Hits and Misses Crafting Top 40 Singles, 1963-1971

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Summary

A concise and insightful piece of popular music scholarship, analyzing the creative processes behind some very familiar hit singles from the 1960s.

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Introduction	p. vii
Acknowledgements	p. xiii
The Song	p. 1
Telling a Story	p. 3
Prosodic Tunes	p. 23
Guitar-Based Modalities	p. 47
The Recorded Work	p. 69
Bel Canto: The Unbroken Tradition	p. 71
Invention and Arrangement	p. 93
Transforming a Demo	p. 105
Hit-and-Miss Affair	p. 121
Notes	p. 143
Bibliography	p. 153
Discography	p. 163
Index	p. 169
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