Book description
Recounts the stories of how rock and roll songs were written, recorded, and became popular
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Why read it?
1 author picked Behind the Hits as one of their favorite books. Why do they recommend it?
I was a devoted fan of Bob Shannon on WCBS-FM Radio in New York City for decades. He was right up there with Alan Freed and Murray the K.
And he wrote Behind the Hits back in the 1980s, a gift to the future, including me, a gift to anyone who wants to know more about a song that they danced to as a kid, or found themselves humming or singing to themself or someone else on a moonlit summer night.
From Paul's list on The best books about rock music.
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