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Author:

Smith, Kathleen E. R.

Title:

God bless America : Tin Pan Alley goes to war / Kathleen E.R. Smith.

Publisher:

University Press of Kentucky,

Copyright Date:

c2003

Description:

xiii, 274 p., [32] p. of plates : ill. ; 24 cm.

Subject:

Popular music--United States--1941-1950--History and criticism.
World War, 1939-1945--Music and the war.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (p. [201]-223), discography (p. [225]-253), and index.

Contents:

What this country needs is a good five-cent war song! -- "Praise the Lord and pass the ammunition" -- "There's nary an 'Over there' in the lot" -- War songs in boy-girl terms -- War is good for the music business -- "Yearnful bellowings" -- Recipes for war songs -- Just love songs with a once-over-lightly war background -- The National Wartime Music Committee -- "From cantata to outright corn" -- Tin Pan Alley's music war committee -- Tin Pan Alley still seeks the "proper" war song -- Even stale music sells like nylons -- Jitterbugs and bobby-soxers -- "Meet Soozie Cue."

ISBN:

9780813122526 (alk. paper)
081312252X (alk. paper)
9780813122564 (alk. paper)
0813122562 (alk. paper)

OCLC:

(OCoLC)50868277

LCCN:

2002152551

Locations:

USUX851 -- Iowa State University - Parks Library (Ames)

PTAX572 -- Stewart Memorial Library (Cedar Rapids)

UTAX314 -- Emmaus Bible College Library (Dubuque)

SOAX911 -- Simpson College - Dunn Library (Indianola)

OVUX522 -- University of Iowa Libraries (Iowa City)

PQAX094 -- Wartburg College - Vogel Library (Waverly)