02623cam a2200313 4500 526121430 TxAuBib 20211106120000.0 ||||||s2017||||||||||||||||||||||||und|u 9781473670488 1473670489 B0769ZTK75 Amazon 530a7b82-51de-4d00-aa9a-30c72bd6e45d OverDrive (Reserve ID) 3360298 OverDrive (Product ID) TxAuBib Dalley, Jan. Life of a Song [Libby] : The Fascinating Stories behind 50 of the Worlds Best-loved Songs. Quercus, 2017. Format: OverDrive Adobe EPUB eBook, Filesize: 1978kB. Format: OverDrive Kindle Book. Format: OverDrive OverDrive Read, Filesize: 1978kB. Performing Arts. Nonfiction. HTML:<br /> 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 couches avec moi ce soir?' actually meant?<br /> These and countless other fascinating back stories of some of our best-known and best-loved songs fill this book, a collection of the highly successful weekly <i>The Life of a Song</i> columns that appear in the FT Weekend every Saturday.<br /> Each 600-word piece gives a mini-biography of a single song, from its earliest form (often a spiritual, or a jazz number), 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.<br /> The selection covers a wide spectrum of the songs we all know and love - 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. Media Type: eBook. Importer Version: 2014-01-08.01 Import Date: 2021-11-04 17:40:22. https://samples.overdrive.com/?crid=530a7b82-51de-4d00-aa9a-30c72bd6e45d&.epub-sample.overdrive.com Excerpt (Adobe EPUB eBook) https://samples.overdrive.com/?crid=530a7b82-51de-4d00-aa9a-30c72bd6e45d&.epub-sample.overdrive.com Excerpt (Kindle Book) https://samples.overdrive.com/?crid=530a7b82-51de-4d00-aa9a-30c72bd6e45d&.epub-sample.overdrive.com Excerpt (OverDrive Read)