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Chicken Soup for the Soul: Country Music: The Inspirational Stories behind 101 of Your Favorite Country Songs
You’ll love reading these inspirational and entertaining stories behind 101 of your favorite country songs.
You’ll laugh, cry, and be amazed as you read the personal stories behind 101 of your favorite country hits, told by the performers and the songwriters.
You’ll laugh, cry, and be amazed as you read the personal stories behind 101 of your favorite country hits, told by the performers and the songwriters.
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416 pages, Paperback
First published May 3, 2011
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Jack Canfield
1,286 books1,751 followersJack Canfield is an American motivational speaker and author. He is best known as the co-creator of the "Chicken Soup for the Soul" book series, which currently has over 124 titles and 100 million copies in print in over 47 languages. According to USA Today, Canfield and his writing partner, Mark Victor Hansen, were the top-selling authors in the United States in 1997.
Canfield received a BA in Chinese History from Harvard University and a Masters from University of Massachusetts. He has worked as a teacher, a workshop facilitator, and a psychotherapist.
Canfield is the founder of "Self Esteem Seminars" in Santa Barbara, and "The Foundation for Self Esteem" in Culver City, California. The stated mission of Self Esteem Seminars is to train entrepreneurs, educators, corporate leaders and employees to achieve their personal and professional goals. The focus of The Foundation for Self Esteem is to train social workers, welfare recipients and human resource professionals.
In 1990,he shared with author Mark Victor Hansen his idea for the Chicken Soup for the Soul series. After three years, the two had compiled sixty-eight stories.
Canfield has appeared on numerous television shows, including Good Morning America, 20/20, Eye to Eye, CNN's Talk Back Live, PBS, The Oprah Winfrey Show, The Montel Williams Show, Larry King Live and the BBC.
Canfield's most recent book, The Success Principles (2005), shares 64 principles that he claims can make people more successful. In 2006, he appeared in the DVD, "The Secret," and shared his insights on the Law of Attraction and tips for achieving success in personal and professional life.
Jack Canfield was born on August 19, 1944, in Fort Worth, TX. He is the son of Elmer and Ellen (a homemaker; maiden name, Taylor). He attended high school at Linsly Military Institute, Wheeling, WV, 1962. He went to college at Harvard University, B.A., 1966; University of Massachusetts at Amherst, M.Ed., 1973. Canfield married Judith Ohlbaum in 1971 (divorced, November 1976); he married Georgia Lee Noble on September 9, 1978 (divorced, December 1999); he married Inga Marie Mahoney on July 4, 2001; children: (first marriage) Oran, David, Kyle, Dania; (second marriage) Christopher Noble. He is a Democrat and a Christian, and his hobbies include tennis, travel, skiing, running, billiards, reading, and guitar.
Canfield received a BA in Chinese History from Harvard University and a Masters from University of Massachusetts. He has worked as a teacher, a workshop facilitator, and a psychotherapist.
Canfield is the founder of "Self Esteem Seminars" in Santa Barbara, and "The Foundation for Self Esteem" in Culver City, California. The stated mission of Self Esteem Seminars is to train entrepreneurs, educators, corporate leaders and employees to achieve their personal and professional goals. The focus of The Foundation for Self Esteem is to train social workers, welfare recipients and human resource professionals.
In 1990,he shared with author Mark Victor Hansen his idea for the Chicken Soup for the Soul series. After three years, the two had compiled sixty-eight stories.
Canfield has appeared on numerous television shows, including Good Morning America, 20/20, Eye to Eye, CNN's Talk Back Live, PBS, The Oprah Winfrey Show, The Montel Williams Show, Larry King Live and the BBC.
Canfield's most recent book, The Success Principles (2005), shares 64 principles that he claims can make people more successful. In 2006, he appeared in the DVD, "The Secret," and shared his insights on the Law of Attraction and tips for achieving success in personal and professional life.
Jack Canfield was born on August 19, 1944, in Fort Worth, TX. He is the son of Elmer and Ellen (a homemaker; maiden name, Taylor). He attended high school at Linsly Military Institute, Wheeling, WV, 1962. He went to college at Harvard University, B.A., 1966; University of Massachusetts at Amherst, M.Ed., 1973. Canfield married Judith Ohlbaum in 1971 (divorced, November 1976); he married Georgia Lee Noble on September 9, 1978 (divorced, December 1999); he married Inga Marie Mahoney on July 4, 2001; children: (first marriage) Oran, David, Kyle, Dania; (second marriage) Christopher Noble. He is a Democrat and a Christian, and his hobbies include tennis, travel, skiing, running, billiards, reading, and guitar.
