The unsung songwriters : America's masters of melodies /
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| Author / Creator: | Vaché, Warren W., 1914-2005 |
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| Imprint: | Lanham, Md : Scarecrow Press, 2000. |
| Description: | xxxi, 737 p. : ill. ; 23 cm. |
| Language: | English |
| Series: | Studies in jazz ; #34 Studies in jazz ; no. 34. |
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| Format: | Print Book |
| URL for this record: | http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/4258054 |
| Summary: | The Unsung Songwriters is dedicated to a period in the history of American music that author Warren Vaché calls the "Golden Age of Songwriting," and to the men and women who made it great.<br> <br> <br> <br> Contrary to the widely held opinion that most of our hit and standard songs were composed by a handful of top writers--Berlin, Gershwin, Kern, Porter, and Rodgers--the fact is that the vast majority of them were written by relatively unknown composers.<br> <br> <br> <br> In this definitive reference work to the "unsung songwriters," you will find Al Neiberg, the author of " It's the Talk of the Town ," Maceo Pinkard, the mind behind " Sweet Georgia Brown " and " Sugar ," Harry Woods for " Try a Little Tenderness ," J. Fred Coots for " You Go to My Head ," and many more. |
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| Physical Description: | xxxi, 737 p. : ill. ; 23 cm. |
| Bibliography: | Includes bibliographical references (p. 575) and index. |
| ISBN: | 0810835703 |