A Hard Day's Write

"The first pop performers to write their own material, the Beatles raised the quality of song-writing beyond the banal to stand alongside the greats of the golden age of song, Gershwin, Porter, and Berlin. Their lyrics are among the most analysed in pop history. Rock journalist Steve Turner reveals the tgrue tales behing the Beatles' songs. Not hearsay, opinion or sensation -- but truth as revealed through in-depth interviews with the real-life subjects of the songs and the people who were at the heart of the Beatles' world" -- From back cover.