Discovering Great Singers of Classic Pop; A New Listener's Guide to the Sounds and Lives of the Top Performers and thier Recordings, Movies, and Videos

Roy Hemming; David Hajdu

ISBN 10: 1557040729 / ISBN 13: 9781557040725

Edité par Newmarket Press, New York, 1991

A propos de cet article

First printing. Fine in ifne duts jacket. Hardcover. 295 pp. with bibliography, index, selected discographies and videographies. Illustrated with photographs. Though much has been written about the great songwriters of classic pop---Berlin, Porter, Gershwin, Sondheim--little has been written by the singers who made the music so famous. This work explores the fascinating lives of those singers and their influence on nthe development of one of the ost enduring music forms of the 20th century. The book is divided into two parts: the first describes the development of classic pop in the 1920s and 1930s; the second covers World War II to the 1990s. Covered are such unforgettable performers as Al Jolson, Louis Armstrong, Bing Crosby, Ethel Mreman, Billie Holiday, Judy Garland Nat "King" Cole, Ella Fitzgerald, Sinatra, Peggy Lee, Tont Bennett, Lena Horns, Streisand, Minelli, and more.

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Détails bibliographiques

• Titre: Discovering Great Singers of Classic Pop; A New Listener's Guide to the Sounds and Lives of the Top Performers and thier Recordings, Movies, and Videos
• Éditeur: Newmarket Press, New York
• Date de parution: 1991
• Langue: anglais
• ISBN à 10 chiffres: 1557040729
• ISBN à 13 chiffres: 9781557040725
• Reliure: Hardcover
• Édition: First edition.
• État de l'article: Fine
• État de la jaquette: fine
• Catalogues du vendeur:
  • Music

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Synopsis

The sounds, styles, and lives of outstanding singers from the 1920s to the present are "written about with loving expertise by two writers who can make singers and their songs live on paper", says Clive Barnes.

Biographie de l'auteur

Roy Hemming wrote about movies, music, and the media for more than thirty years. His other books include Discovering Great Music-A New Listener's Guide to the Top Classical Composers and Their Masterworks and, with David Hajdu, Discovering Great Singers of Classic Pop, both published by Newmarket Press.