God Bless America : Tin Pan Alley Goes to War.
Smith, Kathleen E. R.
God Bless America : Tin Pan Alley Goes to War. - 1st ed. - 1 online resource (324 pages)
Cover -- Half-title -- Title -- Copyright -- Dedication -- Contents -- Preface -- 1. What this Country Needs Is a Good Five-Cent War Song! -- 2. "Praise the Lord and Pass the Ammunition -- 3. "There's Nary an 'Over There' in the Lot -- 4. War Songs in Boy-Girl Terms -- 5. War Is Good for the Music Business -- 6. "Yearnful Bellowings -- 7. Recipes for War Songs -- 8. Just Love Songs with a Once-Over-Lightly War Background -- 9. The National Wartime Music Committee -- 10. "From Cantata to Outright Corn -- 11. Tin Pan Alley's Music War Committee -- 12. Tin Pan Alley Still Seeks the "Proper" War Song -- 13. Even Stale Music Sells Like Nylons -- 14. Jitterbugs and Bobby-Soxers -- 15. "Meet Soozie Cue -- Notes -- Bibliography -- Selected Discography -- Index.
9780813159485
Popular music -- United States -- 1941-1950 -- History and criticism.
World War, 1939-1945 -- Music and the war.
Electronic books.
ML3477.S65 2003eb
781.5/99/097309044
God Bless America : Tin Pan Alley Goes to War. - 1st ed. - 1 online resource (324 pages)
Cover -- Half-title -- Title -- Copyright -- Dedication -- Contents -- Preface -- 1. What this Country Needs Is a Good Five-Cent War Song! -- 2. "Praise the Lord and Pass the Ammunition -- 3. "There's Nary an 'Over There' in the Lot -- 4. War Songs in Boy-Girl Terms -- 5. War Is Good for the Music Business -- 6. "Yearnful Bellowings -- 7. Recipes for War Songs -- 8. Just Love Songs with a Once-Over-Lightly War Background -- 9. The National Wartime Music Committee -- 10. "From Cantata to Outright Corn -- 11. Tin Pan Alley's Music War Committee -- 12. Tin Pan Alley Still Seeks the "Proper" War Song -- 13. Even Stale Music Sells Like Nylons -- 14. Jitterbugs and Bobby-Soxers -- 15. "Meet Soozie Cue -- Notes -- Bibliography -- Selected Discography -- Index.
9780813159485
Popular music -- United States -- 1941-1950 -- History and criticism.
World War, 1939-1945 -- Music and the war.
Electronic books.
ML3477.S65 2003eb
781.5/99/097309044