Sammy Cahn applied a ruthless yardstick when judging the success of a songwriter. "Sing me his medley," he would say, ticking off tunes according to their admissibility: "That's not a hit, you can't i...
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KAREN AKERS The Oak Room At The Algonquin Hotel 59 West 44th Street Through May 13
For music that pleases, sally forth to the Algonquin and catch the lovely chanteuse Karen Akers, looser and livel...
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Oh, the bare ground looks just frightful, some white stuff would be delightful. The chair lifts are ready to go. Let it snow, let it snow, let it snow.
With apologies to Sammy Cahn and Jul...
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THE HOUSE THAT GEORGE BUILT: WITH A LITTLE HELP FROM IRVING, COLE, AND A CREW OF ABOUT FIFTY By Wilfrid Sheed Random House, 335 pages, $29.95
“What comes first, the words or the music?̶...
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When the great, irreplaceable Rosemary Clooney died, she left her lifetime collection of musical arrangements-a 60-year career of archival-status treasures, from soup to nuts-to Debby Boone. Not to...
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Sammy Cahn
A Styne Romance
