Music

Learn how a young girl who lived on a Christmas tree farm grew up to become one of the most celebrated musical artists of the twenty-first century in this addition to the #1 New York Times Best-Selling Series.

This autobiographical book by the multiple Grammy Award-winning singer Roberta Flack recounts her childhood in a home surrounded by music and love: it all started with a beat-up piano that her father found in a junkyard, repaired, and painted green....

This biography of the soulful superstar follows through her success in her own country and on to her heartbreaking emigration from Cuba and into worldwide stardom....

Bruce Springsteen grew up in a blue-collar New Jersey town where his parents struggled to make ends meet. Bruce didn't fit in at school but found solace in rock and roll....

The moving true story of how young Ukrainian Jewish piano prodigies Zhanna (alias “Anna”) and her sister Frina outplayed their pursuers while hiding in plain sight during the Holocaust. A middle grade nonfiction novel-in-verse by award-winning author Susan Hood with Greg Dawson (Zhanna’s son)....

Born in a little cabin in Tennessee, Dolly Parton always dreamed big, and she was right to! She wrote her first song at age five and became a country music star....

Girls cannot be drummers. Long ago on an island filled with music, no one questioned that rule - until the drum dream girl....

If not for a stint in reform school, young Louis Armstrong might never have become a musician. It was a teacher at the Colored Waifs' Home who gave him a cornet, promoted him to band leader, and saw talent in the tough kid from the even tougher New Orleans neighborhood called Storyville....

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....

Elvis could not have come from humbler origins: Born in Tupelo, Mississippi, during the Depression, he grew up with the blues music of the rural South, the gospel music of local churches, and the country-western classics. Listen to learn more about Elvis....

This uplifting book is a heartfelt wish for all children and a timeless introduction to the Grammy Award-winning and multi platinum singer and songwriter. YOU ARE FEARLESS presents Taylor Swift’s inspirational journey, encouraging children to be fearless, defy limits, and follow their hearts....

Bob Marley was a reggae superstar who is considered to be one of the most influential musicians of all time....

How did a teenage actress become a Grammy-winning pop star? Find out in this Who HQ Now biography about Ariana Grande and her exciting career that spans the Broadway stage, television, and music to blockbuster movies....

Esta biografía no oficial cuenta la historia de este grupo de chicos coreanos que acarrea una legión de fans por el mundo entero...

Como era la vida diaria de ese niño, Mozart, que a los cinco años tocaba ante los reyes y componía sinfonías, es la base de esta dramatización....

¿Cómo una niña de clase trabajadora de Cuba se convirtió en un símbolo de libertad artística para los cubanoamericanos y en la "Reina de la Salsa"? ¡Descúbrelo en este nuevo libro para la bibliotheca de Who HQ!....

Born in Mississippi, a young kid named Elvis Presley came to Memphis as a teenager and changed music forever....

Discover why Selena, the Queen of Tejano music, became one of the most celebrated Mexican-American entertainers of the 20th century....

Born in Austria in 1756, Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart composed his first piece of music, a minuet, when he was just five years old! Soon after, he was performing for kings and emperors. Although he died at the young age of 35 Mozart left a legacy of more than 600 works....

From the moment Evelyn Glennie heard her first note, music held her heart. She played the piano by ear at age eight, and the clarinet by age ten. But soon, the nerves in her ears began to deteriorate, and Evelyn was told that, as a deaf girl, she could never be a musician.

There is only one Queen of Soul! Discover why Aretha Franklin garners so much R-E-S-P-E-C-T....

Want to know more about this talented star? Listen to learn all about Justin's family, his All New Mickey Mouse Club years, car collection, movie roles, Saturday Night Live appearances, and more....

Stevie Wonder is one of the most successful singer-songwriter-musicians of our time....

From the New York Times best-selling author of Little Leaders: Bold Women in Black History comes the highly anticipated follow-up, a beautifully illustrated collectible detailing the lives of women creators around the world....

Due to his wide range of musical talent and an incomparable career spanning forty-nine years, Johnny Cash has been inducted into the Country, Rock and Roll, Rockabilly, and Gospel Halls of Fame. He also won 18 Grammys and 9 Country Music Association Awards....