The life of a song : the stories behind 50 more of the world's best-loved songs. Volume 2
2018
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If The Kinks' 'Waterloo Sunset' had been released under its original title, 'Liverpool Sunset', would it have had the same impact? Was 'Greensleeves' really written by Henry VIII? And how did The White Stripes' 'Seven Nation Army' become globally adopted as a football chant? Like its bestselling predecessor, this volume contains the stories of 50 songs that unearth each song's biography. These are also the stories of how songs took on new life following their release: how, for instance, 'Wild Thing' helped launch the career of Jimi Hendrix in America. Packed with intriguing factoids, these bite-sized essays will delight music lovers and send you scurrying back to listen to the songs in all their beauty and mystery.
Main title:
The life of a song : the stories behind 50 more of the world's best-loved songs. Volume 2 / edited by David Cheal and Jan Dalley.
Author:
Cheal, David, editorDalley, Jan, editor
Imprint:
London : Brewer's, 2018.
Collation:
xvi, 191 pages : illustrations (black and white) ; 23 cm
Notes:
At foot of title: Financial Times.Includes index.
ISBN:
9781473668270 (hbk)
Dewey class:
782.42164782.421
LC class:
ML3470
Local class:
782.42164
Language:
English
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BRN:
2317319
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