Author: Hal Leonard Corp.
Publisher: Hal Leonard Corporation
ISBN: 148039789X
Category : Music
Languages : en
Pages : 761
Book Description
(Fake Book). You don't have to be from below the Mason-Dixon line to enjoy this primo collection for B-flat instruments of nearly 250 Dixieland tunes: Ain't Misbehavin' * Alexander's Ragtime Band * Bill Bailey, Won't You Please Come Home * California, Here I Come * Dinah * Down by the Riverside * Georgia on My Mind * Hard Hearted Hannah (The Vamp of Savannah) * Honeysuckle Rose * I'm Gonna Sit Right down and Write Myself a Letter * It Don't Mean a Thing (If It Ain't Got That Swing) * Jelly Roll Blues * Lazy River * Makin' Whoopee! * My Baby Just Cares for Me * Nobody Knows You When You're down and Out * Puttin' on the Ritz * St. Louis Blues * Smile * Stompin' at the Savoy * Tiger Rag (Hold That Tiger) * When the Saints Go Marching In * and many more. All the Real Books feature accurate arrangements in the famous easy-to-read, hand-written notation.
The Real Dixieland Book Songbook
Author: Hal Leonard Corp.
Publisher: Hal Leonard Corporation
ISBN: 148039789X
Category : Music
Languages : en
Pages : 761
Book Description
(Fake Book). You don't have to be from below the Mason-Dixon line to enjoy this primo collection for B-flat instruments of nearly 250 Dixieland tunes: Ain't Misbehavin' * Alexander's Ragtime Band * Bill Bailey, Won't You Please Come Home * California, Here I Come * Dinah * Down by the Riverside * Georgia on My Mind * Hard Hearted Hannah (The Vamp of Savannah) * Honeysuckle Rose * I'm Gonna Sit Right down and Write Myself a Letter * It Don't Mean a Thing (If It Ain't Got That Swing) * Jelly Roll Blues * Lazy River * Makin' Whoopee! * My Baby Just Cares for Me * Nobody Knows You When You're down and Out * Puttin' on the Ritz * St. Louis Blues * Smile * Stompin' at the Savoy * Tiger Rag (Hold That Tiger) * When the Saints Go Marching In * and many more. All the Real Books feature accurate arrangements in the famous easy-to-read, hand-written notation.
Publisher: Hal Leonard Corporation
ISBN: 148039789X
Category : Music
Languages : en
Pages : 761
Book Description
(Fake Book). You don't have to be from below the Mason-Dixon line to enjoy this primo collection for B-flat instruments of nearly 250 Dixieland tunes: Ain't Misbehavin' * Alexander's Ragtime Band * Bill Bailey, Won't You Please Come Home * California, Here I Come * Dinah * Down by the Riverside * Georgia on My Mind * Hard Hearted Hannah (The Vamp of Savannah) * Honeysuckle Rose * I'm Gonna Sit Right down and Write Myself a Letter * It Don't Mean a Thing (If It Ain't Got That Swing) * Jelly Roll Blues * Lazy River * Makin' Whoopee! * My Baby Just Cares for Me * Nobody Knows You When You're down and Out * Puttin' on the Ritz * St. Louis Blues * Smile * Stompin' at the Savoy * Tiger Rag (Hold That Tiger) * When the Saints Go Marching In * and many more. All the Real Books feature accurate arrangements in the famous easy-to-read, hand-written notation.
The Real Latin Book
Author: Hal Leonard Corp.
