Marc Myers: Anatomy of a Song [2017] paperback ZCCLA and fried jam sandwiches

and fried jam sandwiches

Shortlisted for the Baillie Gifford Prize for Non-Fiction

in your pocket

with the coda of the Broadway cast addressing a new Republican vice-president from the stage

Marc Myers: Anatomy of a Song [2017] paperback ZCCLA and fried jam sandwichesSongs that sell the most copies become hits, but some of those hits transcend commercial value, touching a generation of listeners and altering the direction of music. In Anatomy of a Song, writer and music historian Marc Myers tells the stories behind fifty rock, pop, R&B, country and reggae hits through intimate interviews with the artists who wrote and recorded them. Mick Jagger, Jimmy Page, the Clash, Smokey Robinson, Grace Slick, Roger Waters,