They're playing our song : conversations with America's classic songwriters / Max Wilk.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Wilk, Max.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Composers--United States.

Composers.

Lyricists--United States.

Lyricists.

Popular music--United States--History and criticism.

Popular music.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (425 p.)

Edition:

Rev. and updated ed.

Other Title:

Conversations with America's classic songwriters

Place of Publication:

Westport, CT : Easton Studio Press, 2008.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

Originally published in 1973, when it won the ASCAP Deems Taylor Award , reprinted and revised several times since, They're Playing Our Song is a classic oral history of American popular music. Now further updated with new material and new photographs, this book is indispensable for anyone interested in the Great American Songbook of the 20th Century, original, classic and timeless songs and lyrics as popular today as ever.

Contents:

Contents; Author's Note November 2007; Author's Note 1973; Preface 1986 Edition; Foreword 1973 with revisions and additions, 2007; Introduction; "All the Things You Are" Jerome Kern; "Three Little Words" Kalmar and Ruby; "Tea for Two" Vincent Youmans; "I'm in the Mood for Love" Dorothy Fields; "Bewitched, Bothered, and Bewildered" Lorenz Hart; "The Sound of Music" Richard Rodgers; "This Was a Real Nice Clambake" Oscar Hammerstein II; "Of Thee I Sing, Baby" Ira Gershwin; "My Ideal" Richard Whiting; "Thanks for the Memory" Leo Robin; "Make Someone Happy" Betty Comden

"Lullaby of Broadway" Harry Warren"Moon River" Johnny Mercer; "Over the Rainbow" Harold Arlen; "People Who Need People" Jule Styne; "Bei Mir Bist Du Schön" Sammy Cahn; "Tradition" Bock and Harnick; "Taking a Chance on Love" Vernon Duke; "Wish You Were Here" Harold Rome; "On a Clear Day You Can See Forever" Burton Lane; "Put on a Happy Face" Lee Adams; "Oh, How We Danced" Saul Chaplin; "Brother, Can You Spare a Dime?" E. Y. Harburg; "Everything's Coming Up Roses" Stephen Sondheim; "Guys and Dolls" Frank Loesser; "Always" Irving Berlin; Coda December 2007; Notes; Credits

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

ISBN:

1-935212-59-1

OCLC:

804664698