Publisher: Hal Leonard
ISBN: 1480390402
Category : Music
Languages : en
Pages : 909
Book Description
(Fake Book). The ultimate collection for Latin lovers everywhere! Over 350 standards in one Real Book collection, including: Adios * Agua De Beber (Water to Drink) * Aguas De Marco (Waters of March) * All That's Left Is to Say Goodbye (E Preciso Dizer Adeus) * Alma Con Alma * Always in My Heart (Siempre En Mi Corazon) * Amapola (Pretty Little Poppy) * Amor (Amor, Amor, Amor) * Antigua * Babalu * Besame Mucho (Kiss Me Much) * Bonita * Brazil * Call Me * Cast Your Fate to the Wind * Cherry Pink and Apple Blossom White * Con Alma * Copacabana (At the Copa) * Corazon Corazon * Desafinado * Don't Cry for Me Argentina * El Triste * Evil Ways * Feelings (?Dime?) * 500 Miles High * For Once in My Life * Frenesi * The Girl from Ipanema (Garota De Ipanema) * Granada * Himno Nacional Mexicano (Mexican National Hymn) * How Insensitive (Insensatez) * It's Impossible (Somos Novios) * Killer Joe * Kiss of Fire * La Bamba * La Malaguena * Little Boat * Livin' La Vida Loca * The Look of Love * Malaguena * Meditation (Meditacao) * More (Ti Guardero Nel Cuore) * Never on Sunday * A Night in Tunisia * One Note Samba (Samba De Uma Nota So) * Oye Como Va * Paloma Blanca * Papa Loves Mambo * Perfidia * Por Amor * St. Thomas * Sway (Quien Sera) * Tico Tico (Tico Tico No Fuba) * Triste * Wave * What a Diff'rence a Day Made * and more!
Publisher: Hal Leonard
ISBN: 1480390402
Category : Music
Languages : en
Pages : 909
Book Description
(Fake Book). The ultimate collection for Latin lovers everywhere! Over 350 standards in one Real Book collection, including: Adios * Agua De Beber (Water to Drink) * Aguas De Marco (Waters of March) * All That's Left Is to Say Goodbye (E Preciso Dizer Adeus) * Alma Con Alma * Always in My Heart (Siempre En Mi Corazon) * Amapola (Pretty Little Poppy) * Amor (Amor, Amor, Amor) * Antigua * Babalu * Besame Mucho (Kiss Me Much) * Bonita * Brazil * Call Me * Cast Your Fate to the Wind * Cherry Pink and Apple Blossom White * Con Alma * Copacabana (At the Copa) * Corazon Corazon * Desafinado * Don't Cry for Me Argentina * El Triste * Evil Ways * Feelings (?Dime?) * 500 Miles High * For Once in My Life * Frenesi * The Girl from Ipanema (Garota De Ipanema) * Granada * Himno Nacional Mexicano (Mexican National Hymn) * How Insensitive (Insensatez) * It's Impossible (Somos Novios) * Killer Joe * Kiss of Fire * La Bamba * La Malaguena * Little Boat * Livin' La Vida Loca * The Look of Love * Malaguena * Meditation (Meditacao) * More (Ti Guardero Nel Cuore) * Never on Sunday * A Night in Tunisia * One Note Samba (Samba De Uma Nota So) * Oye Como Va * Paloma Blanca * Papa Loves Mambo * Perfidia * Por Amor * St. Thomas * Sway (Quien Sera) * Tico Tico (Tico Tico No Fuba) * Triste * Wave * What a Diff'rence a Day Made * and more!
The Real Bluegrass Book
Author: Hal Leonard Corp.
Publisher: Hal Leonard Corporation
ISBN: 1495033163
Category : Music
Languages : en
Pages : 877
Book Description
(Fake Book). This collection gathers more than 300 bluegrass favorites presented in the straightforward Real Book format favored by musicians including lyrics where applicable: Alabama Jubilee * Ballad of Jed Clampett * Bill Cheatham * Blue Ridge Mountain Blues * Bury Me Beneath the Willow * Dixie Hoedown * Down to the River to Pray * Foggy Mountain Top * Highway 40 Blues * How Mountain Girls Can Love * I'm Goin' Back to Old Kentucky * John Henry * Keep on the Sunny Side * The Long Black Veil * My Rose of Old Kentucky * Old Train * Pretty Polly * Rocky Top * Sally Goodin * Shady Grove * Wabash Cannonball * Wayfaring Stranger * Wildwood Flower * The Wreck of the Old '97 * and hundreds more!
