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Interview with Herbert Baker

Title
Interview with Herbert Baker, 1971-06-05.
Author
Baker, Herbert
Publication
1971.

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Additional Authors
Wilk, Max
Found In
Interviews for the book "They're playing our song".
Description
1 streaming audio file (approximately 42 min.) : digital, mono.
Summary
Herbert Baker, an American lyricist, recalls episodes and anecdotes related to his mother Belle Baker, a popular singer in musicals and revues, his father, Maurice Abrahams, a songwriter, and their friends and associates among whom were Irving Berlin, Fanny Brice, Florenz Ziegfeld and others.
Alternative Title
  • They're playing our song.
  • Interviews for the book "They're playing our song".
Subject
  • Baker, Herbert > Interviews
  • Baker, Herbert > Friends and accossiates
  • Baker, Belle
  • Abrahams, Maurice, 1883-1931
  • Berlin, Irving, 1888-1989
  • Lyricists > United States > Interviews
  • Composers > United States > Biography
  • Singers > United States > Biography
Genre/Form
  • Interviews.
  • Sound recordings.
Note
  • Title supplied by cataloger from information on the original container.
  • Original interview conducted by Max Wilk, playwright, screenwriter and author of fiction and nonfiction books, for the book "They're playing our song" published in 1973.
With (note)
  • On reel with: "Interview with Abe Burrows" (service copy in *LDC 53143).
Access (note)
  • Access to original item restricted.
Additional Formats (note)
  • Also available on CD (1 audio disc : digital, mono ; 4 3/4 in.) copied from archival original in *LDC 53142.
Linking Entry (note)
  • Forms part of: Interviews for the book "They're playing our song."
Call Number
*LDC 53142
OCLC
879647077
Author
Baker, Herbert, interviewee.
Title
Interview with Herbert Baker, 1971-06-05.
Production
1971.
Playing Time
004244
Type of Content
spoken word
Type of Medium
audio
computer
Type of Carrier
audio disc
online resource
With:
On reel with: "Interview with Abe Burrows" (service copy in *LDC 53143).
Performer
Herbert Baker, interviewee ; Max Wilk, interviewer.
Event
Recorded in Beverly Hills, California 1971 June 5.
Access
Access to original item restricted.
Additional Formats
Also available on CD (1 audio disc : digital, mono ; 4 3/4 in.) copied from archival original in *LDC 53142.
Linking Entry
Forms part of: Interviews for the book "They're playing our song."
Local Note
Archival original: (1 audiotape reel : analog, 7 1/2 ips., 1/2 track mono ; 10 in.) in *LT-10 2155.
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Added Author
Wilk, Max, interviewer.
Added Title
They're playing our song.
Interviews for the book "They're playing our song".
Found In:
Interviews for the book "They're playing our song".
Research Call Number
*LDC 53142
*LT-10 2155
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