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Jane Froman: Missouri's First Lady of Song
by Stone, Ilene
fromMissouri Heritage Readers Ser
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Type: Book
"How can we account for the persistent appeal of glossy commercial pop music? Why do certain performers have such emotional power, even though their music is considered vulgar or second rate? In The Persistence of Sentiment, Mitchell Morris gives a critical account of a group of…
How can we account for the persistent appeal of glossy commercial pop music? Why do certain performers have such emotional power, even though their music is considered vulgar or second rate? The author gives a critical account of a group of American popular music performers who …
Introduction: Once upon a time -- 1. Sweet romance: a tale of two discos -- 2. Faster and faster to nowhere: fairy tales and the black urban experience -- 3. Working the midnight shift: life and music inside the Munich machine -- Brief interlude: a man like you or how to get you…
"Contradicting assumptions that disco albums are shallow and packed with filler, Donna Summer's double album Once Upon A Time stands out as a piece that delivers on its promise of an immaculately crafted journey from start to finish. A new interpretation of the Cinderella story,…
