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Egan - the author
of acclaimed biographies of Jimi Hendrix and The Animals - has interviewed some of the
biggest names in songwriting history for the project, including Leiber & Stoller, Mann
& Weil, Greenwich & Barry, Chip Taylor, Holland-Dozier-Holland, Tony Macaulay and
Stock, Aitken & Waterman. Their anecdotes feature the likes of Elvis Presley, Phil
Spector, Eric Clapton, The Shangri-Las, Diana Ross and Jimi Hendrix. As well as the human
interest angle, there is considerable technical information about the craft of
composition. The result is a recounting of the history of post-Elvis popular music from an
intriguing and delightful lateral angle. |
