The Girl in the Song: The True Stories Behind 50 Rock Classics Paperback – October 1, 2010

I saw a story on the news about the story behind Billy Joel's 'Uptown Girl' and it referenced this newly-released book. Came to Amazon & ordered it. It's just the neatest book! I enjoyed every single story, even for the very few songs (out of the 50 profiled) that I didn't know.Any music fan would really enjoy this; it's a quick read and you can't put it down. I hope the authors take note of my efforts on their behalf--I showed it to two other friends and between the three of us we've now ordered 11 of the books for Christmas gifts!

I bought this book for my daughter who was very pleased with it. It is an interesting collection of biographical history on some of the iconic women in the world of rock music.

I bought this as a present for my brother, who has been an avid music fan most of his life. He was very happy with the stories, many of which he hadn't heard before. If you want "the story behind the story" this book will not disappoint you.

This is the kind of book you browse through and find little interesting tidbits. However, I did read it cover to cover and enjoyed most of the stories about the girl in the songs. Funny how my favorite stories are about my favorite songs.

I liked the book. Some good, some not so good and some missing surprises...but the most important...why didn't they place the lyrics of the song they were talking about there? weird...anyways...stories are interesting, some know, some not so much. A good entertaining reading.

It was somewhat interesting. A lot of infidelity especially in the sixties

Interesting read about the story's behind the lyrics.

Very interesting book, it's cool to discover new songs (actually old songs). I didn't had knowledge many songs in the book, so I had to search at internet.

fun to read

Kurze und knackige Einblicke in die Beziehungen, die weltbekannte Songs inspirierten

One of those books which you can pick up and start reading anywhere. I knew certain aspects of most of these stories, but was intrigued and entertained by the detail provided by the authors. A good coffee table book.

perfect

Bought as a gift - recipient very pleased.