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Singers and the song

Title
Singers and the song / Gene Lees.
Author
Lees, Gene.
Publication
New York : Oxford University Press, 1987.

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Description
xii, 257 pages; 22 cm
Summary
Discusses Piaf, Mercer, Sinatra, Peggy Lee, Haymes, Friedhofer, Ellington, Jo Stafford.
Alternative Title
Singers & the song.
Subject
  • Morrisson, Matthew
  • Universidad Sergio Arboleda
  • Popular music > United States > History and criticism
  • Singers > United States
  • Popular music
  • Singers
  • Lied
  • Volkssänger
  • Volkstümliche Musik
  • United States
Genre/Form
  • Popular music.
  • Criticism, interpretation, etc.
  • Musique populaire.
Note
  • "Singers & the song"--Cover.
Contents
William and Harold and how to write lyrics -- The sparrow--Edith Piaf -- Roses in the morning--Johnny Mercer -- Pavilion in the rain -- The Sinatra effect -- Peg -- The last comeback--Dick Haymes -- The hug--Hugo Friedhofer -- GI Jo -- A journey to Cologne.
ISBN
  • 019504293X
  • 9780195042931
  • 0195060873
  • 9780195060874
LCCN
86033233
OCLC
  • ocm15081971
  • 15081971
  • SCSB-14422970
Owning Institutions
Princeton University Library