The Great American Songbook: The Singers: Music and Lyrics for 100 Standards from the Golden Age of American Song (Paperback) (ISBN-13: 9781423430940)

(Piano/Vocal/Guitar Songbook). Crooners, wailers, shouters, balladeers some of our greatest pop vocalists have poured their hearts and souls into the musical gems of the Great American Songbook. They sang in nightclubs and concert halls, on television and in films, and left us a legacy of recordings still in play today. Their interpretations entertained us, moved us to tears, and wove lyrics and music into the fabric of our lives, making us see ourselves in these quintessentially American songs. This folio features 100 of these classics by Louis Armstrong (Hello Dolly * What a Wonderful World), Tony Bennett (I Left My Heart in San Francisco), Rosemary Clooney (Count Your Blessings Instead of Sheep), Nat "King" Cole (Route 66), Bing Crosby (True Love), Doris Day (Bewitched), Ella Fitzgerald (How High the Moon), Judy Garland (Rock-a-Bye Your Baby with a Dixie Melody), Dean Martin (Everybody Loves Somebody), Frank Sinatra (Young at Heart), Barbra Streisand (People), Mel Torme (Heart and Soul), and many, many more.

Author: Hal Leonard Corp
ISBN-10: 1423430948
ISBN-13: 9781423430940
Publisher: Hal Leonard Publishing Corporation
Language: English
Published: 07/01/2007
Pages: 400
Format: Paperback
Weight: 2.85lbs
Size: 11.90h x 9.00w x 1.00d

Review Citation(s):
Library Journal Supplements 11/15/2007 pg. 18