Who Wrote the Book of Love: The Stories Behind the Hits: From Chuck Berry to Chumbawamba

✍ Scribed by Crouse, Richard

• Book ID: 110011615
• Publisher: Doubleday Canada
• Year: 1998
• Tongue: en-US
• Weight: 2 MB
• Category: Fiction
• ISBN-13: 9780385674423

✦ Synopsis

¸ The words to Little Richard's "Tutti Frutti" were initially so risqué they had to be completely rewritten - in the hallway of the studio, as time was running out - before the song could be recorded. (He wrote the original version while working as a dishwasher in a bus station in Georgia.)

¸ Paul Simon's 1972 hit "Mother and Child Reunion" takes its name from an elaborate chicken and egg dish served at Say Eng Look Restaurant in New York City.

¸ Nirvana's huge hit "Smells Like Teen Spirit," interpreted by music critics and fans alike as an angst-ridden cry of teen rebellion, actually sprang from a bit of graffiti accusing Kurt Cobain of smelling like an antiperspirant for young women.

From the Trade Paperback edition.