Who should sing Ol' man river? : the lives of an American song / Todd Decker.

"Who should sing Ol' man river? : the lives of an American song tells the almost eighty-year performance history of a great popular song. Examining over two hundred recorded and filmed versions of Jerome Kern and Oscar Hammerstein II's classic song, the book reveals the power of performers to remake...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author:	Decker, Todd R. (Author)
Language:	English
Published:	New York, NY : Oxford University Press, [2015]
Subjects:	Kern, Jerome, > 1885-1945. > Show boat. > Ol' man river. Music and race > United States > History > 20th century.
Physical Description:	241 pages : illustrations, music ; 25 cm
Variant Title:	Who should sing Old Man river.
Format:	Book

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