Vaudeville old & new: an encyclopedia of variety performances in America
- ISBN-10
- 0415938538
- ISBN-13
- 9780415938532
- Category
- Entertainers
- Pages
- 639
- Language
- English
- Published
- 2004
- Publisher
- Psychology Press
- Authors
- Frank Cullen, Florence Hackman, Donald McNeilly
Description
... promoted and recorded the work of African American songwriters like Eddie Green, Creamer & Layton, and Spencer Williams. ... Cole Porter wrote words and music, and Howard Lindsay and Russell Crouse wrote the libretto.
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