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Author
Publisher
Doubleday Books for Young Readers
Pub. Date
2023.
Language
English
Description
"Decades before Elvis Presley was dubbed the King of Rock and Roll, before Billy Haley played 'Rock Around the Clock,' and before the Beatles revolutionized popular music, there was Sister Rosetta Tharpe, a Black guitar player from Cotton Plant, Arksansas."--
Author
Publisher
Chronicle Books
Pub. Date
[2019]
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 4.3 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
Description
"This is the story of how Les Paul created the world's first solid- body electric guitar, countless other inventions that changed modern music, and one truly epic career in rock and roll. How to make a microphone? A broomstick, a cinderblock, a telephone, a radio. How to make an electric guitar? A record player's arm, a speaker, some tape. How to make a legendary inventor? A few tools, a lot of curiosity, and an endless faith in what is possible....
Author
Publisher
Atheneum Books for Young Readers
Pub. Date
[2021]
Language
Español
Description
"A Carlos Santana le encantaba escuchar a su padre tocar el viol̕n. Era un sonido que llenaba el mundo de magia, amor, sentimiento y curaci̤n; un sonido que hac̕a reales a los ̀ngeles. Carlos tambǐn quer̕a que los ̀ngeles fueran reales. As̕ que empez̤ a tocar". Carlos prob̤ el clarinete y el viol̕n, pero no hab̕a ̀ngeles. Luego tom̤ la guitarra. Tom̤ el alma del Blues, el cerebro del Jazz y la energ̕a del Rock and Roll, y agreg̤ el...
Author
Publisher
Clarion Books
Pub. Date
2010
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 5.6 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
Description
Before he became one of the greatest guitar players of all time, Jimi Hendrix was a boy who loved to paint and listen to records, and who asked himself an unusual question: could someone paint pictures with sound?
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