Publisher: Hal Leonard Corporation
ISBN: 1495033163
Category : Music
Languages : en
Pages : 877
Book Description
(Fake Book). This collection gathers more than 300 bluegrass favorites presented in the straightforward Real Book format favored by musicians including lyrics where applicable: Alabama Jubilee * Ballad of Jed Clampett * Bill Cheatham * Blue Ridge Mountain Blues * Bury Me Beneath the Willow * Dixie Hoedown * Down to the River to Pray * Foggy Mountain Top * Highway 40 Blues * How Mountain Girls Can Love * I'm Goin' Back to Old Kentucky * John Henry * Keep on the Sunny Side * The Long Black Veil * My Rose of Old Kentucky * Old Train * Pretty Polly * Rocky Top * Sally Goodin * Shady Grove * Wabash Cannonball * Wayfaring Stranger * Wildwood Flower * The Wreck of the Old '97 * and hundreds more!
Dixieland Jazz Banjo
Author: Hal Leonard Corp.
Publisher: Hal Leonard Corporation
ISBN: 1495016188
Category : Music
Languages : en
Pages : 250
Book Description
(Banjo). Tenor and plectrum banjos are key ingredients of Dixieland jazz music. The bright percussive chord strums and flashy tremolo picking glissandos help define the genre. In the 1920s, when Dixieland jazz was at its zenith, the four-string banjo was the fretted instrument of choice because it could easily be heard above the simultaneous improv of the band's clarinet, cornet, saxophone, and trombone frontline. (Electric guitars were not invented until a decade later.) The chord voicings in these expertly crafted arrangements were selected so that the melody notes were always within reach to enable the user to play chord/melody style if desired. The lead sheets consist of lyrics and two sets of chord diagrams tenor and plectrum positioned throughout the arrangements. This collection of 45 songs includes: Ain't Misbehavin' * Alexander's Ragtime Band * Basin Street Blues * Bill Bailey, Won't You Please Come Home * Honeysuckle Rose * I Got Rhythm * Lazy River * St. Louis Blues * Sweet Georgia Brown * 'Way down Yonder in New Orleans * and more.
Publisher: Hal Leonard Corporation
ISBN: 1495016188
Category : Music
Languages : en
Pages : 250
Book Description
(Banjo). Tenor and plectrum banjos are key ingredients of Dixieland jazz music. The bright percussive chord strums and flashy tremolo picking glissandos help define the genre. In the 1920s, when Dixieland jazz was at its zenith, the four-string banjo was the fretted instrument of choice because it could easily be heard above the simultaneous improv of the band's clarinet, cornet, saxophone, and trombone frontline. (Electric guitars were not invented until a decade later.) The chord voicings in these expertly crafted arrangements were selected so that the melody notes were always within reach to enable the user to play chord/melody style if desired. The lead sheets consist of lyrics and two sets of chord diagrams tenor and plectrum positioned throughout the arrangements. This collection of 45 songs includes: Ain't Misbehavin' * Alexander's Ragtime Band * Basin Street Blues * Bill Bailey, Won't You Please Come Home * Honeysuckle Rose * I Got Rhythm * Lazy River * St. Louis Blues * Sweet Georgia Brown * 'Way down Yonder in New Orleans * and more.
The Real Rock Book
Author: Hal Leonard Corp.
