God bless America : Tin Pan Alley goes to war

God bless America : Tin Pan Alley goes to war / Kathleen E.R. Smith.

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author:	Smith, Kathleen E. R.
Format:	Book
Language:	English
Published:	Lexington, Ky. : The University Press of Kentucky, c2003.
Subjects:	Popular music > United States > 1941-1950 > History and criticism. World War, 1939-1945 > Music and the war.

Table of Contents:

What this country needs is a good five cent war song!
"Praise the Lord and pass the ammunition"
"There's nary an 'Over there' in the lot"
War songs in boy-girl terms
War is good for the music business
"Yearnful bellowings"
Recipes for war songs
Just love songs with a once-over-lightly war background
The National Wartime Music Committee
"From cantata to outright corn"
Tin Pan Alley's music war committee
Tin Pan Alley still seeks the "proper" war song
Even stale music sells like nylons
Jitterbugs and bobby-soxers
"Meet Soozie Cue".