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The Guys Who Wrote 'em - Songwriting Geniuses of Rock and Pop (Paperback)
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The Guys Who Wrote 'em - Songwriting Geniuses of Rock and Pop (Paperback)
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Leiber & Stoller. Mann & Weil. Greenwich & Barry. Bobby
Hart. Chip Taylor. Holland-Dozier-Holland. Tony Macaulay. Stock,
Aitken & Waterman. Few would recognise them in the street but
they are responsible for some of the best-selling and most famous
songs of all time. From Jailhouse Rock to You've Lost That Lovin'
Feelin' to Leader Of The Pack to (Theme From) The Monkees to Reach
Out I'll Be There to Wild Thing to Build Me Up Buttercup to I
Should Be So Lucky, their melodies and lyrics are embedded in the
minds of music lovers worldwide. With the aid of lengthy and
exclusive interviews with some of the biggest names in the history
of rock and pop songwriting, Sean Egan's The Guys Who Wrote 'Em
seeks to put right the lack of recognition for compositional
geniuses who for most of their careers have chosen to use their
musical skills to help not themselves but others achieve stardom.
The result is a recounting of the story of post-Elvis popular music
from an intriguing and delightful lateral angle. Amongst those to
whom respected music journalist Egan has been granted access are
Jerry Leiber, Mike Stoller, Barry Mann, Cynthia Weil, Ellie
Greenwich, Jeff Barry, Eddie and Brian Holland, Lamont Dozier,
Bobby Hart, Joey Levine, Graham Gouldman, Chip Taylor, Tony
Macaulay, Nicky Chinn, Mike Stock and Matt Aitken. Their anecdotes
feature Elvis Presley, Phil Spector, Eric Clapton, The Shangri-Las,
Diana Ross, Jimi Hendrix and a host of other iconic figures. The
Guys Who Wrote 'Em is both the most comprehensive book ever written
about the 'bespoke songwriter' and the fascinating, untold story of
popular music. Extract to run in 'Record Collector' magazine and
reviews to appear in several musicmonthlies.
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