# The B Side

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- Book: [The B Side](https://www.bookquiver.com/ben-yagoda/the-b-side) ([The B Side.md](https://www.bookquiver.com/ben-yagoda/the-b-side.md))
- Authors: [Ben Yagoda](https://www.bookquiver.com/ben-yagoda)
- Publisher: riverhead_books
- ISBN: 978-15-9463-409-3
- Pages: 336
- Published: 2015-12-01
- Language: en_US
- Binding: Softcover

## Description

From an acclaimed cultural critic, a narrative and social history of the Great American Songwriting era. Everybody knows and loves the American Songbook. But it’s a bit less widely understood...