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Let's Face the Music: The Golden Age of Popular Song
Let's Face the Music The Golden Age of Popular Song Author:Benny Green The great songs from shows such as Porgy and Bess, Anything Goes, Guys and Dolls, Show Boat and My Fair Lady have penetrated our consciousness as thoroughly as anything written this century and the individual stories of their creators are richly appealing to everyone interested in popular music. Benny Green has long made their legendary personal... more »ities and songs the focus of his many enthusiasms but surprisingly this is his first book on the subject. Let's Face the Music is given special insights and immediacy by the many long conversations he has had over the years with several of his heroes, whose recollections are as revealing about each other as about themselves. Iriving Berlin, Noel Coward, George Gershwin, Ira Gershwin, Jerome Kern, Lerner & Loewe, Frank Loesser, Cole Porter, Richard Rodgers, Schwartz & Dietz, etc.« less