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| Genre/Form: | Songs and music |
|---|---|
| Named Person: | Albert Von Tilzer |
| Document Type: | Book |
| All Authors / Contributors: |
Andy Strasberg; Bob Thompson; Tim Wiles; Hal Leonard Publishing Corporation. |
| ISBN: | 9781423431886 142343188X |
| OCLC Number: | 176944323 |
| Description: | xiii, 210 p. : ill. (some col.) ; 29 cm. + 1 sound disc (digital ; 4 3/4 in.) |
| Contents: | Foreword -- Introduction -- The return of peanuts -- Prologue -- Unsung heroes -- Hit or myth? -- Long-distance dedication -- The amphion -- A magic lantern ride -- Faces of "Take me out to the ball game" -- Chart toppers -- Baseball in 1908 -- Tinkering with music -- A bit of a stretch -- Get up, stand up: how the seventh-inning stretch is observed today -- The movie we never saw -- Sinatra to Kelly to Williams -- Talking the talk -- Nelly Kelly -- Dame Yankees -- Florence and Anna -- Harry goes electric -- Time line -- Can pigeons carry a tune? -- What's in a song? -- Weddings, funerals, and LL Cool J -- Show me the money -- The song that keeps on giving -- The times they are a-changin' -- Going, going, gone... -- The sound track of summer -- After peanuts -- before Cracker Jack -- Where's the music? -- Music of the sphere -- Andy plays post office -- Got 'im, got 'im, need 'im, got 'im -- The Cracker Jack connection -- The perfect pitch -- Parodies -- The national anthem -- Little big man -- Our top ten baseball songs -- Record collectors -- Addendum: Professor Headlam's formal musical theoretical analysis of "Take me out to the ball game" -- Discography. |
| Responsibility: | Andy Strasberg, Bob Thompson, Tim Wiles; [foreword by Carly Simon, introduction by Bud Selig]. |
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