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John Murray Press
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August 2022
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Published
August 2022
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Discover the stories behind the songs
THE LIFE OF A SONG contains the stories of 100 songs exploring each song's biography and how they took on a new life following their release. Packed with intriguing factoids, these bite-sized essays will delight music fans and send you scurrying back to listen to the songs in all their beauty and mystery.
Who knew that Paul McCartney originally referred to Yesterday as 'Scrambled Eggs' because he couldn't think of any lyrics for his heart-breaking tune? Or that Patti LaBelle didn't know what 'Voulez-vous coucher avec moi ce soir?' actually meant? These and countless other back stories fill this book.
Each 600-word piece gives a mini-biography of a single song, from its earliest form through the various covers and changes, often morphing from one genre to another, always focusing on the 'biography' of the song itself while including the many famous artists who have performed or recorded it.
This book collects 100 of the best pieces from the highly successful The Life of a Song columns from the FT Weekend every Saturday. Inside you'll find rock, pop, folk, jazz and more. Each piece is pithy, sparkily written, knowledgeable, entertaining, full of anecdotes and surprises. They combine deep musical knowledge with the vivid background of the performers and musicians, and of course the often intriguing social and political background against which the songs were created.
Authors
Jan Dalley +1
Book Format
Paperback / softback
Publisher
John Murray Press
Published
August 2022
Weight
271g
Dimensions
128 x 196 x 28 mm
ISBN
9781399800587
ISBN-10
1399800582
Eden Code
5684107
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ISBN: 9781399800587
Publisher: John Murray Press
Release Date: August 2022
Weight: 271g
Dimensions: 128 x 196 x 28 mm
Eden Code: 5684107