Publisher: Hal Leonard Corporation
ISBN: 1458458547
Category : Music
Languages : en
Pages : 501
Book Description
(Fake Book). Since the 1970s, The Real Book has been the most popular book for gigging jazz musicians. Hal Leonard is proud to publish completely legal and legitimate editions of the original volumes as well as exciting new volumes to carry on the tradition to new generations of players in all styles of music! All the Real Books feature hundreds of time-tested songs in accurate arrangements in the famous easy-to-read, hand-written notation. This collection presents 200 classics from all genres of rock 'n' roll in the world-famous Real Book format: Against the Wind * Ain't No Sunshine * All Shook Up * American Woman * Another One Bites the Dust * Bad Case of Loving You * Bad Moon Rising * Band on the Run * Beast of Burden * Born to Be Wild * California Dreamin' * Centerfold * Cocaine * Dancing in the Street * Don't Do Me like That * Don't Stand So Close to Me * Free Bird * Give Me One Reason * Got to Get You into My Life * Hang on Sloopy * Hard Habit to Break * Hey Jude * Highway to Hell * The House of the Rising Sun * I Love Rock 'N Roll * I Will Survive * Imagine * La Bamba * Layla * Livin' on a Prayer * The Logical Song * Maggie May * Minute by Minute * Money for Nothing * Mustang Sally * My Sharona * One Headlight * Oye Como Va * Pride and Joy * Rhiannon * Rikki Don't Lose That Number * Roxanne * September * Sir Duke * (Sittin' On) the Dock of the Bay * Slow Ride * Smoke on the Water * Sunshine of Your Love * Takin' It to the Streets * Tears in Heaven * Tempted * Under the Boardwalk * Walk Don't Run * We Are the Champions * What I like About You * With or Without You * Yesterday * Young Americans * and more.
Publisher: Hal Leonard Corporation
ISBN: 1458458547
Category : Music
Languages : en
Pages : 501
Book Description
(Fake Book). Since the 1970s, The Real Book has been the most popular book for gigging jazz musicians. Hal Leonard is proud to publish completely legal and legitimate editions of the original volumes as well as exciting new volumes to carry on the tradition to new generations of players in all styles of music! All the Real Books feature hundreds of time-tested songs in accurate arrangements in the famous easy-to-read, hand-written notation. This collection presents 200 classics from all genres of rock 'n' roll in the world-famous Real Book format: Against the Wind * Ain't No Sunshine * All Shook Up * American Woman * Another One Bites the Dust * Bad Case of Loving You * Bad Moon Rising * Band on the Run * Beast of Burden * Born to Be Wild * California Dreamin' * Centerfold * Cocaine * Dancing in the Street * Don't Do Me like That * Don't Stand So Close to Me * Free Bird * Give Me One Reason * Got to Get You into My Life * Hang on Sloopy * Hard Habit to Break * Hey Jude * Highway to Hell * The House of the Rising Sun * I Love Rock 'N Roll * I Will Survive * Imagine * La Bamba * Layla * Livin' on a Prayer * The Logical Song * Maggie May * Minute by Minute * Money for Nothing * Mustang Sally * My Sharona * One Headlight * Oye Como Va * Pride and Joy * Rhiannon * Rikki Don't Lose That Number * Roxanne * September * Sir Duke * (Sittin' On) the Dock of the Bay * Slow Ride * Smoke on the Water * Sunshine of Your Love * Takin' It to the Streets * Tears in Heaven * Tempted * Under the Boardwalk * Walk Don't Run * We Are the Champions * What I like About You * With or Without You * Yesterday * Young Americans * and more.
The Real Worship Book (Songbook)
Author: Hal Leonard Corp.
Publisher: Hal Leonard Corporation
ISBN: 1458467228
Category : Music
Languages : en
Pages : 468
Book Description
(Fake Book). Since the 1970s, The Real Book has been the most popular book for gigging jazz musicians. Hal Leonard is proud to publish completely legal and legitimate editions of the original volumes, as well as many exciting new editions to carry on the tradition to new generations of players in all styles of music! All the Real Books feature: hundreds of time-tested songs in extremely accurate arrangements; the famous large, easy-to-read, hand-written notation with no page turns; general tempo indications to assist with set selection; songs indexed alphabetically, by key, and by tempo. 200 outstanding worship songs for worship leaders or anyone who loves Christian music: Awesome God * Beautiful One * Days of Elijah Forever * Hosanna * In Christ Alone * More Precious Than Silver * None but Jesus * Revelation Song * Shine, Jesus, Shine * There I a Redeemer * We Fall Down * You Are My King (Amazing Love) * and more.
