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A Comprehensive History of Love Songs

Oxford University Press

Ted Gioia spent many years writing a trilogy of books about music. 

That's probably okay by him… after all, the history of music took eons to make. 

Gioia may have saved the best for last… an examination of love songs through the ages, appropriately called Love Songs: The Hidden History

From the misty origins to "She Loves You (yeah yeah yeah)" and beyond, it's a rich vein. 

Ted joins us to mine it.  
 

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Geoffrey Riley is a graduate of the University of Missouri School of Journalism and has hosted the Jefferson Exchange on JPR since 2009. He's been a broadcaster in the Rogue Valley for more than 35 years, working in both television and radio.