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Alyn Shipton - I Feel a Song Coming On: The Life of Jimmy McHugh - 9780252034657 - V9780252034657
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I Feel a Song Coming On: The Life of Jimmy McHugh

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Description for I Feel a Song Coming On: The Life of Jimmy McHugh Hardback. Creator of favorite tunes such as "I'm in the Mood for Love" and "On the Sunny Side of the Street", Jimmy McHugh was a one-man history of twentieth-century popular music. This biography of McHugh captures the significant contributor to American songwriting. Series: Music in American Life. Num Pages: 288 pages, 24 photographs. BIC Classification: 1KBB; AVH; BGF. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 248 x 167 x 24. Weight in Grams: 668.
This first biography of Jimmy McHugh captures a lively and significant contributor to American songwriting. Creator of favorite tunes such as "I'm in the Mood for Love" and "On the Sunny Side of the Street," McHugh was a one-man history of twentieth-century popular music: in his prolific composing career, he wrote songs for Duke Ellington, Shirley Temple, Bobby Breen, Carmen Miranda, Deanna Durbin, Frank Sinatra, Ethel Waters, Adelaide Hall, and scores of other entertainers, and his last works were turned into smash hits by Pat Boone and Fats Domino.

Following McHugh from humble Irish-American beginnings in Boston to eventual ... Read more

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Product Details

Format
Hardback
Publication date
2009
Publisher
University of Illinois Press United States
Number of pages
288
Condition
New
Series
Music in American Life
Number of Pages
312
Place of Publication
Baltimore, United States
ISBN
9780252034657
SKU
V9780252034657
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About Alyn Shipton
Alyn Shipton is a jazz critic for the Times of London and a regular broadcaster on BBC Radio. His books include A New History of Jazz and biographies of Bud Powell, Fats Waller, and Dizzy Gillespie.

Reviews for I Feel a Song Coming On: The Life of Jimmy McHugh
"A brilliantly researched biography that ... details the activities of Tin Pan Alley in its golden age of song-plugging glory. . . . You will be fascinated by this 280-page amalgamation of musical education and entertainment."
MOJO "Highly recommended ."
Choice  "An overdue recognition of his tireless song plugger who fashioned enduring hits for Tin Pan Alley and Hollywood.
The Miami Herald "[Shipton] ... Read more

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