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Hollywood Sings!: An Inside Look at Sixty Years of Academy Award-Nominated Songs
by Susan Sackett, Marcia Rovins
Product Group: Book
Publisher: Pub Overstock Unlimited Inc (1995-04)
ISBN: 0823076237
EAN: 9780823076239
Dewey Decimal #: 782.421641542
Paperback: 336 pages
SKU: 20138
Condition: Used: Like New
Comments: Paperback. Pages are clean and unmarked.
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Editorial Reviews
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Product Description
This richly detailed book traces the history of the songs that have been nominated for Oscars since 1934--more than 300 in all--providing an inside look at the tunes, the singers who performed them (in many cases the star of the film), the composers, and the movies in which they appeared. Includes 125 archival photos.
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Customer Reviews
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EXHAUSTIVE, ACCURATE, INFORMATIVE
Rating  (5)
Date: 2007-01-14
Susan Sackett gives a readable, digestable and loving look at each song that got the Academy's nod as a Best Song nominee. Not overly encyclopedic yet well-detailed, this compendium offers the story behind the song itself, interesting asides about the writers and how the song was used in each film Included, too, are anecdotes,industry quotes and anomalies that make each entry even more interesting.
The book cuts off in 1992 and was never updated. It would be great to have the last 15 years of nominees represented, as well.
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