Publisher: Hal Leonard Corporation
ISBN: 1458467228
Category : Music
Languages : en
Pages : 468
Book Description
(Fake Book). Since the 1970s, The Real Book has been the most popular book for gigging jazz musicians. Hal Leonard is proud to publish completely legal and legitimate editions of the original volumes, as well as many exciting new editions to carry on the tradition to new generations of players in all styles of music! All the Real Books feature: hundreds of time-tested songs in extremely accurate arrangements; the famous large, easy-to-read, hand-written notation with no page turns; general tempo indications to assist with set selection; songs indexed alphabetically, by key, and by tempo. 200 outstanding worship songs for worship leaders or anyone who loves Christian music: Awesome God * Beautiful One * Days of Elijah Forever * Hosanna * In Christ Alone * More Precious Than Silver * None but Jesus * Revelation Song * Shine, Jesus, Shine * There I a Redeemer * We Fall Down * You Are My King (Amazing Love) * and more.
Jazz Guitar Fake Book - Volume 1
Author: Hal Leonard Corp.
Publisher: Hal Leonard Corporation
ISBN: 1495071413
Category : Music
Languages : en
Pages : 558
Book Description
(Guitar Book). Lead sheets for 200 jazz standards, including the melodies, chord symbols and professionally arranged guitar chord diagrams for each song. Songs include: All the Things You Are * At Last * Beyond the Sea * Come Sunday * Desafinado * Embraceable You * A Fine Romance * The Girl from Ipanema (Garota De Ipanema) * I'll Be Seeing You * I've Got My Love to Keep Me Warm * In the Mood * It Could Happen to You * Just in Time * A Kiss to Build a Dream On * Lazy River * Love Me or Leave Me * Mack the Knife * Moon River * My Foolish Heart * My Way * The Nearness of You * On a Slow Boat to China * Pennies from Heaven * Satin Doll * Sentimental Journey * Stardust * A Sunday Kind of Love * Tea for Two * Time After Time * When Sunny Gets Blue * Witchcraft * You'd Be So Nice to Come Home To * and many more.
Publisher: Hal Leonard Corporation
ISBN: 1495071413
Category : Music
Languages : en
Pages : 558
Book Description
(Guitar Book). Lead sheets for 200 jazz standards, including the melodies, chord symbols and professionally arranged guitar chord diagrams for each song. Songs include: All the Things You Are * At Last * Beyond the Sea * Come Sunday * Desafinado * Embraceable You * A Fine Romance * The Girl from Ipanema (Garota De Ipanema) * I'll Be Seeing You * I've Got My Love to Keep Me Warm * In the Mood * It Could Happen to You * Just in Time * A Kiss to Build a Dream On * Lazy River * Love Me or Leave Me * Mack the Knife * Moon River * My Foolish Heart * My Way * The Nearness of You * On a Slow Boat to China * Pennies from Heaven * Satin Doll * Sentimental Journey * Stardust * A Sunday Kind of Love * Tea for Two * Time After Time * When Sunny Gets Blue * Witchcraft * You'd Be So Nice to Come Home To * and many more.
Your First Fake Book
Author: Hal Leonard Corp.
Publisher: Hal Leonard
ISBN: 1540085805
Category : Music
Languages : en
Pages : 333
Book Description
(Easy Fake Book). This is a beginning fake book for players new to "faking." By using a fake book, musicians learn to "fake" an accompaniment to a melody, playing chords as indicated. This book is designed for those players just acquiring this important musical skill. It includes 100 favorite songs that belong in all musicians' repertoire library, including standards, pop hits, Broadway and movie songs, folk favorites, and much more. All the songs are in the key of C and include easy-to-read, large notation complete with lyrics. Chords have been simplified, but remain true to each tune. This book even includes an introduction on how to use a fake book. Songs include: Beauty and the Beast * Bewitched * Blackbird * Can You Feel the Love Tonight * Do-Re-Mi * Don't Cry for Me Argentina * Edelweiss * Georgia on My Mind * Heart and Soul * Hotel California * I Walk the Line * Lean on Me * Let It Be * A Million Dreams * Satin Doll * Stand by Me * Sweet Caroline * This Is Me * Try to Remember * Unchained Melody * When I Fall in Love * When the Saints Go Marching In * A Whole New World * Yesterday * You Made Me Love You (I Didn't Want to Do It) * and more.
