Ken Bloom
Auteur de Broadway Musicals: The 101 Greatest Shows of All Time
A propos de l'auteur
Ken Bloom is the author of Broadway Musicals: The 101 Greatest Shows of All Time and Broadway: An Encyclopedia. He has directed and produced shows at Town Hall, the Brooklyn Academy of Music, and other venues. Bloom is the founder of the website InsideSongs.com.
Œuvres de Ken Bloom
Broadway: An Encyclopedic Guide to the History, People and Places of Times Square (1991) 14 exemplaires
Hollywood song : the complete film & musical companion : Volume Three Chronology, personnel index, song index. (1995) 5 exemplaires
Manifest destiny : unsettling America's family farmers 2 exemplaires
Merely Marvelous: The Dancing Genius of Gwen Verdon — Directeur — 1 exemplaire
Allentown 1 exemplaire
Sharon Louden: Windows 1 exemplaire
Oeuvres associées
Perspectives and Parallels: Expanding Interpretive Foundations with American Indian Curators and Writers (2014) — Contributeur — 3 exemplaires
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- Œuvres
- 19
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- 1
- Membres
- 395
- Popularité
- #61,387
- Évaluation
- 4.0
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- 8
- ISBN
- 33
Although the lavishly illustrated book provides at least a general overview of the history of the Great American Songbook, there are some strange omissions, such as songwriter/musician Bobby Troup [mentioned only in the short biography of his wife, Julie London] who wrote such hits as “(Get Your Kicks on) Route 66” and “You’re Looking at Me,” both recorded by [among others] Nat King Cole. Also omitted: lyricist Dorothy Fields, who penned such standards as “On the Sunny Side of the Street ” and “I Can’t Give You Anything But Love,” both recorded by [among others] Ella Fitzgerald as well as “The Way You Look Tonight,” recorded by many singers, including Peggy Lee.
For readers interested in the Great American Songbook’s influential songs and standards, there is much to appreciate here in this overview of its history as seen through some of the singers, big bands, and songwriters of these popular and enduring songs.… (plus d'informations)