365 Groovy Books Worth Reading

From: Deep Dish

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I Want My MTV: The Uncensored Story of the Music Video Revolution 

by 

Rob Tannenbaum 

and 

Craig Marks

2011

Rolling Stone says it best: "Here's all the dirt on MTV's early days, in one of the funniest books ever written about pop music." The book's cast of characters include Paula Abdul, Pat Benatar, Boy George, Cher, Debbie Harry, Janet Jackson, Billy Joel, Cyndi Lauper, Annie Lennox, Olivia Newton-John, Stevie Nicks, Rick Springfield, Donna Summer and, of course, original MTV VJs Nina Blackwood, Mark Goodman, Alan Hunter and Martha Quinn.