Old-Time Radio and the Great American Song Book
Join Steve Darnell as he
discusses how radio helped to give birth
to the "Great American Songbook" by offering songs and singers a
unique opportunity to present their songs to a national audience. This show uses
both a Powerpoint presentation and a CD of clips featuring some of the greatest
songwriters of the 20th century as they were heard on radio—including Johnny
Mercer, Irving Berlin, Cole Porter, and a rare 1934 performance from George
Gershwin!