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Index
Cover Page
Title Page
Contents
Dedication
A Note on Sources
Introduction
Part One
The Road to Berlin
Irving Berlin: The Little Pianist Who Couldn’t
Of Thee I Sing, Gershwin
Part Two
Harold Arlen: The Songwriter’s Songwriter
Hoagy Carmichael: The Jazz Song Goes West
Duke Ellington: Royalty
Part Three
Jerome Kern: Jazz Comes to Broadway…Slowly
Cole Porter: From Peru to Paree to Broadway
Richard Rodgers: Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Rodgers
Part Four
Hooray for Hollywood (Sometimes)
Harry Warren: The King of the Unknowns and His Quiet Reign in Hollywood
Jimmy Van Heusen: On the Radio with Bing and Frank
Johnny Mercer: The All-American Voice
Part Five
Frank Loesser’s Great New York Musical
Gershwin’s Last Heir: Burton Lane
Cy Coleman and the Future
Coda: Three More Majors (for Good Measure)
Appendix
About the Author
Also by Wilfrid Sheed
Praise for The House That George Built
Copyright
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