The Life of a Song
The stories behind 100 of the world's best-loved songs
$22.50
- Paperback
384 pages
- Release Date
18 October 2022
Summary
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 ly…
Book Details
| ISBN-13: | 9781399800587 |
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| ISBN-10: | 1399800582 |
| Author: | Jan Dalley, David Cheal |
| Publisher: | John Murray Press |
| Imprint: | John Murray Publishers Ltd |
| Format: | Paperback |
| Number of Pages: | 384 |
| Release Date: | 18 October 2022 |
| Weight: | 271g |
| Dimensions: | 196mm x 128mm x 28mm |
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About The Author
Jan Dalley
David Cheal has been reviewing music since the early 1980s, and was a pop critic for the Daily Telegraph for 20 years. He now works on the Financial Times arts pages, where he writes and commissions the weekly Life of a Song column and also contributes reviews and features. When he was growing up, he wanted to be Jack Bruce but never got round to learning how to play the bass.
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