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Even More Musical Lives

June 1, 2016 | SuzyQ

Read one of these autobiographies by some of your favorite musicians.

Hunger makes me a modern girl : a memoir by Carrie Brownstein
Light my fire : my life with the Doors by Ray Manzarek
Lady sings the blues by Billie Holiday
I dreamed I was a very clean tramp : an autobiography by Richard Hell
Since then : how I survived everything and lived to tell it by David Crosby
My life with Deth : discovering meaning in a life of rock & roll by David Ellefson
Cyndi Lauper : a memoir by Cyndi Lauper
Over the top and back : the autobiography by Tom Jones
Angel on my shoulder : an autobiography by Natalie Cole
Rocks : my life in and out of Aerosmith by Joe Perry
Little Miss Dynamite : the life and times of Brenda Lee by Brenda Lee
The good life by Tony Bennett
I, Tina by Tina Turner
Herbie Hancock : possibilities by Herbie Hancock
A natural woman : a memoir by Carole King
Society's child : my autobiography by Janis Ian
Luck or something like it by Kenny Rogers
My way : an autobiography by Paul Anka
Moon River and me : a memoir by Andy Williams
Testimony by Robbie Robertson
Homeward bound : the life of Paul Simon by Peter Ames Carlin
What happened, Miss Simone? : a biography by Alan Light

An intimate and vivid look at the legendary life of Nina Simone, the classically trained pianist who evolved into a chart-topping chanteuse and committed civil rights activist. 

Born to run by Bruce Springsteen
Surf city : the Jan & Dean story by Dean Torrence

Memoir of Dean Torrence, who was one half of the popular 1960s singing duo "Jan & Dean. 

Otis Redding : An Unfinished Life by Jonathan Gould