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Myers, Marc, 1956-
Subjects
Popular music -- History and criticism.
Rock music -- History and criticism.
Rhythm and blues music -- History and criticism.
Musicians -- Interviews.
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Myers, Marc, 1956-
Popular music -- History and criticism.
Rock music -- History and criticism.
Rhythm and blues music -- History and criticism.
Musicians -- Interviews.
MARC Display
Anatomy
of a
song
: the
oral
history
of
45
iconic
hits
that
changed
rock
,
R
&B and
pop
/ Marc Myers.
by
Myers, Marc, 1956-
Call #:
781.6409 M996a
Subjects
Popular music --
History
and criticism.
Rock
music --
History
and criticism.
Rhythm and blues music --
History
and criticism.
Musicians -- Interviews.
ISBN:
9780802125590 (hc.)
Edition:
First Grove Atlantic hardcover edition.
Description:
xii, 323 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm
Contents:
Lawdy Miss Clawdy / Lloyd Price -- K.C. Loving / Little Willie Littlefield -- Shout / The Isley Brothers -- Please Mr. Postman / The Marvelettes -- Runaround Sue / Dion DiMucci -- Chapel of love / The Dixie Cups -- You really got me / The Kinks -- You've lost that lovin' feelin' / The Righteous Brothers -- My girl / The Temptations -- Reach out I'll be there / The Four Tops -- Darling be home soon / John Sebastian -- Light my fire / The Doors -- Groovin' / The Young Rascals -- White rabbit / Jefferson Airplane -- Different drum / The Stone Poneys -- (Sittin' on) The dock of the bay / Otis Redding -- Fist City / Loretta Lynn -- Street fighting man / The Rolling Stones -- Stand by your man / Tammy Wynette -- Magic carpet ride / Steppenwolf -- Proud Mary / Creedence Clearwater Revival -- Oh happy day / The Edwin Hawkins Singers -- Suspicious minds / Elvis Presley -- Whole lotta love / Led Zeppelin -- Mercedes Benz / Janis Joplin -- Moonlight mile / The Rolling Stones -- Maggie May / Rod Stewart -- Carey / Joni Mitchell -- Respect yourself / The Staple Singers -- The harder they come / Jimmy Cliff -- Midnight train to Georgia / Gladys Knight and The Pips -- Ramblin' man / The Allman Brothers --
Rock
the boat / The Hues Corporation -- Walk this way / Aerosmith -- Love's in need of love today / Stevie Wonder -- Deacon blues / Steely Dan -- (The angels wanna wear my) Red shoes / Elvis Costello -- Heart of glass / Blondie -- Another brick in the wall / Pink Floyd -- London calling / The Clash -- Brother John/Iko Iko / The Neville Brothers -- Big city / Merle Haggard -- Time after time / Cyndi Lauper -- Nick of time / Bonnie Raitt -- Losing my religion /
R
.E.M.
Summary:
Believing that every great
song
has a fascinating backstory, Myers brings to life five decades of music through
oral
histories of forty-five transformative songs woven from interviews with the artists who created them.From "Lawdy Miss Clawdy" by Lloyd Price to "Losing my religion" by
R
.E.M., leading artists reveal the emotions, inspirations, and techniques behind their influential works. The result is a love letter to the songs that have defined generations.
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