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Product Identifiers

PublisherHachette Books

ISBN-100306832534

ISBN-139780306832536

eBay Product ID (ePID)24058798525

Product Key Features

Book TitleTell It like It Is : My Story

Number of Pages288 Pages

LanguageEnglish

Publication Year2023

TopicPersonal Memoirs, Composers & Musicians

IllustratorYes

GenreBiography & Autobiography

AuthorAaron Neville

FormatHardcover

Dimensions

Item Height1 in

Item Weight18 Oz

Item Length9.3 in

Item Width6.4 in

Additional Product Features

Intended AudienceTrade

LCCN2023-936814

Reviews"When Aaron Neville sings he is the mightiest of Archangels. The truth he's written in these pages is no less powerful. He tells his riveting story with all the triumphs and sorrows, joys and frustrations he has experienced in his eight decades of life."-- Linda Ronstadt

Dewey Edition23/eng/20230825

Dewey Decimal781.643092 B

SynopsisNAMED A BEST BOOK OF 2023 BY BEST CLASSIC BANDS For the first time, legendary singer and songwriter and Grammy Hall-of-Famer Aaron Neville tells his personal story of overcoming poverty, racism, addiction, and loss through faith, family, and music. Aaron Neville's first #1 hit, "Tell It Like it Is," was released in 1966. In the mid-70s he formed the Neville Brothers with Art, Charles, and Cyril--now known as the "First Family of New Orleans"--and they released more than a dozen influential albums. Given his one-of-a-kind, soaring falsetto, Aaron was the breakout star, and over the next six decades, he had four platinum albums, three #1 songs, numerous film and television appearances, and was inducted into the Grammy Hall of Fame in 2014. His triple-platinum duets with Linda Ronstadt (including the Grammy-Award-winning hit "I Don't Know Much") showcased the softer side of his voice, and the smoking hot funky soul of the Neville Brothers cemented his legacy as an R&B legend. But few people know the challenging and circuitous road Aaron took to fame. Born in a housing project in New Orleans of Black and Native American heritage, Aaron struggled as a teenage father working to raise a family while building his career as a musician, surviving a stint in jail for car theft and many years battling heroin addiction. Recognized by the dagger tattoo on his cheek and his St. Jude medallion earring, Neville credits St. Jude--the patron saint of lost cases--for turning his life around. He found healing and salvation in music. Aaron Neville is a man who by all accounts should not have made it. Tell It Like It Is shares his story for the first time.

LC Classification NumberML420.N465A3 2023