{"product_id":"singers-and-the-song-paperback","title":"Singers and the Song - Paperback","description":"\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cp style=\"text-align: right;\"\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/reportcopyrightinfringement.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eReport copyright infringement\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eGene Lees\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eLed by Frank Sinatra, the generation that emerged during and after World War II raised the performance of the popular song to the level of art. Gene Lees' fascinating book examines some of the most gifted of these singers, including Sinatra, Dick Haymes, Peggy Lee, Jo Stafford, and Sarah Vaughan.\u003cbr\u003e Far from being the simple intuitive performers the public thought it knew, these people emerge--in \u003cem\u003eSingers and the Song\u003c\/em\u003e--as intelligent, skillful, and fully conscious artists dedicated to their work. Lees also discusses the composers, including the great film composer, Hugo Friedhodfer, and the supremely talented lyricist, Johnny Mercer; explores the language of the popular song; focuses on the social history of twentieth-century America, seen through the mirror of popular music; and examines the theme of war, from the Viking conquest of northwestern France, through World War II, to the present.\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eBack Jacket\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003eFar from being the simple intuitive performers the public thought it knew, these people emerge as intelligent, skillful, and fully conscious artist dedicated to their work. Lees's insight and analysis reveal Sinatra in particular as we've never seen him before.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cem\u003eAbout the author: \u003c\/em\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \u003cstrong\u003eGene Lees\u003c\/strong\u003e is the author of \u003cem\u003eAnd Sleep Until Noon\u003c\/em\u003e and \u003cem\u003eThe Modern Rhyming Dictionary\u003c\/em\u003e, and editor and publisher of the influential \u003cem\u003eJazzletter\u003c\/em\u003e. A lyricist whose songs include \u003cem\u003eQuiet Nights of Quiet Stars\u003c\/em\u003e and \u003cem\u003eYesterday I Heard the Rain\u003c\/em\u003e, he has also written extensively for such publications as \u003cem\u003eHigh Fidelity\u003c\/em\u003e, \u003cem\u003eAmerican Film\u003c\/em\u003e, and \u003cem\u003eDown Beat\u003c\/em\u003e.\u003c\/p\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 272\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.56 x 8.01 x 5.33 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e November 30, 1989\u003c\/div\u003e\n            ","brand":"BooksCloud","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":53099887493427,"sku":"9780195060874","price":51.44,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0300\/5595\/6612\/files\/cm1ueXhvR29UckdwcTAvU3RJckFFQT09.webp?v=1772481326","url":"https:\/\/www.vysn.com\/en-ca\/products\/singers-and-the-song-paperback","provider":"VYSN","version":"1.0","type":"link"}