The Disney Song Encyclopedia

The Disney Song Encyclopedia
Author: Thomas S. Hischak
Publisher: Scarecrow Press
Total Pages: 369
Release: 2009-07-29
Genre: Music
ISBN: 0810869381

Songs written for Disney productions over the decades have become a potent part of American popular culture. Since most Americans first discovered these songs in their youth, they hold a special place in one's consciousness. The Disney Song Encyclopedia describes and discusses hundreds of famous and not-so-famous songs from Disney films, television, Broadway, and theme parks from the 1930s to the present day. Over 900 songs are given individual entries and presented in alphabetical order. The songwriters and original singers are identified, as well as the source of the song and other venues in which it might have been used over the years. Notable recordings of the song are also listed. But most important, the song is described and what makes it memorable is discussed. This is not a reference list but a true encyclopedia of Disney songs. The book also contains a preface describing the criteria for selecting the songs, a glossary of song terms, a list of all the Disney songs and their sources, a songwriter's directory in which every song by each composer/lyricist is listed, a bibliography, a guide to recordings and DVDs of Disney productions, and an index of people and titles.

Blues Who's who

Blues Who's who
Author: Sheldon Harris
Publisher: New York, N.Y. : Da Capo Press
Total Pages: 775
Release: 1979
Genre: Blues (Music)
ISBN: 9780306801556

Rarely has a book received such unanimous praise as the Blue's Who's Who. Eighteen years of research and writing, most of it done by Sheldon Harris alone, have produced a reference book that has been accepted in the U.S., England, and Europe, as truly indispensable for anyone seriously interested in the history of country, city, folk, and rock blues. Covering all eras and styles, it features detailed biographies of 571 blues artists, 450 photographs, and hundreds of pages of carefully researched facts.

Billie Holiday

Billie Holiday
Author: John Szwed
Publisher: Penguin
Total Pages: 233
Release: 2015-03-31
Genre: Biography & Autobiography
ISBN: 1101614706

• Kirkus Best Books of 2015 selection for Biography • Published in celebration of Holiday’s centenary, the first biography to focus on the singer’s extraordinary musical talent When Billie Holiday stepped into Columbia’s studios in November 1933, it marked the beginning of what is arguably the most remarkable and influential career in twentieth-century popular music. Her voice weathered countless shifts in public taste, and new reincarnations of her continue to arrive, most recently in the form of singers like Amy Winehouse and Adele. Most of the writing on Holiday has focused on the tragic details of her life—her prostitution at the age of fourteen, her heroin addiction and alcoholism, her series of abusive relationships—or tried to correct the many fabrications of her autobiography. But now, Billie Holiday stays close to the music, to her performance style, and to the self she created and put into print, on record and on stage. Drawing on a vast amount of new material that has surfaced in the last decade, critically acclaimed jazz writer John Szwed considers how her life inflected her art, her influences, her uncanny voice and rhythmic genius, a number of her signature songs, and her legacy.

Factories of Death

Factories of Death
Author: Sheldon H. Harris
Publisher: Psychology Press
Total Pages: 442
Release: 2002
Genre: History
ISBN: 9780415932141

First Published in 2002. Routledge is an imprint of Taylor & Francis, an informa company.

The Boswell Legacy

The Boswell Legacy
Author: Kyla Titus
Publisher:
Total Pages: 204
Release: 2014-09-25
Genre: Singers
ISBN: 9781502350916

WILL FRIEDWALD, THE WALL STREET JOURNAL, OCT. 16, 2014: "...the Boswells constitute a crucial link between Armstrong and Fitzgerald in the development of vocal improvisation."----------------------------------------------------------The Boswell Sisters rose to stardom during the Great Depression and established an enormously successful career in a very short time as pioneers of early mass entertainment, through the new media of electrical recordings, radio networks, and movies. Along with Louis Armstrong and Duke Ellington, they led an American jazz "invasion" of Europe in 1933. They were admired by their frequent singing partner Bing Crosby, idolized by a struggling trio from Minneapolis who later gained fame as the Andrews Sisters, and praised as "the best act I ever followed" by a trouper named Bob Hope. Ella Fitzgerald consistently credited Connie Boswell as her main influence and Irving Berlin singled her out as his favorite interpreter of his songs. The beautiful and talented Boswells sold out stage shows from New York to London and the number of records they sold is estimated to be over 75 million. Then suddenly, it was over.The time has finally come to tell their story. THE BOSWELL LEGACY is the first full-scale biography of these icons of American music, written by Kyla Titus, the granddaughter of Vet Boswell and caretaker of the voluminous Boswell family archives, as only she can tell it. Within these pages, readers may discover the answers to questions left unanswered for decades. Why did the Boswell Sisters disband? What was the cause of Connee's paralysis? Why are the Boswell Sisters not household names today? And so many more. Most importantly, readers will learn about the development of a unique musical style that is timeless-a legacy-that is still heralded almost a century later.

My Love Comes Down

My Love Comes Down
Author: Ardre Orie
Publisher: 13th & Joan
Total Pages: 300
Release: 2023-01-31
Genre: Fiction
ISBN: 9781953156679

The scars of our pasts tell stories of how we give and receive love in the present. After accepting a prestigious position as a principal writer at an independent publishing house in Manhattan, Monroe Bastien returns to her roots in the south during the summer on special assignment. A series of candid conversations compels her to chronicle the multi-faceted love story of her mother Ava Rossi, an independent C-Suite executive and father Cane Bastien, a headstrong NFL Vet turned sommelier. After delving into the details surrounding their tumultuous relationship, she uncovers the source of its demise thrusting her into an unexpected path of self-discovery and a budding romance of her own. My Love Comes Down captures the essence of second chances, forgiveness and the crossroads of our lives that force us to examine hard truths while discovering who we are, what we want, and how much of our pasts we must leave behind to unlock the highest form of love in the present.

Bubbling Brown Sugar

Bubbling Brown Sugar
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Release: 1975
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National Theatre and Moe Septee present the Media House Ltd. production of "Bubbling Brown Sugar," a new musical revue, book by Loften Mitchell, based on a concept by Rosetta LeNoire, starring Avon Long, Josephine Premice, Vivian Reed, Joseph Attles, with Ethel Beatty, Carolyn Byrd, Chip Garnett, Barry Preston, Barbara Rubenstein Vernon Washington and Karen Grannum, Carlise Harris, Alton Lathrop, Lonnie McNeil, Dyann Robinson, Anthony Whitehouse, Newton Winters, sets by Clarke Dunham, lighting by Barry Arnold, costumes by Bernard Johnson, projections by Lucie D. Grosvenor & Clarke Dunham, general manager Ashton Springer, hair styles by Gene Sheppard & Stanley James, choral arrangements by Chapman Roberts, orchestrations by Danny Holgate & Neal Tate, musical direction and additional music by Danny Holgate, choreography & musical staging by Billy Wilson, directed by Robert M.Cooper.