Dan Callahan

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Bing and Billie and Frank and Ella and Judy and BarbraHardcover, 5 September 2023

Bing and Billie and Frank and Ella and Judy and Barbra
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Print Length
384 pages
Language
English
Publisher
Chicago Review Press
Date Published
5 Sep 2023
ISBN-10
1641609222
ISBN-13
9781641609227

Description

Crosby, Holiday, Sinatra, Fitzgerald, Garland, and Streisand were the major interpreters of the American songbook, and this is the interlocking story of their lives and careers.
Here is the epic tale of how these artists dominated American popular music over a fifty-year period, a roller coaster ride that gains momentum through the 1930s and '40s, reaches a crest of magical creativity in the 1950s and early '60s, and then crashes down by the early 1970s, a half century when the great American songbook dominated the airwaves and the fight for racial equality came to the forefront.
Ella was beloved in her time, and she is still beloved. Frank is still the king of the songbook, but Bing's legacy is just as vital once you start listening to his unprecedented 1930s output. The best songs from Judy's greatest triumph, her 1963-64 TV series, are shared endlessly online. The legend of Billie grows by the year, and the basis of this should be appreciation and wonder for her own great artistry in the 1930s. Barbra is a living legend and still a commercial force to be reckoned with, the last exemplar of the songbook and its glories. All six of these singers reach out to us and show us new ways of expression and new ways to dream.
Their song is largely ended but the melody lingers on.

Product Details

Author:
Dan Callahan
Book Format:
Hardcover
Country of Origin:
US
Date Published:
5 September 2023
Genre:
Feminine
ISBN-10:
1641609222
ISBN-13:
9781641609227
Language:
English
Pages:
384

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