Sentimental journey
Subtitle: intimate portraits of America's great popular songs, 1920-1945
By: by Marvin E. Paymer ; illustrations by Peter Manchester.
Publisher: Two Bytes Pub.
Published: 1999
Place of publication: Darien, CT
Language: eng
Number of pages: 538
Subjects: Popular music -- United States -- History and criticism.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p. 515-520) and index.
Table of contents: title: Act I. The Roaring Twenties: A gentle nostalgia (1920) ; Jazz and speakeasies (1921) ; Faraway places (1922) ; In search of novelty (1923) ; Birth of the modern song (1924) ; Flappers and floozies (1925) ; Frivolous pursuits (1926) ; The play's the thing (1927) ; Making whoopee (1928) ; What goes up must go down (1929); title: Act II. The Depression years: A cornucopia of standards (1930) ; Looking for the light (1931) ; Love in the cruelest year (1932) ; A new beginning (1933) ; Mobsters and movie houses (1934) ; The great escape ; (1935) ; Jitterbugs and Juke Boxes (1936) ; Swinging and swaying (1937) ; Martians and hurricanes (1938) ; Hollywood's finest year (1939); title: Act III. The war years: Darkening clouds (1940) ; America at war (1941) ; Make believe ballroom (1942) ; A certain longing (1943) ; Bobby soxers and singing stars (1944) ; The end of an era (1945); title: Epilogue: What happened to America's popular songs?