MARC Record from Library of Congress

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001 2002152551
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008 021023s2003 kyua bk s001 0 eng
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050 00 $aML3477$b.S65 2003
082 00 $a781.5/99/097309044$221
100 1 $aSmith, Kathleen E. R.
245 10 $aGod bless America :$bTin Pan Alley goes to war /$cKathleen E.R. Smith.
260 $aLexington, Ky. :$bUniversity Press of Kentucky,$cc2003.
300 $axiii, 274 p. :$bill. ;$c24 cm.
504 $aIncludes bibliographical references (p. [201]-223), discography (p. [225]-253), and index.
505 0 $aWhat 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".
650 0 $aPopular music$zUnited States$y1941-1950$xHistory and criticism.
650 0 $aWorld War, 1939-1945$xMusic and the war.