Life of a Song Volume 1

Who knew that Paul McCartney originally referred to Yesterday as ''Scrambled Eggs'' because he couldn''t think of any lyrics for his heart-breaking tune? Or that Patti LaBelle didn''t know what ''Voulez-vous couches avec moi ce soir?'' actually meant?

These and countless other fascinating back stories of some of our best-known and best-loved songs fill this book, a collection of the highly successf...