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Bestsellers
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The Beatles Couldn't Read Music
- Wait! What?
- By: Dan Gutman
- Narrated by: Torian Brackett, Ariana Delawari
- Length: 1 hr and 44 mins
- Unabridged
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The Beatles Couldn’t Read Music? is an authoritative, accessible, and one-of-a-kind biography infused with Dan Gutman’s signature sense of humor....
By: Dan Gutman
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Who Was Frank Sinatra?
- Who Was?
- By: Ellen Labrecque, Who HQ
- Narrated by: Johnny Heller
- Length: 51 mins
- Unabridged
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Before Frank Sinatra became the international superstar that we remember him as today, he was just a young boy singing for spare change in his family's New Jersey tavern....
By: Ellen Labrecque, and others
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Who Were the Beatles?
- By: Geoff Edgers
- Narrated by: Kevin Pariseau
- Length: 1 hr and 4 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall5 out of 5 stars 9
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Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 7
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Story4.5 out of 5 stars 7
Geoff Edgers, a Boston Globe reporter and hard-core Beatles fan, brings the Fab Four to life in this Who Was...? book. Listeners will learn about their childhoods in Liverpool, their first forays into rock music, what Beatlemania was like, and why they broke up....
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5 out of 5 stars
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I love the of Who Were The Beatles
- By yahaira on 07-09-22
By: Geoff Edgers
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The Story of the Saxophone
- By: Lesa Cline-Ransome, James E. Ransome - illustrator
- Narrated by: Cary Hite
- Length: 10 mins
- Unabridged
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You may think that the story of the saxophone begins with Dexter Gordon or Charlie Parker or on a street corner in New Orleans. It really began in 1840 in Belgium with a young daydreamer named Joseph-Antoine Adolphe Sax—a boy with bad luck but great ideas....
By: Lesa Cline-Ransome, and others
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Who is Stevie Wonder?
- By: Jim Gigliotti
- Narrated by: Dominic Hoffman
- Length: 56 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4.5 out of 5 stars 5
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Performance5 out of 5 stars 2
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Story5 out of 5 stars 2
Stevie Wonder is one of the most successful singer-songwriter-musicians of our time....
By: Jim Gigliotti
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Who Are the Rolling Stones?
- By: Dana Meachen Rau
- Narrated by: Will Damron
- Length: 57 mins
- Unabridged
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Starting out over 50 years ago, the Rolling Stones took the music of the blues and blended it into rock and roll to create their own unique sound....
By: Dana Meachen Rau
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The Beatles Couldn't Read Music
- Wait! What?
- By: Dan Gutman
- Narrated by: Torian Brackett, Ariana Delawari
- Length: 1 hr and 44 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall0 out of 5 stars 0
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The Beatles Couldn’t Read Music? is an authoritative, accessible, and one-of-a-kind biography infused with Dan Gutman’s signature sense of humor....
By: Dan Gutman
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Who Was Frank Sinatra?
- Who Was?
- By: Ellen Labrecque, Who HQ
- Narrated by: Johnny Heller
- Length: 51 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall0 out of 5 stars 0
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Before Frank Sinatra became the international superstar that we remember him as today, he was just a young boy singing for spare change in his family's New Jersey tavern....
By: Ellen Labrecque, and others
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Who Were the Beatles?
- By: Geoff Edgers
- Narrated by: Kevin Pariseau
- Length: 1 hr and 4 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall5 out of 5 stars 9
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Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 7
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Story4.5 out of 5 stars 7
Geoff Edgers, a Boston Globe reporter and hard-core Beatles fan, brings the Fab Four to life in this Who Was...? book. Listeners will learn about their childhoods in Liverpool, their first forays into rock music, what Beatlemania was like, and why they broke up....
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5 out of 5 stars
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I love the of Who Were The Beatles
- By yahaira on 07-09-22
By: Geoff Edgers
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The Story of the Saxophone
- By: Lesa Cline-Ransome, James E. Ransome - illustrator
- Narrated by: Cary Hite
- Length: 10 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall0 out of 5 stars 0
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You may think that the story of the saxophone begins with Dexter Gordon or Charlie Parker or on a street corner in New Orleans. It really began in 1840 in Belgium with a young daydreamer named Joseph-Antoine Adolphe Sax—a boy with bad luck but great ideas....
By: Lesa Cline-Ransome, and others
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Who is Stevie Wonder?
- By: Jim Gigliotti
- Narrated by: Dominic Hoffman
- Length: 56 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4.5 out of 5 stars 5
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Performance5 out of 5 stars 2
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Story5 out of 5 stars 2
Stevie Wonder is one of the most successful singer-songwriter-musicians of our time....
By: Jim Gigliotti
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Who Are the Rolling Stones?
- By: Dana Meachen Rau
- Narrated by: Will Damron
- Length: 57 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall0 out of 5 stars 0
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Starting out over 50 years ago, the Rolling Stones took the music of the blues and blended it into rock and roll to create their own unique sound....
