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Paul McCartney: The Stories Behind 50 Classic Songs, 1970-2020

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Paul McCartney: The Stories Behind 50 Classic Songs, 1970-2020 by Mike Evans delves into the inspiration and creation of fifty iconic songs written by Paul McCartney over five decades. It offers insights into McCartney's artistic process, personal experiences, and musical collaborations, providing readers with a rich background to his celebrated solo career. This biography and memoir reveal the stories behind the music, exploring how McCartney's work evolved over the years.
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You might enjoy this book if you're a fan of Paul McCartney and interested in the creative process behind his music. It offers a deep dive into the stories and inspirations for 50 iconic songs spanning five decades, providing fascinating insights into McCartney's solo career and collaborations beyond the Beatles. This engaging exploration would appeal to music lovers and those curious about the evolution of a legendary artist's work.

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Paul McCartney: The Stories Behind 50 Classic Songs, 1970-2020

Each song includes full session details, personnel lists and chart data and is described in detail, from original inspiration to the final release. Quotes from session musicians and studio personnel - and star guests such as Stevie Wonder, Elvis Costello and Kanye West - bring the making of every song to life, alongside a wealth of related photographs in and out of the studio.

Each song includes full session details, personnel lists and chart data and is described in detail, from original inspiration to the final release. Quotes from session musicians and studio personnel – and star guests such as Stevie Wonder, Elvis Costello and Kanye West – bring the making of every song to life, alongside a wealth of related photographs in and out of the studio.

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Paul McCartney's songwriting output as a member of the Beatles, mainly with his co-writer John Lennon, has been exhaustively documented over the years. Now, taking 50 key songs from his five-decade career since the break-up of the Fab Four, Paul McCartney: The Stories Behind 50 Classic Songs takes an in-depth look at the post-Sixties work of one of popular music's most versatile and prolific composers and performers.

Paul McCartney has been a genuine pop idol, a cutting-edge experimenter, and in later years recognised as an international musical treasure. The 50 selections from his vast songwriting catalogue highlighted in Paul McCartney: The Stories Behind 50 Classic Songs mark half a century of musical creativity by a true icon of popular music.

Each song includes full session details, personnel lists, and chart data, and is described in detail, from original inspiration to the final release. Quotes from session musicians, studio personnel, and star guests such as Stevie Wonder, Elvis Costello, and Kanye West bring the making of every song to life, alongside a wealth of related photographs in and out of the studio.

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INFORMATION

ISBN: 9781787397378

Publisher: Headline Publishing Group

Format: Hardback

Date Published: 02 September 2021

Country: United Kingdom

Imprint: Welbeck

Illustration: 125 b&w photos and illus

Audience: General / adult

DIMENSIONS

Spine width: 20.0mm

Width: 222.0mm

Height: 284.0mm

Weight: 1000g

Pages: 192

About the Author

A musician on the Sixties rock scene, Mike Evans began writing about popular music in the 1970s as a broadcaster in local radio and freelance writer, his work appearing in a variety of publications including Sounds, Cream, the Guardian, Elle and as a regular contributor to the UK's top music weekly newspaper Melody Maker. Since the late 1980s he has worked in book publishing (from 1989 to 2000 with Hamlyn/Octopus), commissioning and editing titles on rock 'n' roll, jazz, and popular culture. He wrote the much-acclaimed The Art of the Beatles (Muller Blond & White)in 1984, and the bestselling Elvis: A Celebration (DK) which he researched and wrote in collaboration with the Elvis Presley Estate in Memphis, and The Art of British Rock (Frances Lincoln) in 2010. Fleetwood Mac: The Definitive History (Sterling) was published in 2011, and in 2012 Neil Young (Sterling) and Ukulele Crazy (Anova). He lives and works in London, dividing his time between writing and a freelance editorial consultancy.

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