Stardust Melodies: The Biography of Twelve of America's Most Popular Songs
Pantheon Books, April 2002. Hardcover. In "Stardust Melodies," Will Friedwald takes each of these legendary songs apart and puts it together again, with a staggering wealth of detail and unprecedented understanding. Each chapter gives us an extended history of one song--the circumstances under which it was written and first performed--and..... More