Table of Contents
Table of Contents
Acknowledgments
Preface
A Note on Song Popularity
Chapter 1: Women in the World of Tin Pan Alley
Chapter 2: The Twenties
“Sugar Blues” (1918/1923), Lucy Fletcher, lyricist
“Mexicali Rose” (1922/1923), Helen Stone, lyricist
“The Down Hearted Blues” (1921), Lovie Austin, composer; Alberta Hunter, lyricist
“Serenade” from The Student Prince (1924), Dorothy Donnelly, lyricist
“I Know That You Know” (1926), Anne Caldwell, lyricist
“Backwater Blues” (1927), Bessie Smith, composer-lyricist
“Struttin' with Some Barbecue” (1927/1955), Lil Hardin Armstrong, composer
Chapter 3: “Can't We Be Friends” (1929), Kay Swift, composer
Chapter 4: “It Happened in Monterey” (1929/1930), Mabel Wayne, composer
Chapter 5: The Thirties
“Siboney” (1931), Dolly Morse, lyricist
“Say Si Si” (1936), Francia Luban, lyricist
“Taboo” (“Tabú,” 1934), Margarita Lecuona, composer-lyricist
“Them There Eyes” (1931), Doris Tauber, composer
“Accent on Youth” (1935), Tot Seymour, lyricist; Vee Lawnhurst, composer
“I Wished on the Moon” (1935), Dorothy Parker, lyricist
“What's Your Story, Morning Glory?” (1938/1940), Mary Lou Williams, composer-lyricist
“Some Other Spring” (1939/1940), Irene Armstrong Wilson Kitchings, composer
“I'll Never Smile Again” (1939), Ruth Lowe, composer-lyricist
Chapter 6: “My Silent Love” (1931/1932), Dana Suesse, composer
Chapter 7: “Willow, Weep for Me” (1932), Ann Ronell, composer-lyricist
Chapter 8: “Close Your Eyes” (1933), Bernice Petkere, composer-lyricist
Chapter 9: “What a Diff'rence a Day Made” (“Cuando Vuelva a Tu Lado,” 1934), Maria Grever, composer-lyricist
Chapter 10: “The Way You Look Tonight” (1936), Dorothy Fields, lyricist
Chapter 11: The Forties
“How High the Moon” (1940), Nancy Hamilton, lyricist
“I Dream of You” (1944), Marjorie Goetschius, Edna Osser, composers-lyricists
“The Man with the Horn” (1945), Bonnie Lake, composer
“It's a Good Day” (1946), Peggy Lee, lyricist
“A Sunday Kind of Love” (1946), Anita Leonard, Barbara Belle, composers-lyricists
“It's Too Soon to Know” (1947), Deborah Chessler, composer-lyricist
“Scarlet Ribbons” (1949), Evelyn Danzig, composer
Chapter 12: “God Bless' the Child” (1940), Billie Holiday, composer-lyricist
Chapter 13: “Good Morning, Heartache” (1945), Irene Higginbotham, composer
Chapter 14: “Put the Blame on Mame” (1945/1946), Doris Fisher, composer-lyricist
Chapter 15: “Far Away Places” (1947/1948), Joan Whitney, composer-lyricist
Chapter 16: The Fifties
“Too Young” (1949/1951), Sylvia Dee, lyricist
“Twisted” (1952), Annie Ross, lyricist
“Spring Can Really Hang You Up the Most” (1955), Fran Landesman, lyricist
Chapter 17: “Just in Time” (1956), Betty Comden, lyricist
Chapter 18: “Witchcraft” (1957), Carolyn Leigh, lyricist
Chapter 19: “Nice 'n' Easy” (1960), Marilyn Keith Bergman, lyricist
Chapter 20: What Happened Next
Endnotes
Selected Song Title Index
General Index