Publisher: Hal Leonard
ISBN: 1540085805
Category : Music
Languages : en
Pages : 333
Book Description
(Easy Fake Book). This is a beginning fake book for players new to "faking." By using a fake book, musicians learn to "fake" an accompaniment to a melody, playing chords as indicated. This book is designed for those players just acquiring this important musical skill. It includes 100 favorite songs that belong in all musicians' repertoire library, including standards, pop hits, Broadway and movie songs, folk favorites, and much more. All the songs are in the key of C and include easy-to-read, large notation complete with lyrics. Chords have been simplified, but remain true to each tune. This book even includes an introduction on how to use a fake book. Songs include: Beauty and the Beast * Bewitched * Blackbird * Can You Feel the Love Tonight * Do-Re-Mi * Don't Cry for Me Argentina * Edelweiss * Georgia on My Mind * Heart and Soul * Hotel California * I Walk the Line * Lean on Me * Let It Be * A Million Dreams * Satin Doll * Stand by Me * Sweet Caroline * This Is Me * Try to Remember * Unchained Melody * When I Fall in Love * When the Saints Go Marching In * A Whole New World * Yesterday * You Made Me Love You (I Didn't Want to Do It) * and more.
The Real Christmas Book
Author: Hal Leonard Corp.
Publisher: Hal Leonard Corporation
ISBN: 1458402487
Category : Music
Languages : en
Pages : 359
Book Description
(Fake Book). The Christmas collection that all jazz cats will want in their stocking! This unique fake book features 150 custom arrangements of carols and contemporary holiday songs featuring sophisticated jazz chord changes in the popular, user-friendly Real Book format. Players will enjoy putting the cool back into these Christmas classics: All I Want for Christmas Is You * Auld Lang Syne * Baby, It's Cold Outside * Blue Christmas * The Chipmunk Song * Christmas Time Is Here * Dance of the Sugar Plum Fairy * Happy Holiday * Here Comes Santa Claus * I Heard the Bells on Christmas Day * I've Got My Love to Keep Me Warm * It Must Have Been the Mistletoe * It's Christmas in New York * Joy to the World * What Child Is This? * Last Christmas * Let It Snow! Let It Snow! Let It Snow! * Mister Santa * Santa Baby * Santa Claus Is Comin' to Town * Silver and Gold * Silver Bells * Somewhere in My Memory * What Are You Doing New Year's Eve? * You're All I Want for Christmas * and more.
Publisher: Hal Leonard Corporation
ISBN: 1458402487
Category : Music
Languages : en
Pages : 359
Book Description
(Fake Book). The Christmas collection that all jazz cats will want in their stocking! This unique fake book features 150 custom arrangements of carols and contemporary holiday songs featuring sophisticated jazz chord changes in the popular, user-friendly Real Book format. Players will enjoy putting the cool back into these Christmas classics: All I Want for Christmas Is You * Auld Lang Syne * Baby, It's Cold Outside * Blue Christmas * The Chipmunk Song * Christmas Time Is Here * Dance of the Sugar Plum Fairy * Happy Holiday * Here Comes Santa Claus * I Heard the Bells on Christmas Day * I've Got My Love to Keep Me Warm * It Must Have Been the Mistletoe * It's Christmas in New York * Joy to the World * What Child Is This? * Last Christmas * Let It Snow! Let It Snow! Let It Snow! * Mister Santa * Santa Baby * Santa Claus Is Comin' to Town * Silver and Gold * Silver Bells * Somewhere in My Memory * What Are You Doing New Year's Eve? * You're All I Want for Christmas * and more.
