The girl from the song
The girl from the song: Angie, Lola, Rita, Suzanne and Maggie May - and the story behind it (original title: The Girl in the Song: The True Stories Behind 50 Classic Pop Songs ) is a book published by Schwarzkopf & Schwarzkopf Verlag by British music journalist and historian Michael Heatley from 2010.
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The author tells the creation stories of 50 famous songs in pop and rock history. In 50 short chapters it describes which song was inspired by which woman, explains the relationship between artist and muse and reports on what has become of "the girls from the song" - where and how they live today, how the respective song their life influenced and whether they are still in contact with the stars whom they once helped to make world hits.
The 50 songs
- Angie - The Rolling Stones
- Beware of Young Girls - Dory Previn
- Brilliant Disguise - Bruce Springsteen
- Carrie Anne - The Hollies
- Chelsea Hotel No. 2 - Leonard Cohen
- Dear Prudence - The Beatles
- Diana - Paul Anka
- Don't Think Twice, It's All Right - Bob Dylan
- Every Breath You Take - The Police
- Femme Fatale - The Velvet Underground
- Fire and Rain - James Taylor
- Five Years Old - Loudon Wainwright III
- Hearts and Bones - Paul Simon
- Hey Negrita - The Rolling Stones
- In the Air Tonight - Phil Collins
- Irene Wilde - Ian Hunter
- It Ain't Me Babe - Bob Dylan
- It Ain't Over 'Til It's Over - Lenny Kravitz
- Je t'aime… moi non plus - Jane Birkin and Serge Gainsbourg
- Jennifer Juniper - Donovan
- Lola - The Kinks
- Lovely Rita - The Beatles
- Lucy in the Sky with Diamonds - The Beatles
- Maggie May - Rod Stewart
- Maybe I'm Amazed - Paul McCartney
- Miss Amanda Jones - The Rolling Stones
- Moses - Coldplay
- Mrs. Potter's Lullaby - Counting Crows
- My Sharona - The Knack
- Our House - David Crosby , Stephen Stills , Graham Nash and Neil Young
- Peggy Sue - Buddy Holly
- Philadelphia Freedom - Elton John
- The Prettiest Star - David Bowie
- Rikki Don't Lose That Number - Steely Dan
- Rosanna - Toto
- Sara - Fleetwood Mac
- See Emily Play - Pink Floyd
- She's Leaving Home - The Beatles
- Something / Layla - George Harrison and Eric Clapton
- Suite: Judy Blue Eyes - Crosby, Stills and Nash
- Suzanne - Leonard Cohen
- Sweet Caroline - Neil Diamond
- Sweetest Thing - U2
- Sweet Child o 'Mine - Guns N' Roses
- The Girl from Ipanema - Antônio Carlos Jobim / Vinícius de Moraes
- Tiny Dancer - Elton John
- Turn Your Lights Down Low - Bob Marley
- Under My Thumb - The Rolling Stones
- Uptown Girl - Billy Joel
- Wonderwall - Oasis
bibliography
- Michael Heatley: The girl from the song: Angie, Lola, Rita, Suzanne and Maggie May - and what story is behind it . Schwarzkopf & Schwarzkopf Verlag, Berlin 2010, ISBN 978-3-89602-579-1 .
- Michael Heatley & Frank Hopkinson: The guy from the song - "Hey Jude", "Man On The Moon", "Rolling In The Deep" ... and what true stories are hidden behind them . Pendant , also published by Schwarzkopf & Schwarzkopf Verlag, Berlin 2012, ISBN 978-3-86265-170-2 .
Web links
- Lucy, I have a song for you - book review of the Süddeutsche Zeitung
- The love story behind the songs ( Memento from September 26, 2010 in the Internet Archive ) - book review of the star
- Musicians and their muses - book review on derwesten.de