Reader's Digest Festival of Popular Songs [Hardcover]

William L. Simon (Editor), John S. Wilson (Editor), Mary Kelleher (Editor), Elizabeth Mead (Editor), Natalie Moreda (Editor), Dan Fox (Editor), Nicholas Calabrese (Illustrator), Dana Burns (Illustrator)

Book Description

Publication Date: July 1, 1977

Songs from films and Broadway, children's tunes, ragtime, nostalgia, folk favorites, instrumentals, country classics, songs from World War I -- a musical parade of American history. Sample songs: And I Love Her
* Gigi
* I Love Paris
* I'll Be Seeing You
* I've Got a Crush on You
* Mockin' Bird Hill
* The Shadow of Your Smile
* The Way We Were
* You're the Cream in My Coffee. The lyric booklet ""Sing Along!"" is included.

Product Details

• Hardcover: 288 pages
• Publisher: Reader's Digest Association; 1st edition (July 1, 1977)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0895770350
• ISBN-13: 978-0895770356
• Product Dimensions: 12.1 x 9.6 x 1 inches
• Shipping Weight: 2.6 pounds
• Average Customer Review: 4.7 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (10 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #271,350 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

Customer Reviews

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16 of 16 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Reader's Digest Festival of Popular Songs, April 27, 2004

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Terese Dwinal (Gig Harbor, WA United States) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Reader's Digest Festival of Popular Songs (Hardcover)

Great songs to play for a party or for your own enjoyment: Georgia on My Mind, I Left My Heart in San Francisco, It's Impossible, My Funny Valentine, The Shadow of your Smile, The Way You Look Tonight, On the Street Where You Live, Honky-Tonk Train. ALL of the songs are excellent piano melodies sutable for the intermediate player.

9 of 9 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Excellent. Great arrangements. Easy for a beginner., October 15, 1999

By A Customer

This review is from: Reader's Digest Festival of Popular Songs (Hardcover)

This songbook has many of the great songs of my youth. The chords are easy, there are guitar chords written above the treble staff and the print is large enough for those of us over 50 to see. The arrangements are outstanding. I wish Readers' Digest would reprint this book. I'd buy it in a second. I have to borrow mine from the public library.

7 of 7 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Festival of Popular Songs refview, February 26, 2000

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mel (Atlanta, Georgia) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Reader's Digest Festival of Popular Songs (Hardcover)

Great book for the intermediate pianist. It's one of my favorites. Reader's Digest needs to reprint it. I borrow it at the public library and would buy it if available.