The House That George Built : : With a Little Help From Irving, Cole, and a Crew of About Fifty
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Includes index.
Introduction : I could write a book if they asked me -- The road to Berlin -- Irving Berlin : the little pianist who couldn't -- Of thee I sing, Gershwin -- Harold Arlen : the songwriter's songwriter -- Hoagy Carmichael : the jazz song goes west -- Duke Ellington : royalty -- Jerome Kern : jazz comes to Broadway ... slowly -- Cole Porter : from Peru to Paree to Broadway -- Richard Rodgers : Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Rodgers -- Hooray for Hollywood (sometimes) -- Harry Warren : the king of the unknowns and his quiet reign in Hollywood -- Jimmy Van Heusen : on the road with Bing and Frank -- Johnny Mercer : the all-American voice -- Frank Loesser's great New York musical -- Gershwin's last heir : Burton Lane -- Cy Coleman and the future -- Coda : three more majors (for good measure) -- Appendix : some names that (almost) got away.
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PUBLISHED
New York : Random House, c2007.
Year Published: 2007
Description: xxvi, 335 p. : ill. ; 25 cm.
Language: English
Format: Book
ISBN/STANDARD NUMBER
1400061059
9781400061051
SUBJECTS
Composers.
Lyricists.
Popular music -- History and criticism.