Fun-filled event with Steve Darnall on how radio helped give birth to the "Great American Songbook" by offering songs & singers a unique opportunity to present their songs to a national audience.
This audio-visual presentation examines how radio helped to give birth to the "Great American Songbook" by offering songs and singers a unique opportunity to present their songs to a national audience. This show uses both a Powerpoint presentation and a CD of clips featuring some of the greatest songwriters of the 20th century as they were heard on radio—including Johnny Mercer, Irving Berlin, Cole Porter, and a rare 1934 performance from George Gershwin!
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