Songs She Wrote
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Songs She Wrote

Forty Hits by Pioneering Women of Popular Music

  1. 345 pages
  2. English
  3. PDF
  4. Available on iOS & Android
eBook - PDF

Songs She Wrote

Forty Hits by Pioneering Women of Popular Music

About this book

Women built the popular song industry of Tin Pan Alley, yet many of their stories have seldom been told. They blazed the trail for women in music today and set an inspiring example for generations to come.
Songs She Wrote celebrates women's contributions to popular music by looking at dozens of well-known songwriters, lyricists, and composers in the first half of the twentieth century like Billie Holiday, Peggy Lee, and Dorothy Parker and unearths more unknown women who made major contributions. Learn about Maria Grever ("What a Difference a Day Made") who was the first female Mexican to achieve international acclaim and the fascinating story of African American lyricist Lucy Fletcher ("Sugar Blues"), among many others. Women in the popular music business went through struggles different from their male colleagues, making their triumphs all the more impressive. Their combined sagas convey an epic about women in the world of American popular music.

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Table of contents

  1. Cover
  2. Half Title
  3. Title Page
  4. Copyright Page
  5. Dedication
  6. Epigraph
  7. CONTENTS
  8. ACKNOWLEDGMENTS
  9. FOREWORD
  10. PREFACE
  11. A NOTE ON SONG POPULARITY
  12. Chapter 1: Women in the World of Tin Pan Alley
  13. Chapter 2: The Twenties
  14. Chapter 3: “Can’t We Be Friends” (1929): Kay Swift (1897–1993), composer
  15. Chapter 4: “It Happened in Monterey” (1929): Mabel Wayne (1890–1978), composer
  16. Chapter 5: The Thirties
  17. Chapter 6: “My Silent Love” (1931/1932): Dana Suesse (1909–1987), composer
  18. Chapter 7: “Willow, Weep for Me” (1932): Ann Ronell (1905–1993), composer-lyricist
  19. Chapter 8: “Close Your Eyes” (1933): Bernice Petkere (1901–2000), composer-lyricist
  20. Chapter 9: “What a Difference a Day Made” (“Cuando Vuelva a Tu Lado”) (1934): Maria Grever (1885–1951), composer and Spanish-language lyricist
  21. Chapter 10: “The Way You Look Tonight” (1936): Dorothy Fields (1904–1974), lyricist
  22. Chapter 11: The Forties
  23. Chapter 12: “God Bless’ the Child” (1941): Billie Holiday (1915–1959), composer-lyricist
  24. Chapter 13: “Good Morning Heartache” (1945): Irene Higginbotham (1918–1988), composer-lyricist
  25. Chapter 14: “Put the Blame on Mame” (1945/1946): Doris Fisher (1915–2003), composer-lyricist
  26. Chapter 15: “Far Away Places” (1947): Joan Whitney (1914–1990), composer-lyricist
  27. Chapter 16: The Fifties
  28. Chapter 17: “Just in Time” (1956): Betty Comden (1917–2006), lyricist
  29. Chapter 18: “Witchcraft” (1957): Carolyn Leigh (1926–1983), lyricist
  30. Chapter 19: “Nice ‘n’ Easy” (1960): Marilyn Keith Bergman (1928–2022), lyricist
  31. Chapter 20: What Happened Next?
  32. Notes
  33. Selected Song Index
  34. General Index
  35. About the Author