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September 1, 2011
Y'all I do live in Texas....born n' bred as they say. Even more so since I was born in Pecos Texas....home of Judge Roy Bean and home of the world's first rodeo. And you would think that I owned many pairs of jeans, a pair of cowboy boots and the regulation cowboy hat. But no! I hardly ever wear jeans, never have had a pair of boots or a cowboy hat. Yet I am Texan through and through.
Also there is the love of Friday night football and scooting a boot to country music. Again I fall short. If my daughter was in the band I was at the game. Once that was done I have not seen another football game here or elsewhere. And I have never ever ever enjoyed a country bar for dancing. But I do have to say that I do have a few choice favorite country songs. Ones that must have been just the right song at just the right time.
Well Kenny Chesney has a song titled "You Had Me from Hello". And this one spoke to me when I remember how Dear Hubby and I met up. You see we were both at a funeral, actually the dinner after the funeral. I heard his voice and my head turned to see who owned such a soft smooth sound. It was like warm dripping honey....sweet as can be. I was so thrilled when he and his mother sat at the table I was at with my great uncle. Dear Hubby said "Hello." and that was the beginning of our life together.
Kenny and songwriter Skip Ewing say it best in the lyrics.
One word, that's all was said,
Something in your voice called me, turned my head.
Your smile captured me, you were in my future as far as I could see.
And I dont know how it happened, but it happens still.
You ask me if I love you, if I always will.........
Well, you had me from "Hello"
I felt love start to grow the moment I looked into your eyes,
You won me, it was over from the start.
You completely stole my heart, and now you won't let go.
I never even had a chance you know?
You had me from "Hello"
Inside I built a wall so high around my heart, I thought I'd never fall.
One touch, you brought it down
Bricks of my defenses scattered on the ground
And I swore to me that I wasn't going to love again
The last time was the last time I'd let someone in.
It was great to get a chance to see how this song came about. I was reading it in Chicken Soup for the Soul: Country Music. Skip telling how Kenny heard the phrase 'You had me at hello" in the movie Jerry McGuire. And how it was built from there. Of course as it always goes....Kenny got the girl and Skip got a lil credit for writing the song. But more so....this one song so captures the way I feel about my Dear Hubby.
I might not be a big one for country music. But I am a sucker for a song that tells just the way your heart feels. Lyrics that twist and turn in such a way that tears run down your face and your not ashamed of it. I have been enjoying learning the background of so many of these songs in the Chicken Soup for the Soul: Country Music book. And you know what, I bet you would find many of your own favorite songs there too.
Also there is the love of Friday night football and scooting a boot to country music. Again I fall short. If my daughter was in the band I was at the game. Once that was done I have not seen another football game here or elsewhere. And I have never ever ever enjoyed a country bar for dancing. But I do have to say that I do have a few choice favorite country songs. Ones that must have been just the right song at just the right time.
Well Kenny Chesney has a song titled "You Had Me from Hello". And this one spoke to me when I remember how Dear Hubby and I met up. You see we were both at a funeral, actually the dinner after the funeral. I heard his voice and my head turned to see who owned such a soft smooth sound. It was like warm dripping honey....sweet as can be. I was so thrilled when he and his mother sat at the table I was at with my great uncle. Dear Hubby said "Hello." and that was the beginning of our life together.
Kenny and songwriter Skip Ewing say it best in the lyrics.
One word, that's all was said,
Something in your voice called me, turned my head.
Your smile captured me, you were in my future as far as I could see.
And I dont know how it happened, but it happens still.
You ask me if I love you, if I always will.........
Well, you had me from "Hello"
I felt love start to grow the moment I looked into your eyes,
You won me, it was over from the start.
You completely stole my heart, and now you won't let go.
I never even had a chance you know?
You had me from "Hello"
Inside I built a wall so high around my heart, I thought I'd never fall.
One touch, you brought it down
Bricks of my defenses scattered on the ground
And I swore to me that I wasn't going to love again
The last time was the last time I'd let someone in.
It was great to get a chance to see how this song came about. I was reading it in Chicken Soup for the Soul: Country Music. Skip telling how Kenny heard the phrase 'You had me at hello" in the movie Jerry McGuire. And how it was built from there. Of course as it always goes....Kenny got the girl and Skip got a lil credit for writing the song. But more so....this one song so captures the way I feel about my Dear Hubby.
I might not be a big one for country music. But I am a sucker for a song that tells just the way your heart feels. Lyrics that twist and turn in such a way that tears run down your face and your not ashamed of it. I have been enjoying learning the background of so many of these songs in the Chicken Soup for the Soul: Country Music book. And you know what, I bet you would find many of your own favorite songs there too.
