Naked Lunch
10cc's Graham Gouldman & Shelly Peiken: Tales of Two Great Songwriters
August 1, 2024 · 1 hr 12 min
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Two songwriters behind decades of hits talk craft, career, and how great songs actually get made.
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In this episode
- How a teenager wrote rock classics that defined the British Invasion
- What it takes to craft chart-topping hits across multiple decades
- The story behind a Grammy-nominated book about life as a professional songwriter
- Honest conversation about the songwriting process from two very different careers
About this episode
David & Phil share stories with two amazing songwriters. Graham Gouldman wrote some of the greatest rock classics of The British Invasion as a teenager in The Sixties, before becoming a founding member of 10cc in The Seventies. Graham is currently leading 10cc on the Ultimate, Ultimate Greatest Hits Tour playing their first American dates in over three decades. Shelly Peiken is a major American songwriter, writing or co-writing smashes like "What A Girl Wants" and "Come On Over Baby" by Christina Aguilera, "Bitch" by Meredith Brooks, "Almost Doesn't Count" by Brandy, and one of David's favorite songs of all-time, "Human" recorded by The Pretenders. Shelly also wrote the 2016 book, "Confessions of a Serial Songwriter," Grammy nominated for Best Spoken Word Album. To learn more about Graham, go to https://www.grahamgouldman.info. To learn more about Shelly, go to https://www.shellypeiken.com. To learn more about building community through food and "Somebody Feed the People," visit the Philanthropy page at philrosenthalworld.com.
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