The B Side: The Death of Tin Pan Alley and the Rebirth of the Great American Song
From an acclaimed cultural critic, a narrative and social history of the Great American Songwriting era. Everybody knows and loves the American Songbook. But it’s a bit less widely understood that in about 1950, this stream of great songs more or less dried up. All of a sudden, what came over...
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From an acclaimed cultural critic, a narrative and social history of the Great American Songwriting era. Everybody knows and loves the American Songbook. But it’s a bit less widely understood that in about 1950, this stream of great songs more or less dried up. All of a sudden, what came over the radio wasn’t Gershwin, Porter, and Berlin, but “Come on-a My House” and “How
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Format: hardcover
ISBN:
9781594488498 (1594488495)
ASIN: 1594488495
Publisher: Riverhead Hardcover
Pages no: 304
Edition language: English
Got this from firstreads. The names, of songs, songwriters, singers, musicians, come flying at you in this summary of the Tin Pan Alley days up into the 1960s. So it helps if you already know some of the tunes and names, if you already have some scaffolding to hang these details on. The book itse...
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