Interviews with 25 songwriters, selected for one particular song each. Accompanying CDs contain audio interviews (track listing inside front cover of book).
Richard Addrisi: Never my love -- Randy Bachman: American woman -- L. Russell Brown: Tie a yellow ribbon round the old oak tree -- Wayne Carson: The letter -- Steve Cropper: (Sittin' on) The dock of the bay -- David Crosby: Wooden ships -- Sonny Curtis: I fought the law -- Jimmie Davis: You are my sunshie -- Mac Davis: In the ghetto -- Ervin Drake: It was a very good year -- John Claude Gummoe: Rhythm of the rain -- Larry Henly/Jeff Silbar: The wind beneath my wings -- John Lee Hooker: Boom boom -- Waylon Jennings: Good hearted woman -- Merle Kilgore: Ring of fire -- Ben E. King: Stand by me -- Carole King: I feel the earth move -- Graham Nash: Our house -- John Sebastian: Do you believe in magic -- Grace Slick: White rabbit -- Eddie Snyder: Strangers in the night -- Billy Steinberg/Tom Kelly: True colors -- George David Weiss: What a wonderful world -- Paul Williams: We've only just begun -- Peter Yarrow: Puff, the magic dragon