Songs of America
Author: Jon Meacham
Publisher: Random House
ISBN: 0593132963
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 321
Book Description
NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER • A celebration of American history through the music that helped to shape a nation, by Pulitzer Prize winner Jon Meacham and music superstar Tim McGraw “Jon Meacham and Tim McGraw form an irresistible duo—connecting us to music as an unsung force in our nation's history.”—Doris Kearns Goodwin Through all the years of strife and triumph, America has been shaped not just by our elected leaders and our formal politics but also by our music—by the lyrics, performers, and instrumentals that have helped to carry us through the dark days and to celebrate the bright ones. From “The Star-Spangled Banner” to “Born in the U.S.A.,” Jon Meacham and Tim McGraw take readers on a moving and insightful journey through eras in American history and the songs and performers that inspired us. Meacham chronicles our history, exploring the stories behind the songs, and Tim McGraw reflects on them as an artist and performer. Their perspectives combine to create a unique view of the role music has played in uniting and shaping a nation. Beginning with the battle hymns of the revolution, and taking us through songs from the defining events of the Civil War, the fight for women’s suffrage, the two world wars, the Great Depression, the civil rights movement, the Vietnam War, and into the twenty-first century, Meacham and McGraw explore the songs that defined generations, and the cultural and political climates that produced them. Readers will discover the power of music in the lives of figures such as Harriet Tubman, Franklin Roosevelt, Eleanor Roosevelt, and Martin Luther King, Jr., and will learn more about some of our most beloved musicians and performers, including Marian Anderson, Elvis Presley, Sam Cooke, Aretha Franklin, Bob Dylan, Duke Ellington, Carole King, Bruce Springsteen, and more. Songs of America explores both famous songs and lesser-known ones, expanding our understanding of the scope of American music and lending deeper meaning to the historical context of such songs as “My Country, ’Tis of Thee,” “God Bless America,” “Over There,” “We Shall Overcome,” and “Blowin’ in the Wind.” As Quincy Jones says, Meacham and McGraw have “convened a concert in Songs of America,” one that reminds us of who we are, where we’ve been, and what we, at our best, can be.
Publisher: Random House
ISBN: 0593132963
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 321
Book Description
NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER • A celebration of American history through the music that helped to shape a nation, by Pulitzer Prize winner Jon Meacham and music superstar Tim McGraw “Jon Meacham and Tim McGraw form an irresistible duo—connecting us to music as an unsung force in our nation's history.”—Doris Kearns Goodwin Through all the years of strife and triumph, America has been shaped not just by our elected leaders and our formal politics but also by our music—by the lyrics, performers, and instrumentals that have helped to carry us through the dark days and to celebrate the bright ones. From “The Star-Spangled Banner” to “Born in the U.S.A.,” Jon Meacham and Tim McGraw take readers on a moving and insightful journey through eras in American history and the songs and performers that inspired us. Meacham chronicles our history, exploring the stories behind the songs, and Tim McGraw reflects on them as an artist and performer. Their perspectives combine to create a unique view of the role music has played in uniting and shaping a nation. Beginning with the battle hymns of the revolution, and taking us through songs from the defining events of the Civil War, the fight for women’s suffrage, the two world wars, the Great Depression, the civil rights movement, the Vietnam War, and into the twenty-first century, Meacham and McGraw explore the songs that defined generations, and the cultural and political climates that produced them. Readers will discover the power of music in the lives of figures such as Harriet Tubman, Franklin Roosevelt, Eleanor Roosevelt, and Martin Luther King, Jr., and will learn more about some of our most beloved musicians and performers, including Marian Anderson, Elvis Presley, Sam Cooke, Aretha Franklin, Bob Dylan, Duke Ellington, Carole King, Bruce Springsteen, and more. Songs of America explores both famous songs and lesser-known ones, expanding our understanding of the scope of American music and lending deeper meaning to the historical context of such songs as “My Country, ’Tis of Thee,” “God Bless America,” “Over There,” “We Shall Overcome,” and “Blowin’ in the Wind.” As Quincy Jones says, Meacham and McGraw have “convened a concert in Songs of America,” one that reminds us of who we are, where we’ve been, and what we, at our best, can be.