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Edwin Starr, 1942-2003 - Obituary - Biography
Where is Edwin Starr when you need him? Unfortunately, the great soul singer died on April 2, 2003, and is not available to give us a new antiwar song....(Continue Reading) Tin Pan Alley on the march: popular music, World War II, and the quest for a great war song
In 1941, several months before the attack on Pearl Harbor, a new Irving Berlin song appeared on jukeboxes across the United States. Berlin and his sponsors ......(Continue Reading)Recorded Music in American Life: The Phonograph and Popular Memory, 1890-1945. - Review - book review
Recorded Music in American Life: The Phonograph and Popular Memory, 1890-1945. By William Howland Kenney. New York: Oxford University Press, 1999. ISBN ......(Continue Reading)Machito's legacy: the Machito Orchestra was among New York City's top five most popular orchestras for twenty years beginning in 1940. On Sunday, April
Frank "Machito" Grillo: Musician, Vocalist and Composer. Experience: Born in the district of Jesús María, Havana, Cuba, in 1909. Almost from the time ......(Continue Reading)The songfinder: a reader-assisted song search service
As I write this column, it is now July and summertime has arrived in earnest. The heat is on, as we explore such hot and energetic milieus as buttered ......(Continue Reading)
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