Movie Song Catalog

Performers and Supporting Crew for the Songs Sung in 1460 Musical and Nonmusical Films, 1928-1988

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by Ruth Benjamin and Arthur Rosenblatt

Type

Encyclopedias

Subject

Technique > Music

Keywords

songs, music, directory

Publishing date

1993

Publisher

McFarland & Co

Language

English

Relative size

Physical desc.

Paperback • 366 pages
6 ¼ x 9 ¼ inches (16 x 23.5 cm)

ISBN-10
ISBN-13

0-89950-764-6
978-0-89950-764-4

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Book Presentation:
An exhaustive reference volume to the thousands of songs, songwriters and performers in 1,460 American and British films (musical and nonmusical) since the advent of the talkie in 1928. Listed alphabetically by film title, each entry provides full production information on the movie, including the country of origin, year of release, running time, director, musical director, musical score, studio, producer, orchestra or bands featured, music backup, vocalist, (dubber who sang on the soundtrack), and performers. Each song title in the main entry is followed by the name of the performer, lyricist, composer, and, when appropriate, arranger.

About the authors:
Ruth Benjamin is a professional writer and lives in New York.

Press Reviews:
"recommended"—Choice; "impressive and exhaustive"—Booklist; "comprehensively and accurately researched…. The presentation is excellent, with 352 library bound pages of fascinating movie song facts…. Thoroughly recommended"—CTA Bulletin.

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