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At That San Francisco Fair
Only once did these two great giants of American music, James Reese Europe and Jerome Kern, collaborate on a song, and it’s not clear they were ever in the same […]
Matthew A. Henson
Reading through a list of lyricist Andy Razaf’s lifetime of songs, I came upon the unlikeliest of titles: “Matthew A. Henson.” Though not a typical Razaf pop song or showtune, […]
Long, Long Ago on the Nile
Hidden away in the Library of Congress is an obscure Gershwin song with lost lyrics written by Gershwin’s early (1919-1924) lyricist Buddy DeSylva. The title “Long, Long Ago on the […]
Gershwin 100 