Honest, Abe : is there really no business like show business? / by Burrows, Abe, 1910-1985

Opportunities in acting careers / by Moore, Dick, 1925-2015

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That's show business /

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Annie get your gun / by Berlin, Irving, 1888-1989

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Broadway songs : piano, vocal, guitar. by Berlin, Irving, 1888-1989

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Irving Berlin anthology. by Berlin, Irving, 1888-1989

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Vaudeville melodies : popular musicians and mass entertainment in American culture, 1870-1929 / by Gebhardt, Nicholas

Table of Contents: “…That's entertainment -- There's no business like show business -- Rites of passage -- Elementary structures -- Show me the money -- On with the show -- In search of an audience -- Vaudeville melodies -- Nothing succeeds like success -- Applause.…”

Self-exposure : human-interest journalism and the emergence of celebrity in America, 1890-1940 / by Ponce de Leon, Charles L.

Table of Contents: “…: the paradox of celebrity journalism -- True success: the master plot of celebrity journalism -- From parasites to public servants: the rehabilitation of the rich -- Practical idealism: political celebrity in an age of reform -- There's no business like show business: celebrity and the popular culture industries -- Heroes and pretenders: athletic celebrity and the commercialization of sports.…”

Becoming something : the story of Canada Lee / by Smith, Mona Z., 1962-

Table of Contents: “…Always chasing rainbows: the music -- Runnin' wild: the races -- Life can be so sweet: the ring -- Nice work if you can get it: the stage -- Broadway melody: bona fide star -- Why don't you do right: on the road with Jim Crow -- California, here I come: Hollywood, war, romance -- Stormy weather: boy gets girl, girl disappears -- No business like show business: white way and whiteface -- Body and soul: red scared -- Trouble, trouble: Russian spies and pink paint -- Baby, it's cold outside: friendships betrayed -- No greater love: then comes marriage -- So little time: fight to the death -- Blues requiem: speak of me as I am.…”

Berlin's best for piano solos / by Berlin, Irving, 1888-1989

Table of Contents: “…Always -- Doin' what comes natur'lly -- Play a simple melody -- All by myself -- Cheek to cheek -- Give me your tired, your poor -- Soft lights and sweet music -- It's a lovely day tomorrow -- Be careful, it's my heart -- Everybody step -- There's no business like show business -- God bless America -- This is the army, Mr. …”

The life and death of Tin Pan Alley : the golden age of American popular music / by Ewen, David, 1907-1985

Table of Contents: “…Turn back the universe and give me yesterday -- Theres no business like show business -- Cry me a river -- You're not the only pebble on the beach -- East side, west side, all around the town -- The world is singing my song -- Bring on the Follies girl -- The lullaby of Broadway -- Music, music, music -- We could make such beautiful music together -- Sing an old-fashioned song -- Oh, that beautiful rag -- Shall we dance -- I gotta right to sing the blues -- I've heard that song before -- Pennies from heaven -- A pocketful of miracles -- I may be gone for a long, long time -- Runnin' wild -- It don't mean a thing if you ain't got that swing -- Looking at the world through rose-colored glasses -- Some enchanted evening -- The music goes 'round and 'round -- The best things in life are free -- If I had a talking picture -- The song has ended but the melody lingers on.…”

John Philip Sousa's America : the patriot's life in images and words / by Sousa, John Philip, IV

Table of Contents: “…If you knew Sousa -- Sousa's Washington (1854-1874) -- There's no business like show business (1874-1881) -- Semper fi (1881-1892) -- Sousa's peerless concert band (1892-1900) -- The European tour (1900-1910) -- The world tour (1911-1912) -- And the beat goes on (1912-1917) -- A world at war (1917-1918) -- The Roaring 20s (1919-1929) -- The grand finale (1929-1932) -- Sousa marches on (1932- ) -- John Philip Sousa's America.…”

