Subject: blues (Keywords)

Songs that sell the most copies become hits, but some of those hits become something more - iconic recordings that not only inspire a generation but also alter the direction of music. In this follow-up to his classic 'Anatomy of a Song', Marc Myers tells the stories behind 55 more rock, pop, R&B,...

Songs that sell the most copies become hits, but some of those hits become something more - iconic recordings that not only inspire a generation but also alter the direction of music. In this follow-up to his classic 'Anatomy of a Song', writer and music historian Marc Myers tells the stories beh...

Bessie Smith lived a life of extremes, of success as a great blues singer, and of great personal tragedy. Jackie Kay's biography concentrates on her torrid personal and public life of female lovers, an unhappy marriage and hard drinking.