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100 1 $aLees, Gene.$0http://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/n81027835
245 10 $aSingers and the song :$bII /$cGene Lees.
250 $a[Expanded ed.].
260 $aNew York :$bOxford University Press,$c1998.
300 $axiv, 251 pages ;$c25 cm
336 $atext$btxt$2rdacontent
337 $aunmediated$bn$2rdamedia
505 00 $tWilliam and Harold and How to Write Lyrics --$tPavilion in the Rain --$tThe Squirrel: Yip Harburg --$tStyle Is the Man: Arthur Schwartz --$tJeepers Creepers: Harry Warren --$tRoses in the Morning: Johnny Mercer --$tThe Paradox: Frank Sinatra --$tGI Jo: Jo Stafford and Paul Weston --$tIn from the Cold: Peggy Lee --$tSweetest Voice in the World: Ella Fitzgerald --$tPhrasing: Julius La Rosa --$tA Family Affair: Jackie and Roy --$tThe Sparrow: Edith Piaf --$tUm Abraco No Tom: Antonio Carlos Jobim.
520 $aSingers and the Song, which appeared in 1987, is being rereleased in an expanded edition.
520 8 $aThe new edition retains a number of famous pieces from the original volume, some in expanded form, such as Lees' classic profile of Frank Sinatra. Lees has also retained his essay on lyric writing, his piece on the art of Edith Piaf, and his admiring look at the genius of songwriter Johnny Mercer. The expanded edition offers seven new essays that are no less accomplished.
520 8 $aHere readers will find a tribute to "the sweetest voice in the world," Ella Fitzgerald; a moving interview with Jackie Cain and Roy Kral; Lees' account of his involvement with Bossa Nova music and his collaboration with Antonio Carlos Jobim.
520 8 $aWe also read about Julius La Rosa, another of the great singers, the lyrics of Yip Harburg, Henry Warren's unforgettable compositions, and the elegant Arthur Schwartz, composer of "Dancing in the Dark" and many other masterpieces of the great period of American songwriting.
650 0 $aPopular music$zUnited States$xHistory and criticism.$0http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh2008109794
650 0 $aSingers$zUnited States.$0http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh00008441
852 00 $boff,mus$hML3477$i.L43 1998