Fine and dandy : the life and work of Kay Swift / by Ohl, Vicki, 1950-

Fine & dandy : the life and work of Kay Swift / by Ohl, Vicki, 1950-

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The American popular ballad of the golden era, 1924-1950 / by Forte, Allen

Table of Contents: “…Introduction -- The harmonic language of the popular ballad --Rhythmic features of the popular ballad -- Melodic design : descriptive categories -- The lyric : its qualities and melodic roles -- Form : nomenclature and templates -- The large-scale view : a primer -- Ballads of Jerome Kern -- Ballads of Irving Berlin -- Ballads of Cole Porter --Ballads of George Gershwin -- Ballads of Richard Rodgers -- Ballads of Harold Arlen -- Ballads of Richard Whiting, Walter Donaldson, Harry Warren, Jimmy McHugh, Vincent Youmans, Duke Ellington, and Kurt Weill --Ballads of Hoagy Carmichael, Arthur Schartz, Vernon Duke, John Green, Burton Lane, and Jimmy Van Heusen -- Ballads of Kay Swift, Bernice Petkere, Ann Ronell, Dana Suesse, and Ruth Lowe -- Concluding reflections.…”

Sweet home cookin' / by Allyson, Karrin

Table of Contents: “…One note samba / Antonio Carlos Jobim, Newton Mendonca, John Hendricks (3:36) -- I cover the waterfront / John Green, Edward Heyman (5:52) -- Can't we be friends / Kay Swift, Paul James (3:23) -- Yeh! yeh! / Rogers Grant, Pat Patrick, Jon Hendricks (4:16) -- Goodbye pork pie hat / Charles Mingus, Rahsaan Roland Kirk (5:17) -- No moon at all / Redd Evans, David Mann (4:15) -- Sweet home cookin' man / Karrin Allyson (6:06) -- You are too beautiful / Richard Rodgers, Lorenz Hart (5:30) -- Social call / Gigi Gryce, Jon Hendricks (4:42) -- Dindi / Antonio Carlos Jobim, Ray Gilbert, Louis Oliveira (7:58) -- In a sentimental mood / Duke Ellington, Irving Mills, Manny Kurtz (5:23) -- I love Paris / Cole Porter (3:25).…”
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Listening to classic American popular songs / by Forte, Allen

Table of Contents: “…Fine and Dandy (1930) / Kay Swift & Paul James (2:24) -- 7. Embraceable you (1930) / George & Ira Gershwin (2:22) -- 8. …”

Nathaniel Shilkret : sixty years in the music business / by Shilkret, Nathaniel, 1889-1982

Table of Contents: “…Scherzo in E minor / Felix Mendelssohn -- Caprice / Jean Sibelius -- Arkansas Traveler / (Nathaniel Shilkret, arranger) -- A beautiful day / Niel Hallett -- Ug-a-ly duckling / Niel Hallett -- Tea leaves / Niel Hallett -- Paris 1890 / Kay Swift (Nathaniel Shilkret, arranger) -- Clarinet entr'acte / Niel Hallett (Alfred Gallodoro and Jimmy Abato, solo clarinets) -- Pop goes the weasel / (Nathaniel Shilkret, arranger) -- Abu hassan overture / Carl Maria von Weber -- If I were a king, overture I / Adolphe Charles Adam -- Apparition: no. 2 / Franz Liszt -- Faust: intro. and song of the golden calf / Charles Gounod -- My gypsy vagabond / Niel Hallett -- The two sentries / Niel Hallett -- The prophet: ballet excerpt / Giacomo Meyerbeer -- Irish melody / Niel Hallett -- The saucy hollandaise: II / Paul Bliss, Jr. …”

Yours for a song : the women of Tin Pan Alley / by Fields, Dorothy, 1905-1974, Ronell, Ann, Suesse, Dana, 1909-1987, Swift, Kay, 1897-1993

My impetuous heart /

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