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America's Songs: The Stories Behind the Songs of Broadway, Hollywood, and Tin Pan Alley Hardcover - 2006 - 1st Edition

by Philip Furia; Michael Lasser

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America's Songs tells the stories behind the most beloved popular songs of the last century. We all have songs that have a special meaning in our lives; hearing them evokes a special time or place. Little wonder that these special songs have become enduring classics. Nothing brings the roarin '20s to life like Tea for Two or I'm just Wild About Harry; the Great Depression is evoked in all of its pain and misery in songs like Brother Can You Spare a Dime?; God Bless America revives the powerful hope that American democracy promised to the world during the dark days of World War II; Young at Heart evokes the postwar optimism of the '50s. And then there are the countless songs of love, new romance, and heartbreak: As Time Goes By, Always, Am I Blue...the list is endless.
Along with telling the stories behind these songs, America's Songs suggests, simply and succinctly, what makes a song great. The book illuminates the way each great song melds words and music - sentiment and melody - into a seamless whole. America's Songs also traces the fascinating but mysterious process of collaboration, the give-and-take between two craftsmen, a composer and a lyricist, as they combined their talents to create a song.
For anyone interested in the history of the songs that America loves, America'sSongs will make for fascinating reading.

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  • Title America's Songs: The Stories Behind the Songs of Broadway, Hollywood, and Tin Pan Alley
  • Author Philip Furia; Michael Lasser
  • Binding Hardcover
  • Edition number 1st
  • Edition 1
  • Pages 358
  • Volumes 1
  • Language ENG
  • Publisher Routledge, Florence, Kentucky, U.S.A.
  • Date 2006-05-12
  • Illustrated Yes
  • ISBN 9780415972468 / 0415972469
  • Weight 1.37 lbs (0.62 kg)
  • Dimensions 9.2 x 6.32 x 0.99 in (23.37 x 16.05 x 2.51 cm)
  • Library of Congress subjects Popular music - United States - History and
  • Library of Congress Catalog Number 2005032854
  • Dewey Decimal Code 782.421

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  • Reference and Research Bk News, 08/01/2006, Page 253

About the author

Philip Furia is one of the best-known writers on popular music, having authored critical biographies ofJohnny Mercer (2003), Irving Berlin (1998), and Ira Gershwin (1995), and the award-winning book Poets of Tin Pan Alley (1992). He teaches at the University of North Carolina at Wilmington. Michael Lasser is host of National Public Radio's Fascinatin' Rhythm, a weekly program that focuses on the great American popular songs. It has been on the air since 1980, and was awarded a Peabody Award in 1995.

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