Rudolph, Frosty, and Captain Kangaroo
Subtitle: the musical life of Hecky Krasnow, producer of the world's most beloved children's songs : a memoir
By: by Judy Gail Krasnow.
Publisher: Santa Monica Press
Published: 2007
Place of publication: Santa Monica, CA
Language: eng
Number of pages: 408
ISBN-13: 9781595800268
Subjects: Krasnow, Hecky; Sound recording executives and producers -- United States -- Biography; Children's songs -- United States -- 20th century -- History and criticism
Genres: Biography
Notes: Includes index.
Table of contents: title: A gut instinct produces a classic; title: The violin and the fiddler; title: Hard times and new beginnings; title: A profession for the fiddler; title: Ballads and baseball; title: Pink and blue; title: Another "Gene" and a Hunter; title: Josef Marais and Miranda; title: Success creates a market; title: A rhino named Rhumpy and a tuba named Tubby; title: Rosie becomes a household name; title: A bitter divorce; title: A red caboose, a harpsichord, and Horn & Hardart's; title: Television, cowboys, marbles, and McCarthy; title: Bookworms; title: A tribute at the rodeo; title: Parties and payola; title: Westward ho!; title: A little red monkey and a marriage; title: Veal scaloppini; title: Goodbye McCarthy, welcome back Burl, hello Art Carney; title: A doctor, a Bishop, Disney, and a Captain named Kangaroo; title: Riding the crest of the wave; title: What goes up must come down; title: Gobbledegook; title: A singer named Nina and a trio named Chad Mitchell; title: A wedding song, lullaby at the zoo, a fiddle again.