The B Side: The Death of Tin Pan Alley and the Rebirth of the Great American Song by Ben Yagoda

The B Side: The Death of Tin Pan Alley and the Rebirth of the Great American Song

Ben Yagoda

320 pages first pub 2015 (editions)

nonfiction history music reflective slow-paced
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From an acclaimed cultural critic, a narrative and social history of the Great American Songwriting era. Everybody knows and loves the American Songbook. But it’s a bit less widely understood that in about 1950, this stream of great songs more or ...

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