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Today we celebrate the birthday of the late, great Natalie Cole, an outstanding singer who – after spending several years scoring big hits on the pop charts with contemporary material – carved out her most substantial commercial success interpreter of other people’s songs, particularly those made popular by her legendary father, Nat King Cole. To commemorate the occasion, we thought we’d step into the Rhino Reading Room and remind you that Ms. Cole’s memoir is still out there and available for your perusal. Originally released in 2000, Angel on My Shoulder features the following synopsis withi

The idea of a band making it onto the cover of Rolling Stone before the world at large has even heard their music is something that would bring out the cynicism in just about any rock critic, but The MC5 – who, in case you hadn’t figured it out, were the band in question – delivered the good and became rock legends. In celebration of the band’s 50th anniversary, guitarist Wayne Kramer is reviving the band for what he’s describing as the MC50 Tour, but that’s not all he’s doing: he’s also releasing his memoir, The Hard Stuff: Dope, Crime, The MC5 & My Life of Impossibilities . Here’s the text t

No, this isn’t going to be a pitch for what would obviously be the best buddy comedy ever, but it is a return to the Rhino Reading Room to remind you of two artists from the Rhino catalog who are both celebrating birthdays this month and have written memoirs. You don’t necessarily have to be a big fan of both artists to keep reading, but if you enjoy getting immersed in the life stories of musicians, then you might just want to read about both of them! Tony Orlando, HALFWAY TO PARADISE : From Amazon.com: He's known the world over for his heyday with Dawn, but that glittering 1970's whirl was j

It’s time to venture back into the Rhino Reading Room, and this time we’re making an exception to the usual rule, which is to spotlight memoirs written by artists who’ve released at least one album on Rhino. In this instance, we’re focusing on a man who was responsible for an instrument that’s featured on quite a few notable recordings within our catalog – Robert Moog, who was born on this date in 1934 – and since he never got around to writing a memoir before his passing in 2005, we’re recommending a book about him instead: Analog Days: The Invention and Impact of the Moog Synthesizer , writt

It’s time to step back into the Rhino Reading Room and remind you of three artists from the Rhino catalog who are celebrating birthdays this month and have written memoirs. You don’t necessarily have to be a big fan of all of these artists to keep reading, but if you enjoy getting immersed in the life stories of musicians, then you might just want to read about all three of them! Laurie Anderson, All The Things I Lost In The Flood ( link ): “An icon of performance art and the indie-music world, this is the first book on the artist’s full career to date, as curated by the artist herself. Laurie

It’s time to return to the Rhino Reading Room to remind you of two artists from the Rhino catalog who are both celebrating birthdays this month and have written memoirs. You don’t necessarily have to be a big fan of both artists to keep reading, but if you enjoy getting immersed in the life stories of musicians, then you might just want to read about both of them! John Taylor, IN THE PLEASURE GROOVE: LOVE, DEATH & DURAN DURAN From Amazon.com: “John Taylor, Duran Duran’s co-founder, takes the reader on a wild ride through his life. From the eighties through today, from Rio to All You Need is No

We don’t know what it is about this feature that leads us to seemingly always end up featuring two guys who we could see teaming up for a buddy comedy, but that’s not what this is about. As ever, we’re returning to the Rhino Reading Room to remind you of two artists from the Rhino catalog who are both celebrating birthdays this month and have written memoirs. You don’t necessarily have to be a big fan of both artists to keep reading, but if you enjoy getting immersed in the life stories of musicians, then you might just want to read about both of them! Stephen Pearcy, SEX, DRUGS, RATT & ROLL F

It’s time to step back into the Rhino Reading Room and remind you of three artists from the Rhino catalog who are celebrating birthdays this month and have written memoirs. You don’t necessarily have to be a big fan of all of these artists to keep reading, but if you enjoy getting immersed in the life stories of musicians, then you might just want to read about all three of them! • Nik Turner, The Spirit of Hawkwind: 1969-1976 From Amazon: The definitive account of the most crucial years in the life of legendary space rock band Hawkwind as seen through the eyes of co-founder Nik Turner and tol

It’s time to step back into the Rhino Reading Room and remind you of two artists from the Rhino catalog who are celebrating birthdays this month and have written memoirs. You don’t necessarily have to be a big fan of either of these artists to keep reading, but if you enjoy getting immersed in the life stories of musicians, then you might just want to read about both of them! • Dave Stewart, SWEET DREAMS ARE MADE OF THESE : From Amazon: Dave Stewart’s life has been a wild ride—one filled with music, constant reinvention, and the never-ending drive to create. Growing up in industrial northern E

It’s time to take another trip into the Rhino Reading Room, where we celebrate artists from the Rhino catalog who are celebrating birthdays this month and have also written memoirs...or, as it is in this case, where the birthday boy – the late Darby Crash of the punk band The Germs – has had an acclaimed biography written about them. Lexicon Devil: The Fast Times and Short Life of Darby Crash and the Germs , by Brendan Mullen: From The Library Journal : “Since his heroin overdose in 1980, Darby Crash has become a symbol of punk irreverence, but his posthumous fame has tended to overshadow the