Frank Loesser's Centennia...

Mar 26, 2011 by

Frank Loesser’s How to Succeed in Business Without Really Trying opens March 27 with Daniel Radcliffe in the lead role. See...

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An appreciation: Hugh Martin

Mar 14, 2011 by

Update: March 15, 2011: A great, great retrospective of Hugh Martin’s and Ralph Blane’s interviews and performances...

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Frank: The Man. The Music. The...

Mar 11, 2011 by

Shout Factory, one of the classiest repackagers of classic pop material, has released the Frank Sinatra: A Man and His Music TV...

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Originals: Rooney and Garrett

Mar 3, 2011 by

Buy DVD of Words and Music. Two stars of that great (and notoriously inaccurate) American Songbook institution, the Hollywood...

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Video: Songbook and Ads—BFFs

Feb 26, 2011 by

Update, Feb. 19: Winner and new champion: Royal Caribbean’s commercial featuring Hal Kemp’s “It’s Winter...

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Essay: Pop Then and Now

Feb 26, 2011 by

Although most modern music lovers have been seduced and shaped by rock music and all of its variations, listeners continue to be drawn...

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Performance Listings Posted

Feb 25, 2011 by

Listings of great performances of the American Songbook on TV and video, in concerts and clubs, and onstage nationwide. Please support...

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Nat's TV Show on iTunes!

Feb 25, 2011 by

The classic Nat ‘King’ Cole television show, which aired in 1956 and 1957, has found new life in a surprising place other...

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