May 31, 2017
This book gave me a greater appreciation for songwriters. I can't get over their talent and am awed by their ability to bring words and melodies together. This book also gave me a better understanding of the music production process. Reading a few of the sad songs made me cry. Overall, I liked the book, but some of the stories became repetitive and, therefore, a bit boring.
June 26, 2018
I loved reading about the stories behind so many of the songs that I grew up listening to - and still love now. I spent so much time looking the songs up and listening to them as I was reading the stories. There are many songs that I haven’t heard in a long time, and it was so much fun being able to revisit with them. I’m so glad that I picked up this book.
November 5, 2017
Best chicken soup for the soul ever! I have a greater appreciation for the songwriters and loved reading the ideas behind the songs. I had to look many songs up on YouTube after I read the story. And I need to buy myself an ITunes gift card!
March 5, 2019
Very interesting read. It caught my eye in the bookstore after having listened to Bobby Braddock on an episode of Malcolm Gladwell’s podcast “Revisionist History.” It gives background stories to a lot of the songs I loved growing up.
August 24, 2021
Wasn't fimilar with all the songs but its always nice to learn about the songs from before my time as well
January 9, 2022
have been reading this off & on for a bit - just finished. really enjoyed reading Don't remember when i actually started.
June 3, 2022
The book is just a bunch of 2 page paragraphs about songs. It was hard to finish, but it was kinda interesting
June 23, 2012
Mi primera reacción cuando tuve este libro en mis manos fue “Hummmmm, no creo que me guste”.
Soy argentina y siempre viví en mi país, por lo que mi relación con el country (y con casi cualquier género musical) es nula. Pero me senté a leer un libro con la curiosidad de conocer un poquito del tema.
Sintetizando: no me compraría un CD ni iría a un concierto de country de motus propio, pero tengo que reconocer que este fue el libro que más me gustó de los Chicken soup for the soul he leído hasta ahora (casi 20 entre ediciones en español y en inglés) porque aprendí mucho de él y no sólo tuve una lectura recreativa como en los anteriores.
Más datos sobre este libro en la reseña que hice en mi blog:
http://www.dayanabarrionuevo.com/rese...
Soy argentina y siempre viví en mi país, por lo que mi relación con el country (y con casi cualquier género musical) es nula. Pero me senté a leer un libro con la curiosidad de conocer un poquito del tema.
Sintetizando: no me compraría un CD ni iría a un concierto de country de motus propio, pero tengo que reconocer que este fue el libro que más me gustó de los Chicken soup for the soul he leído hasta ahora (casi 20 entre ediciones en español y en inglés) porque aprendí mucho de él y no sólo tuve una lectura recreativa como en los anteriores.
Más datos sobre este libro en la reseña que hice en mi blog:
http://www.dayanabarrionuevo.com/rese...
August 14, 2012
I think I would've given this book 3.5 stars if that was an option, only because I tended to skip some of the songs I didn't know. Four stars seems a bit enthusiastic when you didn't actually read it cover to cover, but the songs I do know and read made up for the ones I don't know. Now, these songs have even more meaning behind them. A lot of these already held a special place in my heart because of their personal meaning to me. I think this is a book I'll come back to and re-read the stories behind the songs that mean the most to me. I don't listen to country music as much as I used to, and some of the songs hold so much sentimental value for me that they're hard to listen to. But to me, country music will always be the best genre when it comes to beautiful melodies combined with lyrics that haunt you. It's music that can inspire you and make you cry all at once.
June 23, 2012
This book contains the behind the scenes story about 101 Country Songs, some of the songs you listen to only one chord and you recognize it, some of them you don´t, and it´s a great way to discover new music to fall for.
One interesting thing about this particular Chicken Soup book is that it is organized by alphabet, it has a picture of the author, the song title, who tells the story, who wrote the lyrics, who wrote the melody and who recorded the song. Then the story behind it, and then the lyrics. Very well rounded.
Complete review here http://seriesandtv.com/chicken-soup-f...
One interesting thing about this particular Chicken Soup book is that it is organized by alphabet, it has a picture of the author, the song title, who tells the story, who wrote the lyrics, who wrote the melody and who recorded the song. Then the story behind it, and then the lyrics. Very well rounded.
Complete review here http://seriesandtv.com/chicken-soup-f...
August 24, 2011
Wow awesome! I always wondered what the reason for some songs were. I am very blessed to have the opportunity to win and read such a wonderful book.
October 6, 2014
it would have been 5 stars but I skipped over the sings I wasn't familiar with, so I'm saying 4! Great stories behind some if my favorite songs though!
November 27, 2015
It was a good book. The reason I gave it a 3 star was the majority of songs was ones before my time.
December 9, 2016
loved it has explanations on where they get their songs and ideas from...
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