The Best Stories Behind the Top 20 Canadian Rock, Pop & Folk Songs

The hunger to know the stories behind great songs remains unabated in this voyeuristic age, as does the "listmania" to rank anything in Top 20 or Top 100 lists. The stories behind the Top 20 Canadian rock, pop, and folk music songs bring these standard hits back to life and invigorate debate over the greatest Canadian song. These songs were chosen based on the CBC Top 50 tracks, with extra input from Larry LeBlanc, Jim Brown, and other veteran music journalists, as well as some major artists, new and old. This book tells the story behind the song in the song writer's words, answers why this song caught our imagination and still holds it. It's innovative design includes many period music artifacts and photos, album covers, and lyric sheets. Featured Songs include Diana, Four Strong Winds, Suzanne, The Weight, Both Sides Now, Snowbird, Heart Of Gold, Northwest Passage, Turn Me Loose, Any Man of Mine, Born to be Wild, If had a Million Dollars, Tom Sawyer, Summer of '69, Constant Craving, Sundown, Takin' Care of Business, You Oughta Know, American Woman and more. Includes additional Top 20 lists: Top 20 West Coast and East Coast Songs; Top 20 One Hit Wonders; Top 20 Canadian Producers; Top 20 Most Played Canadian Songs; Top 20 Worst Songs, among others.