In a career that spanned nearly five decades, Dorothy Fields penned the words to more than four hundred songs, among them mega-hits such as On the Sunny Side of the Street, I Can't Give You Anything But Love, The Way You Look Tonight, and If My Friends Could See Me Now. While Fields's name may be known mainly to connoisseurs, her contributions to our popular culture - indeed, our national consciousness - have been remarkable. In Pick Yourself Up, Charlotte Greenspan offers the most complete, serious treatment of Fields's life and work to date, tracing her rise to prominence in a male-dominated world.…mehr
In a career that spanned nearly five decades, Dorothy Fields penned the words to more than four hundred songs, among them mega-hits such as On the Sunny Side of the Street, I Can't Give You Anything But Love, The Way You Look Tonight, and If My Friends Could See Me Now. While Fields's name may be known mainly to connoisseurs, her contributions to our popular culture - indeed, our national consciousness - have been remarkable. In Pick Yourself Up, Charlotte Greenspan offers the most complete, serious treatment of Fields's life and work to date, tracing her rise to prominence in a male-dominated world.
Charlotte Greenspan is a musicologist and pianist who has written extensively on music and film. She lives in Ithaca, New York.
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Preface A Note About the Lyrics Chapter One: The World of Her Father Chapter Two: The World of Her Family Chapter Three: The Teen Years Chapter Four: Marriage and the Start of a Career Chapter Five: What's Black and White and Heard All Over? Chapter Six: Give My Refrains to Broadway Chapter Seven: Hello to Hollywood Chapter Eight: Change Partners and Write Chapter Nine: The Best of Hollywood Chapter Ten: End of an Era Chapter Eleven: Hollywood Through a Broadway Lens Chapter Twelve: Librettos Instead of Lyrics Chapter Thirteen: Up In Central Park Chapter Fourteen: Annie Get Your Gun Chapter Fifteen: More Movies Chapter Sixteen: Colonial America and Brooklyn Chapter Seventeen: Something Old, Something New Chapter Eighteen: Sweet Charity Chapter Nineteen: "It's Where You Finish" Appendix One: List of Songs Appendix Two: List of Theatre Works and Movies Notes
Preface A Note About the Lyrics Chapter One: The World of Her Father Chapter Two: The World of Her Family Chapter Three: The Teen Years Chapter Four: Marriage and the Start of a Career Chapter Five: What's Black and White and Heard All Over? Chapter Six: Give My Refrains to Broadway Chapter Seven: Hello to Hollywood Chapter Eight: Change Partners and Write Chapter Nine: The Best of Hollywood Chapter Ten: End of an Era Chapter Eleven: Hollywood Through a Broadway Lens Chapter Twelve: Librettos Instead of Lyrics Chapter Thirteen: Up In Central Park Chapter Fourteen: Annie Get Your Gun Chapter Fifteen: More Movies Chapter Sixteen: Colonial America and Brooklyn Chapter Seventeen: Something Old, Something New Chapter Eighteen: Sweet Charity Chapter Nineteen: "It's Where You Finish" Appendix One: List of Songs Appendix Two: List of Theatre Works and Movies Notes
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