{"product_id":"the-american-songbook-the-singers-songwriters-the-songs-9781579124489","title":"The American Songbook: The Singers  Songwriters \u0026 The Songs","description":"\u003cp\u003ePresented in the striking format of Ken Blooms successful Broadway Musicals  this rich visual history of popular song covers all of the prominent figures behind the music  in front of the bandstand  and on top of the piano. The Singers includes Louis Armstrong  Tony Bennett  Barbara Cook  Bing Crosby  Rosemary Clooney  Ella Fitzgerald  and dozens more;  The Songwriters features Harold Arlen  Hoagy Carmichael  Dorothy Fields  Stephen Foster  Richard Rodgers  Duke Ellington  Cole Porter  Jerome Kern  and a host of others; a lively section discusses the Big Bands; and a decade-by-decade insert puts the entire history of popular music in perspective through words and pictures.  Each one of the more than 200 listings in the book features the artists personal and professional history  great songs  and important contributions  plus photos (many rare)  record covers  anecdotes  quotes  and more. Sidebars and features throughout cover topics of interesteverything from Arrangers  Vocal Groups  and Keepers of the Flame to Tin Pan Alley  Parodists  and Classical Crossoversmaking this the most thorough survey of its kind. Throughout  all of the great songs are discussedliterally hundreds of songs  from Stardust to My Funny Valentine to White Christmas. Illustrated biographies  discographies  chronologies  and indices make The American Songbook a full-fledged reference as well as a pictorial feast.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"My Store","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":45647069347893,"sku":"ByrdShop_1579124488","price":25.97,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0627\/8139\/0901\/files\/9781579124489.jpg?v=1781687503","url":"https:\/\/atxbooks.com\/products\/the-american-songbook-the-singers-songwriters-the-songs-9781579124489","provider":"ATX Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}