Born of humble origins in Arkansas in 1946, Al Green was to emerge as the first great soul singer of the 1970s and arguably the last great Southern singer. This work looks at his life and, while there are undoubted moments of tragedy, Green demonstrates reasons for resistance, joy and celebration.

The definitive record guide, offering expert advice on rock music in all its incarnations. Comprehensive yet easy to use, this thoroughly revised and updated guide offers insightful information about favorite artists and recordings, while shining a spotlight on forgotten gems.

A card game themed around the world of rock with a host of artists and bands for identification. Guess the identity of the artist or band from the clues on the cards. The first player to guess wins that card and whoever has the most cards at the end of the game is declared the winner.

Focusing on one album rather than an artist's entire output, the books dispense with the standard biographical background that fans know already, and cut to the heart of the music on each album.

This is the story of Tamla Mowtown Records, the Detroit hit factory that set the world dancing in the '60s. It presents the stories behind the rise of such all-time great acts as Smokey Robinson, The Supremes, Stevie Wonder, Marvin Gaye, The Four Tops, The Temptations and the Jackson 5.

A book of 10 popular soul standards arranged for clarinet, with a sound backing CD.

Part of the You're The Voice series, this book features arrangements of classic Dean Martin songs for piano, voice and guitar and a short artist biography. It contains a CD that features full backing tracks for each song, arranged and recorded to recreate the sounds of the original recording.

This comprehensive guide is a must-have for the multitude of fans of this bestselling genre of popular music.

A set of a book and four CDs. The impact of African rhythms gave rise to music, which has long since broken out of the domains of tradition and religion. This title seeks out the origins of this music and the places where it is performed, and depicts the great choirs in pictures. The CDs offer a foray into the world of Gospel.

Informative biographies, essays, reviews, and discographies trace soul's growth from its roots in blues and gospel and its flowering in Memphis and Motown to its many branches today. Original. 20,000 first printing.

An ethnographic study of Trinidadian gospel music that engages the multiple musical styles circulating in the nation's Full Gospel community and illustrates the carefully negotiated and contested spaces that they occupy in relationship to questions of identity. It explores gospelypso, jamoo ('Jehovah's music'), and gospel dancehall.

Packed with memorabilia, behind-the-scenes facts, and interviews covering artists from the Motown days to current chart acts, this is the definitive history of Northern Soul, a dance scene that refuses to die. Its followers share an unrivalled passion for the music of Black America.