Song Hits from the Turn of the Century [Paperback]

Paul Charosh (Editor), Robert A. Fremont (Editor)

Product Details

• Paperback: 296 pages
• Publisher: Dover Publications (October 1975)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0486231585
• ISBN-13: 978-0486231587
• Product Dimensions: 12 x 9 x 0.3 inches
• Shipping Weight: 1 pounds
• Average Customer Review: 4.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (1 customer review)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #1,973,564 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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4.0 out of 5 stars A Different Age But Still Entertaining, January 3, 2003

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William G. Edwards "Perfessor Bill" (Ashburn, VA USA) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Song Hits from the Turn of the Century (Paperback)

It may have been the turning of a different century, but it was also the turning of the era of popular song and the fledgling Tin Pan Alley industry. There are insights to music that you may remember from your childhood (March of the Toys), and comedy from the era (Please Let Me Sleep and Nobody). But even more, there are certain social issues that have changed very little over time (She Was Happy Till She Met You, I'd Leave Ma Happy Home For You) and one number in particular from English theatre that is seething with entendre (Daddy Wouldn't Buy Me a Bow-Wow). While these are not the most memorable of the era's pieces, they are well worth looking at again, and hardly a waste of your hard-earned entertainment dollars.