The Women of Tim Pan Alley on Video

[Klezcorner <Klezcorner...>]

Though this is not specifically Jewish-Music related, I beleive this could  
be of interest to many on the list.

A few months ago there was program on PBS. " Yours for a Song -The Women of 
Tin Pan Alley" about the many women who composed some of the popular 
standards yet are largely unknown to the general public while their male 
counterparts received so much of the public acclaim.

This program was just released on Video, and have decided to add it to the 
Hatikvah catalogue. Many of the composers are Jewish, and their 
interaction/colaboration with such composers as Gershwin, Kern, Coleman and 
others are seen in this program.

 These are just some of the composers profiled;

Dorothy Fields 
Fields came from a Jewish Show business family. Her father was Lou Fields 
from the famous Vaudevillian team of Webber & Fields. She was an 
exceptionally gifted and successful lyricist. These are just a very small 
selection of her songs:
The Way You Look Tonight, I'm In The Mood For Love, A Fine Romance. The 
musicals "Sweet Charity" "Swing Time," "Annie Get Your Gun," and dozens of 
other HIT songs.


Doris Fisher
"You always hurt the One you Love", "Put The Blame On Mame","Put the blame On 
Mame" (performed by Sinatra & the Hi-Los)

Ann Ronnel (Anna Rosenblatt)
"Willow Weep For Me", "Who's afraid Of The Big Bad Wolf" and many movie scores

Among the other composers are Doris Tauber, Dana Suesse, and Kay Swift.
Performances included by Ella Fitzgerald with Benny Goodman, Rosemary 
Clooney, Perry Como with Dorothy Fields, Betty Buckley,etc.

This is a wonderful addition to any music library and a very important era in 
the history of American Popular music.

This 55 min video is available form Hatikvah for $18.98, shipping include in 
the US

Simon
Hatikvah Music
323)655-7083
Klezcorner (at) aol(dot)ocm
www.hatikvahmusic.com

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