In this volume, 39 of the legendary composers from Tin Pan Alley, Hollywood and Broadway of the 1920s through the 1950s discuss their careers and share the stories of creating many of the most beloved songs in American music. Interviewed for radio in the mid-1970s, they include such giants as Harold Arlen, Eubie Blake, Cy Coleman, George Duning, Sammy Fain, Jerry Herman, Bronislaw Kaper, Henry Mancini, David Rose, Arthur Schwartz, Charles Strouse, Jule Styne, Jimmie Van Heusen, Harry Warren, Richard Whiting, and Meredith Willson. Photographs and rare sheet music reproductions accompany the...
In this volume, 39 of the legendary composers from Tin Pan Alley, Hollywood and Broadway of the 1920s through the 1950s discuss their careers and shar...
The first half of the twentieth century was filled with drama, excitement, heartbreak and joy--emotions that all fed into the themes of America's popular music. This two-volume history contains biographies of the leading American composers and lyricists, the gifted men and women who wrote the great popular songs from the 1920s to the 1960s. Featured in this volume are interviews with many of the legendary lyricists from Tin Pan Alley, Hollywood and Broadway. Among these are such writing teams as Sammy Cahn and Jule Styne, Betty Comden and Adolph Green, and Jerry Livingston and Ray Evans, and...
The first half of the twentieth century was filled with drama, excitement, heartbreak and joy--emotions that all fed into the themes of America's popu...
