Off the Record

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Synopsis
Can you remember exactly where you were the first time you heard "What a Wonderful World" and how it made you feel? Did you play Paul Williams's "We've Only Just Begun" at your wedding? Throughout time, certain songs and their lyrics have come to act as key emotional landmarks in our hearts and minds and continue to resonate throughout our lives. Graham Nash and Manuscript Originals present Off the Record, a premier collection of twenty-five of the most talented and successful songwriters of all time. These writers share their thoughts and memories about the creation of their classic songs, how they fell in love with music, their careers in the music business, and the art of songwriting in over two hundred beautifully designed pages of personal interviews illuminated with historical archival photographs of each artist and the first performers or groups to record the songs. In addition, each songwriter has personally created an original handwritten manuscript of the lyrics to his or her featured song, which is artfully displayed in that songwriter's chapter.Among the songwriters and songs included in Off the Record are Graham Nash on "Our House," Carole King on "I Feel the Earth Move," John Lee Hooker on "Boom Boom," Grace Slick on "White Rabbit," Ben E. King on "Stand by Me", Mac Davis on "In the Ghetto," Paul Williams on "We've Only Just Begun," Peter Yarrow on "Puff, the Magic Dragon," George David Weiss on "What a Wonderful World," Ervin Drake on "It Was a Very Good Year," Jimmie Davis on "You Are My Sunshine," and many more.Off the Record is a celebration of the art of songwriting, these twenty-five classic songs, and the lives and talents of their remarkable writers. We hope you will enjoy this musical journey through some of the most beloved songs of our times, which have impacted the lives of people throughout the world.
Copyright:
1993

Book Details

Book Quality:
Publisher Quality
ISBN-13:
9781497668669
Publisher:
Open Road Media
Date of Addition:
Copyrighted By:
Graham Nash, Manuscript Originals
Adult content:
No
Language:
English
Has Image Descriptions:
No
Categories:
Nonfiction, Business and Finance, Education, Music
Submitted By:
Bookshare Staff
Usage Restrictions:
This is a copyrighted book.

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