The complete lyrics of Irving Berlin / by Berlin, Irving, 1888-1989

Table of Contents: “…: 1915 -- Songs of 1916 and The century girl : 1916 -- Songs of 1917-1918 -- Yip, yip, yaphank : 1918 -- Songs of 1919 and unpublished songs of 1915-1919 -- Ziegfeld follies of 1919 [and] Ziegfeld follies of 1920 -- Music box revues 1921-1924 -- Songs of 1920-1924 -- Songs of 1925-1926 -- The cocoanuts 1925-1926 -- Ziegfeld follies of 1927 -- Songs of 1927-1929 and unpublished songs of the 1920s -- Reaching for the moon : 1930 -- Face the music : 1932 -- As thousands cheer : 1933 -- Good gulf program : 1934 and other songs of 1930-1934 -- Top hat : 1935 -- Follow the fleet : 1936 -- On the avenue : 1937 -- Alexander's ragtime band : 1938 -- Carefree : 1938 -- God bless America and other songs of 1935-1939 -- Music box revue of 1938-1939 -- Second fiddle : 1939 -- Louisiana purchase : 1940 -- Holiday inn : 1942 -- This is the army : 1942 -- Other songs of 1940-1945 -- Blue skies : 1946 -- Annie get your gun : 1946 -- Easter parade : 1948 -- Stars on my shoulders : 1948 and other songs of 1946-1949 -- Miss liberty : 1949 -- Call me madam : 1950 -- White Christmas : 1954 -- There's no business like show business : 1954 -- Sentimental guy : 1955-1956 and other songs of the 1950s -- Mr. …”

Irving Berlin's American musical theater / by Magee, Jeffrey, 1961-

The real vocal book.

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Disquiet, please! : more humor writing from the New Yorker /

Table of Contents: “…Acme / Ian Frazier ; What to do about sharks / Bruce McCall ; All I really need to know I learn by having my arms ripped off by a polar bear / Andrew Barlow ; Animals all around us / Jack Handey ; The living dead / David Sedaris ; Talking chimp gives his first press conference / Paul Simms ; My dog is Tom Cruise / Noah Baumbach ; Aesop in the city / Yoni Brenner ; Monkey do / Yoni Brenner ; Animal tales / Simon Rich -- No business like show business: Farewell, my lovely appetizer / S. …”

Merman / by Merman, Ethel

The real book.

Table of Contents: “…-- Show-type tune (Tune for a lyric) -- Shuffle off to Buffalo -- Theme from the Simpsons -- Sing -- Sing, sing, sing -- Sit down, you're rockin' the boat -- Slap that bass -- Sleepy lagoon -- Sleepy time gal -- Smack dab in the middle -- Smells like teen spirit -- Smiles -- Smooth operator -- So many stars -- Softly as I leave you -- Someone to watch over me -- Somethin' stupid -- Something's gotta give -- Somewhere -- Sonnymoon for two -- Sophisticated swing -- The sound of music -- Spring is here -- Star eyes -- Stars fell on Alabama -- Stranger in paradise -- Strictly instrumental -- Strike up the band -- Song from M*A*S*H (Suicide is painless) -- The summer knows -- (Theme from) A summer place -- Sunday -- Sunrise, sunset -- Sweet Georgia Brown -- Sweet Lorraine -- Swingin' the blues -- Taking a chance of love -- (Love is) The tender trap -- Tequila -- That certain feeling -- That face -- That lucky old sun -- That ole devil called love -- That's all -- That's the way it goes -- Then came you -- Then I'll be tired of you -- There's no business like show business -- They all laughed -- This heart of mine -- This nearly was mine -- Tickle toe -- Time on my hands (you in my arms) -- Time was -- Time's lie -- Tin man -- 'Tis autumn -- A-tisket, a-tasket -- Tonight -- Top hat, white tie, and tails -- Totem pole -- Tricrotism -- The trolley song -- Trust in me -- Try a little tenderness -- Turn your love around -- Two different worlds -- Two lost souls -- Undecided -- Under Paris skies -- Valley of the dolls -- Vera Cruz -- A view to a kill -- The Watergate blues -- We kiss in a shadow -- We're off to see the wizard -- What is there to say -- What is this thing called love? …”