The careers, inspirations, and techniques of Jerome Kern, Lorenz Hart, Richard Rodgers, Oscar Hammerstein II, Ira Gershwin, Johnny Mercer, Harold Arlen, Stephen Sondheim, Irving Berlin and seventeen other classic songwriters are revealed in Max Wilk's unique profiles, comprised of anecdotes, remembrances, reflections, and commentary either by the lyricists and composers themselves or other show business professionals intimately associated with them. The emphasis in each case is on the songs—the magic and the craft behind such hits as "Ol' Man River," "I Wanna Be Loved by You," "My Funny Valentine," "The Lady Is a Tramp," "I'm in the Mood for Love," "Diamonds Are a Girl's Best Friend," "Lullaby of Broadway," "Moon River," "That Old Black Magic," "Over the Rainbow," "Stormy Weather," "Send in the Clowns," "White Christmas," "God Bless America," and thousands more.

They're Playing Our Song: Conversations With America's Classic Songwriters

Arts & Photography

WILK, Max

Music

Da Capo Press

The author traces the growth of his family's antique business, offers a profile of his father, the business's founder, and describes the people and museums who collect antique furniture

American Treasure Hunt: The Legacy of Israel Sack

Sack, Harold

Business & Money

Little,Brown & Co

Memory Lane the Golden Age of American

Ballantine Books

A complicated story of greed, lust, and universal finagling set in the world of antique-car collecting gives a detailed look at the practices and mores of an exclusive circle and its interlopers

Get Out and Get Under

W.W. Norton & Co., Inc.

Eileen Tighe, a 1980s Hollywood film executive, sets out to find Jody Cassel, the one-time funny-lady star of early television and encounters a host of colorful, secretive, and threatening characters who knew Jody and her secret

A Tough Act to Follow

Literature & Fiction

United States

A personal memoir of Perelman by his close friend, novelist and entertainment chronicler Max Wilk. Illustrations by Perelman's erstwhile traveling companion, Al Hirschffeld.

And Did You Once See Sidney Plain?: A Random Memoir of S.J. Perelman

Every day's a matinee: Memoirs scribbled on a dressing room door

New York : Norton

Dust jacket design by Mike McIver. His 14th book. The story of a Chinese chef who is kidnapped on a trip to the United States.

The Kissinger Noodles ... or Westward, Mr. Ho

W.W.Norton

Stated first edition - full numberline. Hardcover with DJ. Mild shelf and edge wear from normal handling. Deckle edge. Front flap od DJ is price clipped. Not a remainder. Satisfaction guaranteed!

The Moving Picture Boys

Contemporary

The Sound of Music was the last – and most successful – collaboration of two giants of the musical theater, Richard Rodgers and Oscar Hammerstein. Enjoying a long run on Broadway and then transformed into a major hit film--recently reissued in a 40th anniversary edition on DVD with new footage – The Sound of Music remains among the most produced musicals by professional and amateur companies around the world. This book tells the full story of the making of the show, from the first rough ideas through the tryouts, fine tuning, and eventual triumph – all from an eyewitness to the events themselves. Wilk brings a musical theater historian's eye to the work, along with his passionate involvement as a witness to this history. For anyone and everyone who has ever thrilled to The Sound of Music, this book will be a must.

The Making of the Sound of Music

Routledge

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