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Additional authors

1. Wilk, Max

Found in

1. Interviews for the book "They're playing our song".

Description

1. 2 streaming audio files (approximately 115 min.) : digital, mono.

Summary

1. Margaret Whiting a singer of popular music, speaks about her childhood and her deceased father, Richard Whiting, a composer of popular songs; how usually songwriters began their career; the Jerome H. Remick Music Company in Detroit; story around the war song "Till we meet again" that was a big hit; her father's admiration of George Gershwin, Cole Porter, Jerome Kern; his collaboration and friendship with Gus Kahn, Johnny Mercer, and Leo Robin; his popular songs (One hour with you, Breezing along with the breeze, Louise, My ideal); and her vocal partnership with Johnny Mercer. Whiting discusses contemporary music which she admires; shares her memories about her father who died when she was only 12, and recounts stories about songwriters such as Yip Harburg, Harold Arlen, Harry Warren, Dorothy Fields, and others.

Alternative title

1. They're playing our song.
2. Interviews for the book "They're playing our song".

Subject

1. Composers > United States > Biography
2. Interviews (Sound recordings)
3. Whiting, Margaret > Interviews

Genre/Form

1. Interviews.
2. Sound recordings.

Call number

1. *LDC 53179

Note

1. Title supplied by cataloger from information on the original container.
2. Original interview conducted by Max Wilk, playwright, screenwriter and author of fiction and nonfiction books, for the book "They're playing our song" published in 1973.

Access (note)

1. Access to original item restricted.

Additional formats (note)

1. Also available on CD (2 audio discs : digital, mono ; 4 3/4 in.) copied from archival original in *LDC 53179.

Linking entry (note)

1. Forms part of: Interviews for the book "They're playing our song."

Author

1. Whiting, Margaret, interviewee.

Title

1. Interview with Margaret Whiting, 1971-05-25.

Production

1. 1971.

Playing time

1. 010151 005315

Type of content

1. spoken word

Type of medium

1. audio
2. computer

Type of carrier

1. audio disc
2. online resource

Performer

1. Margaret Whiting, interviewee ; Max Wilk, interviewer.

Event

1. Recorded in New York City 1971 May 25.

Access

1. Access to original item restricted.

Additional formats

1. Also available on CD (2 audio discs : digital, mono ; 4 3/4 in.) copied from archival original in *LDC 53179.

Linking entry

1. Forms part of: Interviews for the book "They're playing our song."

Local note

1. Archival original: (1 audiotape reel : analog, 7 1/2 ips., 1/2 track mono ; 10 in.) in *LT-10 2186.

Connect to:

1. Request Access to Music Division Audio and Moving Image material
2. NYPL Digital Collections

Added author

1. Wilk, Max, interviewer.

Added title

1. They're playing our song.
2. Interviews for the book "They're playing our song".

Found in:

1. Interviews for the book "They're playing our song".

Research call number

1. *LDC 53179
2. *LT-10 2186