Title:
Anatomy of 55 more songs : the oral history of top hits that changed rock, pop and soul
Author:
Edition:
First edition.
First Grove Atlantic hardcover edition.
Publication Date:
2022
Publication Information:
New York : Grove Press, 2022.
©2022
Physical Description:
xiii, 368 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm
ISBN:
9780802160201
Abstract:
In Anatomy of 55 More Songs, based on his column for the Wall Street Journal, music journalist and historian Marc Myers tells the story behind fifty-five rock, pop, R&B, country, and soul-gospel hits through intimate interviews with the artists who wrote and recorded them.
Contents:
Walk on by / Dionne Warwick -- Dancing in the street / Martha and the Vandellas -- Sunshine Superman / Donovan -- Good vibrations / The Beach Boys -- Up, up and away / The 5th Dimension -- Get together / The Youngbloods -- The weight / The Band -- Fire / The Crazy World of Arthur Brown -- Bad moon rising / Creedence Clearwater Revival -- Crystal blue persuasion / Tommy James and the Shondells -- Ain't no mountain high enough / Diana Ross -- Paranoid / Black Sabbath -- Truckin' / Grateful Dead -- I'm eighteen / Alice Cooper -- Bang a gong (Get it on) / T. Rex -- Roundabout / Yes -- Doctor my eyes / Jackson Browne -- Long cool woman in a black dress / The Hollies -- Rocket man / Elton John -- Papa was a rollin' stone / The Temptations -- I'll be around / The Spinners -- Killing me softly with his song / Roberta Flack -- Smoke on the water / Deep Purple -- Hello it's me / Todd Rundgren -- She's gone / Hall and Oates -- Come and get your love / Redbone -- Sundown / Gordon Lightfoot -- I'm not in love / 10CC -- Love is the drug / Roxy Music -- The boys are back in town / Thin Lizzy -- Fly like an eagle / Steve Miller Band -- Year of the cat / Al Stewart -- Barracuda / Heart -- Nobody does it better / Carly Simon -- Peg / Steely Dan -- My best friend's girl / The Cars -- The gambler / Kenny Rogers -- September / Earth, Wind & Fire -- What a fool believes / The Doobie Brothers -- Accidents will happen / Elvis Costello -- The devil went down to Georgia / The Charlie Daniels Band -- Good times / Chic -- Highway to hell / AC/DC -- Cars / Gary Numan -- On the radio / Donna Summer -- Bad reputation / Joan Jett -- Rapture / Blondie -- Don't stop believin' / Journey -- Steppin' out / Joe Jackson -- Burning down the house / Talking Heads -- The power of love / Huey Lewis and the News -- Small town / John Mellencamp -- Take it so hard / Keith Richards -- Being boring / Pet Shop Boys -- If it makes you happy / Sheryl Crow.
Language:
English