388 pp., with bibliography, Academy Awards list, index. 166 b&w photos, mostly movie stills. Close to new light thumbing Text clean. Light crease in spine. Note: Copyright page has an ISBN different from one on rear cover -- 0937858579. Profiles, critiques and career summaries of 10 major songwriters from the Golden Age of Hollywood, (1930-60) and briefer mentions of six others. Chapters on Harold Arlen, Irving Berlin, George Gershwin, Jerome Kerrn, Jimmy McHugh, Cole Porter, Ralph Rainger, Richard Rodgers, Harry Warren and Richard Whiting. Size: 4t6o -- 11 in Tall. Seller Inventory # 009540

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Title: The Melody Lingers on: The Great Songwriters...

Publisher: Newmarket Press, NY

Publication Date: 1988

Binding: Trade Paperback

Book Condition: Very Good +

Dust Jacket Condition: No Jacket

Edition: First Edition Stated.

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Critic Roy Hemming's one-of-a-kind book chronicles the careers and complete movie work of 16 songwriting legends. Includes 162 evocative photos and stills, many of them rare, and lists more than 800 movies and 2,000 songs in records, video and compact discs.

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Roy Hemming wrote about movies, music, and the media for more than thirty years. His other books include Discovering Great Music-A New Listener's Guide to the Top Classical Composers and Their Masterworks and, with David Hajdu, Discovering Great Singers of Classic Pop, both published by Newmarket Press.

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