ratings
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Always Magic in the Air: The Bomp and Brilliance of the Brill Building Era
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3.97 avg rating — 273 ratings
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Play On: Now, Then, And Fleetwood Mac
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3.82 avg rating — 2,312 ratings
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Heroes And Villains: The True Story Of The Beach Boys
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Where Did Our Love Go? The Rise and Fall of the Motown Sound
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3.93 avg rating — 239 ratings
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Dig If You Will the Picture: Funk, Sex, God and Genius in the Music of Prince
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3.58 avg rating — 580 ratings
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The Rise of Prince 1958-1988
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Just around Midnight: Rock and Roll and the Racial Imagination
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Who Got the Camera?: A History of Rap and Reality (American Music Series)
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Time Between
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Come and Get These Memories: The Story of Holland-Dozier-Holland
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American Bandstand: Dick Clark and the Making of a Rock 'n' Roll Empire
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Moonwalk
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A Natural Woman: A Memoir
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Appetite for Self-Destruction: The Spectacular Crash of the Record Industry in the Digital Age
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3.83 avg rating — 1,142 ratings
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MJ: The Genius of Michael Jackson
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3.89 avg rating — 271 ratings
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Love Saves the Day: A History of American Dance Music Culture, 1970-1979
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Let's Go Crazy: Prince and the Making of Purple Rain
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3.85 avg rating — 1,068 ratings
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I Want My MTV: The Uncensored Story of the Music Video Revolution
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3.89 avg rating — 4,859 ratings
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Can't Slow Down: How 1984 Became Pop's Blockbuster Year
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Anatomy of a Song: The Oral History of 45 Iconic Hits That Changed Rock, R&B and Pop
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Mariah Carey Revisited: Her Story
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Shout! The Beatles in Their Generation
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The Song Machine: Inside the Hit Factory
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Dreaming the Beatles: The Love Story of One Band and the Whole World
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The Stone Cold Truth on Payola In The Music Biz
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Jingle Jangle Morning: Folk-Rock in the 1960s
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Dirty South: OutKast, Lil Wayne, Soulja Boy, and the Southern Rappers Who Reinvented Hip-Hop
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Motown: The Sound Of Young America
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I Am Brian Wilson: A Memoir
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3.78 avg rating — 3,260 ratings
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