The melody man
Subtitle: Joe Davis and the New York music scene, 1916-1978
By: Bruce Bastin ; with Kip Lornell
Contributors: Lornell, Kip, 1953-
Series: American made music series
Publisher: University Press of Mississippi
Published: 2012
Place of publication: Jackson
Language: eng
Number of pages: 332
ISBN-13: 9781617032769; 9781617032776
Subjects: Music publishers; Composers; Sound recording executives and producers; Biography; Sound recording industry
Notes: Includes index.
Table of contents: title: "That's got 'em"; title: The melody man; title: Fats comes aboard; title: How Joe Davis did business; title: The Gennett connection; title: God bless our new president; title: Caribbean music and albums; title: Back to the Brill Building; title: The Deep River Boys; title: Jay-Dee records and Otis Blackwell; title: Listen to Dr. Jive; title: I learned a lesson I'll never forget.