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Rock-and-roll woman : the 50 fiercest female rockers / Meredith Ochs.

By: Material type: TextTextPublisher: New York : Sterling, [2018]Copyright date: ©2018Description: 216 pages : illustrations (chiefly color) ; 26 cmContent type:
  • text
  • still image
Media type:
  • unmediated
Carrier type:
  • volume
ISBN:
  • 9781454930624
  • 1454930624
Other title:
  • Fifty fiercest female rockers
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Contents:
Sister Rosetta Tharpe -- Big Mama Thornton -- Wanda Jackson -- Aretha Franklin -- Ronnie Spector -- Tina Turner -- Janis Joplin -- Grace Slick -- Fanny -- Carole King -- Marianne Faithful -- Suzi Quatro -- Stevie Nicks & Christine McVie -- Ann & Nancy Wilson -- Linda Ronstadt -- Bonnie Raitt -- The Runaways -- Siouxsie Sioux -- The Slits -- Poison Ivy -- Patti Smith -- Tina Weymouth -- Debbie Harry -- Chrissie Hynde -- Pat Benatar -- Exene Cervenka -- Kim Gordon -- The Go-Go's -- Cyndi Lauper -- Annie Lennox -- The Bangles -- Melissa Etheridge -- Kim Deal -- L7 -- Kathleen Hanna -- Courtney Love -- PJ Harvey -- Sheryl Crow -- Alanis Morissette -- Gwen Stefani -- Shirley Manson -- Sleater-Kinney -- Susan Tedeschi -- Amy Winehouse -- Amy Lee -- Karen O -- Grace Potter -- St. Vincent -- Hayley Williams -- Brittany Howard.
Summary: From chanteuses to blues belters and guitar slingers, Ochs provides fifty female artists and groups. She shows how they not only illustrate the width and breadth of rock music-- they define it. Presented chronologically from the birth of rock today, these women rockers shook up the music scene. Their stories are inspirational-- and their art is timeless. -- adapted from back cover and introduction
List(s) this item appears in: The Day the Music Died
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Adult Book Adult Book Main Library NonFiction Adult Display - Second Floor 782.4216 O16 Black Music Month Available 33111009278694
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Enhanced descriptions from Syndetics:

"A must for rock and roll and women's studies enthusiasts.-- Library Journal

Celebrate the women who rock, with this fully illustrated tribute to 50 iconic female musicians and bands.



Award-winning radio personality Meredith Ochs takes an insightful look at 50 rock icons who indelibly shook up the music scene, whether solo or in a band. Profiling women from the 1950s to today, and from multiple genres, Ochs tells the dramatic stories behind their journeys to success, their music, and their enduring impact. More than 100 photographs make this a rich volume, and the idols include Aretha Franklin, Tina Turner, Grace Slick, Janis Joplin, Stevie Nicks, Heart, Chrissie Hynde, Patti Smith, Joan Jett and the Runaways, the Go-Go's, Karen O, Sleater-Kinney, Grace Potter, and more.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

From chanteuses to blues belters and guitar slingers, Ochs provides fifty female artists and groups. She shows how they not only illustrate the width and breadth of rock music-- they define it. Presented chronologically from the birth of rock today, these women rockers shook up the music scene. Their stories are inspirational-- and their art is timeless. -- adapted from back cover and introduction

Sister Rosetta Tharpe -- Big Mama Thornton -- Wanda Jackson -- Aretha Franklin -- Ronnie Spector -- Tina Turner -- Janis Joplin -- Grace Slick -- Fanny -- Carole King -- Marianne Faithful -- Suzi Quatro -- Stevie Nicks & Christine McVie -- Ann & Nancy Wilson -- Linda Ronstadt -- Bonnie Raitt -- The Runaways -- Siouxsie Sioux -- The Slits -- Poison Ivy -- Patti Smith -- Tina Weymouth -- Debbie Harry -- Chrissie Hynde -- Pat Benatar -- Exene Cervenka -- Kim Gordon -- The Go-Go's -- Cyndi Lauper -- Annie Lennox -- The Bangles -- Melissa Etheridge -- Kim Deal -- L7 -- Kathleen Hanna -- Courtney Love -- PJ Harvey -- Sheryl Crow -- Alanis Morissette -- Gwen Stefani -- Shirley Manson -- Sleater-Kinney -- Susan Tedeschi -- Amy Winehouse -- Amy Lee -- Karen O -- Grace Potter -- St. Vincent -- Hayley Williams -- Brittany Howard.

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