The poets of Tin Pan Alley : a history of America's great lyricists / by Furia, Philip, 1943-

Table of Contents: “…Bhah, blah, blah, blah love: Alley standards -- After the ball: early Alley -- Ragged meter man: Irving Berlin -- Ragged and funny: lyricists of the 1920s -- Funny valentine: Lorenz Hart -- 'S wonderful: Ira Gershwin -- The Tinpantithesis of poetry: Cole Porter -- Conventional dithers: Oscar Hammerstein -- Paper moons: Howard Dietz and Yip Harburg -- Fine romances: Dorothy Fields and Leo Robin -- Hip, hooray, and ballyhoo: Hollywood lyricists -- Swingy Harlem tunes: jazz lyricists -- Midnight sun: Johnny Mercer.…”
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The man that got away : the life and songs of Harold Arlen / by Rimler, Walter

Table of Contents: “…-- The wizard of Oz -- An itinerant songwriter -- Writing with Johnny Mercer -- "One for my baby" -- "Ac-cent-tchu-ate the positive" -- St. …”
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The real Nick and Nora : Frances Goodrich and Albert Hackett, writers of stage and screen classics / by Goodrich, David L.

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Texas jazz singer : Louise Tobin in the golden age of swing and beyond / by Mooney, Kevin Edward, 1961-

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The new encyclopedia of Southern culture.

Table of Contents: “…Lomax -- Louisiana Hayride -- Bascom Lamar Lunsford -- Loretta Lynn -- Lynyrd Skynyrd -- Uncle Dave Macon -- Malaco Records -- Mandolin -- Wynton Marsalis -- Johnny Mercer -- Meters -- Mexican border stations -- Memphis Minnie -- Thelonious Monk -- Bill Monroe -- McKinley (Muddy Waters) Morganfield -- Jelly Roll Morton (Ferdinand Le Menthe).…”
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The new encyclopedia of Southern culture.

Table of Contents: “…Lomax -- Louisiana Hayride -- Bascom Lamar Lunsford -- Loretta Lynn -- Lynyrd Skynyrd -- Uncle Dave Macon -- Malaco Records -- Mandolin -- Wynton Marsalis -- Johnny Mercer -- Meters -- Mexican border stations -- Memphis Minnie -- Thelonious Monk -- Bill Monroe -- McKinley (Muddy Waters) Morganfield -- Jelly Roll Morton (Ferdinand Le Menthe) -- Muscle Shoals Sound -- Nashville Sound -- Willie Nelson -- Neville Brothers -- New Orleans Sound -- King Oliver -- OutKast -- Gram Parsons -- Dolly Parton -- Charley Patton -- Minnie Pearl -- Ralph Peer -- Richard (Little Richard) Penniman -- Wilson Pickett -- John Powell -- Preservation Hall -- Elvis Presley -- Leontyne Price -- Ray Price -- Charley Pride -- Gertrude Malissa Nix Pridgett Rainey (Ma Rainey) -- Otis Redding -- Florence Reece -- Jimmy Reed -- R.E.M. -- Revival songs -- Ring shouters -- Jean Ritchie -- Jimmie Rodgers -- Earl Scruggs -- Mike Seeger -- Shape-note singing schools -- Dinah Shore -- Silas Green Show -- Bessie Smith -- Southern Culture on the Skids -- Britney Spears -- Stax Records -- William Grant Still -- String band tradition -- Marty Stuart -- Sun Records -- Swamp pop -- Joel Walker Sweeney -- Koko Taylor -- Sister Rosetta Tharpe -- Willie Mae "Big Mama" Thornton -- Ernest Tubb -- Ike and Tina Turner -- James D. …”
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