By: Dana Meachen Rau
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How the Beatles Changed the World
- By: Martin W. Sandler
- Narrated by: Stephen Hoye
- Length: 3 hrs and 54 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4 out of 5 stars 5
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Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 3
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Story4 out of 5 stars 3
Had the Beatles been simply the most successful musical group of all time, their place in history would be secure. But they were much, much more....
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3 out of 5 stars
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A rather bland synopsis of Beatles history
- By Yaakov Gorensteyn on 09-22-21
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Famous Composers
- By: Darren Henley
- Narrated by: Marin Alsop
- Length: 2 hrs and 17 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall3.5 out of 5 stars 37
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Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 18
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Story4 out of 5 stars 19
Darren Henley and Marin Alsop combine forces again to tell, in more detail, the lives of six key composers....
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1 out of 5 stars
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Juvenile telling
- By Stanley on 02-15-06
By: Darren Henley
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Lives of the Musicians
- Good Times, Bad Times (and What the Neighbors Thought)
- By: Kathleen Krull
- Narrated by: John C. Brown, Melissa Hughes
- Length: 1 hr and 55 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall3.5 out of 5 stars 23
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Performance4 out of 5 stars 13
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Story4.5 out of 5 stars 13
This is no stuffy music appreciation lesson. Author Kathleen Krull makes these great artists come alive...
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4 out of 5 stars
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good introduction
- By reggie p on 11-21-04
By: Kathleen Krull
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The Golden Thread
- A Song for Pete Seeger
- By: Colin Meloy
- Narrated by: Colin Meloy
- Length: 9 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall5 out of 5 stars 2
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Performance5 out of 5 stars 1
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Story5 out of 5 stars 1
Pete Seeger once sang that if he had a golden thread, he would use it to weave people from all over the world to one another. That golden thread, for Pete, was music. Born into a family of musicians....
By: Colin Meloy
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Duke Ellington
- The Piano Prince & His Orchestra
- By: Andrea Davis Pinkney
- Narrated by: Forest Whitaker
- Length: 17 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4.5 out of 5 stars 6
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Performance5 out of 5 stars 6
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Story4.5 out of 5 stars 6
This is a most fitting tribute to a great man who proudly celebrated the history of African-Americans, from slavery to civil rights struggles....
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5 out of 5 stars
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Good narration and music
- By EmilyK on 07-16-17
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This Land Is Your Land
- By: Woody Guthrie
- Narrated by: Arlo Guthrie, Nora Guthrie
- Length: 12 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall5 out of 5 stars 12
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Performance5 out of 5 stars 10
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Story5 out of 5 stars 10
Everyone's favorite folk song, written by Woody Guthrie and sung by his son, Arlo, is brought to glorious, toe-tapping life in this rich production....
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5 out of 5 stars
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I loved it!
- By Kindle Customer on 04-19-18
By: Woody Guthrie
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American Country
- Bluegrass, Honky-Tonk, and Crossover Sounds
- By: Lloyd Sachs
- Narrated by: Intuitive
- Length: 1 hr and 25 mins
- Unabridged
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A singer belts out a lonesome song. A guitarist plucks out a twangy lead. A fiddle player brings out a sweet melody. These are the sounds of country....
By: Lloyd Sachs
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Musical Odyssey
- Discovering Music Facts for Kids
- By: Shannon Dyer
- Narrated by: Sandra Huston
- Length: 45 mins
- Unabridged
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Welcome to the enchanting world of 'Musical Odyssey: Discovering Music Facts for Kids,' where the power of sound and rhythm comes alive!
By: Shannon Dyer
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American R & B
- Gospel Grooves, Funky Drummers, and Soul Power
- By: Aaron Mendelson
- Narrated by: Intuitive
- Length: 1 hr and 15 mins
- Unabridged
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A singer calls out to the crowd. An electric bass thumps out a beat....
By: Aaron Mendelson
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A Music Journey from Prehistoric Ages to 500 BC
- By: Rich Linville
- Narrated by: Rich Brennan
- Length: 5 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall1 out of 5 stars 1
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Performance3 out of 5 stars 1
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Story2 out of 5 stars 1
Let’s go back thousands of years to the Ice Age and prehistoric times before written history. We hear music coming from inside the prehistoric hut. What do you think is the oldest musical instrument in human history? Find the answer to this question and more....
By: Rich Linville
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Raggin', Jazzin', Rockin'
- A History of American Musical Instrument Makers
- By: Susan VanHecke
- Narrated by: Jonathan Hogan
- Length: 4 hrs and 3 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall2 out of 5 stars 2
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Performance2 out of 5 stars 2
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Story2 out of 5 stars 2
Meet the inventors and innovators who defined American music history....
By: Susan VanHecke
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American Hip-Hop
- Rappers, DJs, and Hard Beats
- By: Nathan Sacks
- Narrated by: Intuitive
- Length: 1 hr and 10 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4 out of 5 stars 2
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Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 2
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Story4 out of 5 stars 2
A rapper spits rhymes into a microphone. A DJ scratches a record back and forth against a turntable needle. Fans' feet stomp along to a stiff beat. These are the sounds of hip-hop....
By: Nathan Sacks