American Song: The Complete Companion to Tin Pan Alley Song, Volumes 3 and 4

This follow-up set to American Song, Vols. 1 and 2 explores the work of major pop songwriters from Tin Pan Alley not included either in a Broadway show or film from the period 1880 to today. This carefully researched encyclopedia covers 125 composers with hundreds of entries on each. Entries include composer, lyricist and publisher information. From 1880 to present, here are some of the composers covered: Lee AdamsHarold ArlenBurt BacharachIrving BerlinEubie BlakeRalph BlaneLew BrownJohnny BurkeSammy CahnHoagy CarmichaelSidney ClareBetty ComdenHal DavidEddie DeLangeHoward DietzErvin DrakeSammy FainDorothy FieldsGeorge GershwinMack GordonOscar Hammerstein IILorenz HartEdward HeymanJames P. JohnsonIrving KahalJerome KernJimmy McHughCole PorterAndy RazafBilly RoseJean Schwartz Harry B. SmithStephen SondheimRoy TurkJames Van HeusenHarry Von TilzerAnd many others 01