| Edition |
First edition. |
| Description |
xxv, 402 pages : color illustrations ; 25 cm |
| Note |
Includes discography. |
| Contents |
Preface and Acknowledgments -- Introduction: The origins and development of the pop music album from To Mother to The Voice -- Louis Armstrong, Louis Armstrong meets Oscar Peterson -- Fred Astaire, The Astaire story -- Chet Baker, Let's get lost : the best of Chet Baker sings -- Tony Bennett and Bill Evans, The Tony Bennett / Bill Evans album and Together again -- Ray Charles, Modern sounds in country and western music -- June Christy, Something cool -- Rosemary Clooney, Blue rose -- Nat King Cole, After midnight -- Nat King Cole, St. Louis blues -- Bing Crosby, Bing with a beat -- Bing Crosby and Louis Armstrong, Bing & Satchmo -- Doris Day, Day by day and day by night -- Doris Day and Robert Goulet, Annie get your gun -- Blossom Dearie, My gentleman friend -- Matt Dennis, Matt Dennis plays and sings Matt Dennis ; Bobby Troup, Bobby Troup sings Johnny Mercer -- Billy Eckstine, Billy's best! -- Ella Fitzgerald, Lullabies of birdland -- Ella Fitzgerald, Mack the knife : Ella in Berlin -- Judy Garland, Judy at Carnegie Hall -- Johnny Hartman, John Coltrane and Johnny Hartman -- Dick Haynes, Rain or Shine -- Billie Holiday, Lady in satin -- Lena Horne, Lena Horne at the Waldorf Astoria -- Barb Jungr, Every grain of sand : Barb Jungr sings Bob Dylan -- Dave Lambert, Jon Hendricks, and Annie Ross, Sing a song of Basie ; Annie Ross, Sings a song with Mulligan! -- Eydie Gormé and Steve Lawrence, Eydie and Steve sing the golden hits -- Peggy Lee, Black coffee -- Peggy Lee, The man I love -- Marilyn Maye, Meet marvelous Marilyn Maye -- Carmen McRae, As time goes by : live at the Dug -- Anita O'Day, Anita O'Day sings the winners -- Della Reese, Della Della cha cha cha -- Jimmy Scott, The source and Lost and found -- Bobby Short, Bobby Short -- Nina Simone, Nina Simone and piano! -- Frank Sinatra, In the wee small hours -- Frank Sinatra, Songs for swingin' lovers! -- Jo Stafford, Jo Stafford sings American folk songs and Jo Stafford sings songs of Scotland -- Jo Stafford, I'll be seeing you (G.I. Jo) -- Kay Starr, I cry by night -- Maxine Sullivan, Memories of you : a tribute to Andy Razaf -- Jack Teagarden, Think well of me -- Tiny Tim, God bless Tiny Tim -- Mel Tormé, Mel Tormé with Marty Paich Dek-Tette (Lulu's back in town) -- Sarah Vaughan, Sara Vaughan -- Sarah Vaughan, "Live" in Japan -- Dinah Washington, Dinah Washington sings Fats Waller -- Margaret Whiting, Margaret Whiting sings the Jerome Kern song book -- Lee Wiley, Night in Manhattan -- Cassandra Wilson, Belly of the sun -- Discography. |
| Summary |
"Each of the fifty-seven albums discussed here captures the artist at a high point, if not at the expected moment, of her or his career. The individual cuts are evaluated, the sequencing explicated, the songs and songwriters heralded; anecdotes abound of how songs were born and how artists and producers collaborated. And in appraising each album, Friedwald balances his own opinions with those of musicians, listeners, and critics."--Dust jacket flap. |
| Subject |
Jazz vocals -- Discography.
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Popular music -- Discography.
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Singers -- Discography.
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Sound recordings -- Reviews.
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Jazz vocals. (OCoLC)fst00982216
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Popular music. (OCoLC)fst01071422
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Singers. (OCoLC)fst01119301
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Sound recordings. (OCoLC)fst01127034
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MUSIC / Genres & Styles / Jazz.
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MUSIC / Genres & Styles / Pop Vocal.
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MUSIC / History & Criticism.
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| Genre/Form |
Music reviews. (OCoLC)fst01919942
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Discographies. (OCoLC)fst01423883
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Reviews. (OCoLC)fst01423760
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Discographies.
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Music reviews.
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| ISBN |
9780307379078 hardcover |
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0307379078 hardcover |
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