From Saginaw Valley to Tin Pan Alley: Saginaw's Contribution to American Popular Music, 1890-1955

From Saginaw Valley to Tin Pan Alley: Saginaw's Contribution to American Popular Music, 1890-1955
ISBN-10
0814326587
ISBN-13
9780814326589
Category
Biography & Autobiography
Pages
191
Language
English
Published
1998
Publisher
Wayne State University Press
Author
R. Grant Smith

Description

From Saginaw Valley to Tin Pan Alley documents the work of more than sixty popular songwriters who hailed from Saginaw, and provides background information and anecdotes about the most famous songwriters and their most famous songs. Among the greatest of the Saginaw songwriters were Charles K. Harris ("After the Ball'), Dan Russo ("Toot, Toot, Tootsie, Goo'Bye!"), Gerald Marks ("All of Me"), Ange Lorenzo ("Sleepy Time Gal"), Isham Jones ("It Had to Be You"), and Ben Weisman ("Paper Roses", "Honey in the Horn"). More than seventy sheet music covers dating from between 1890 and 1955 are interposed with the narrative, adding to the book's charm and historic value.

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