{"title":"Books","description":null,"products":[{"product_id":"american-songbook-1-ladies-dont-write-lyrics","title":"American Songbook 1: Ladies Don't Write Lyrics","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u0026#8220;Someday when I\u0026#8217;m awf\u0026#8217;lly low\u003cbr \/\u003eWhen the world is cold\u003cbr \/\u003eI will feel a glow just thinking of you\u003cbr \/\u003eAnd The Way You Look Tonight\u0026#8221;\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\n\t\u003cp\u003eTo mark the centenary of one of Mark\u0026#8217;s favorite songwriters, we\u0026#8217;re pleased to offer a great double-bill of words and music \u0026#8211; Mark\u0026#8217;s illustrated 48-page tribute to Dorothy Fields, Ladies Don\u0026#8217;t Write Lyrics, including his personal Hit Parade of 20 great Fields songs, plus the \u003cspan class=\"caps\"\u003eCD \u003c\/span\u003eAn Evening With Dorothy Fields, recorded live in the 1970s and now released on the \u003cspan class=\"caps\"\u003eDRG\u003c\/span\u003e label. On this marvelous album, Dorothy Fields performs highlights from 40 years of hit songs with a unique group of performers including composer Cy Coleman. She also lets you in on the stories behind standards like \u0026#8220;Sunny Side Of The Street\u0026#8221;, \u0026#8220;I\u0026#8217;m In The Mood For Love\u0026#8221;, \u0026#8220;Pick Yourself Up\u0026#8221;, \u0026#8220;Hey, Big Spender\u0026#8221; and more.\u003cbr \/\u003eYou can read more about Dorothy Fields here.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Steyn","offers":[{"title":"Default","offer_id":8769,"sku":"","price":14.98,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}]},{"product_id":"broadway-babies-say-goodnight","title":"Broadway Babies Say Goodnight","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003e\u0026#8221;Broadway Babies Say Goodnight is the most hilariously acerbic look at the Broadway musical since Mel Brooks skewered us into laughter with the ‘Springtime for Hitler’ sequence in The Producers.”\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cbr \/\u003ePeter Neil Nason, The Tampa Tribune\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\n\t\u003cp\u003eMark\u0026#8217;s acclaimed romp through a century of musical theatre is an acknowledged classic in its field. Steve Allen praised it as a \u0026#8220;dazzling commentary on popular music culture\u0026#8221;; Don Black, veteran lyricist of the James Bond movies and \u0026#8220;Born Free\u0026#8221;, hailed it as \u0026#8220;Mark Steyn\u0026#8217;s masterful book\u0026#8221;; and The Times of London called it \u0026#8220;hugely entertaining\u0026#8221;. You can read more from the critics in Britain, America, Canada and elsewhere here, but, if you\u0026#8217;ve followed Mark\u0026#8217;s theatre pieces in The New Criterion, the Telegraph and elsewhere, you\u0026#8217;ll know what to expect. Packed with jokes, facts, anecdotes and interviews, Broadway Babies Say Goodnight covers it all \u0026#8211; the shows and the stars, the music and lyrics, the impresarios and the showgirls, the hits and the flops, the Jews and the gays, with ruminations on everything from Communist operetta to 19th century rock\u0026#8217;n\u0026#8217;roll. We’re offering the 2000 London paperback edition, with the cool, oblique, not-entirely-clear-what’s-going-on British cover, not the cheesy dinner-theatre-flyer American one. There’s no Broadway book like this one!\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Steyn","offers":[{"title":"Default","offer_id":8770,"sku":"","price":19.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0000\/4098\/products\/prodimg_broadwaybabiesukcvr_100.jpg?v=1155241139"},{"product_id":"american-songbook-2-yelling-melody","title":"American Songbook 2: Yelling Melody","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003e\u0026#8221;It seems to me I\u0026#8217;ve Heard That Song Before\u003cbr \/\u003eIt\u0026#8217;s from an old familiar score\u003cbr \/\u003eI know it well, that melody\u0026#8230;\u0026#8221;\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\n\t\u003cp\u003eTo mark the centenary of one of Mark\u0026#8217;s favorite composers (and a near namesake), we\u0026#8217;re pleased to offer a great double-bill of words and music \u0026#8211; Mark\u0026#8217;s illustrated 48-page tribute to Jule Styne, Yelling Melody, including Mark backstage on Broadway with Jule and his personal Hit Parade of 10 great Styne compositions, plus the \u003cspan class=\"caps\"\u003eCD I\u003c\/span\u003e\u0026#8217;ve Heard That Song Before, a centenary tribute to Styne from London\u0026#8217;s \u003cspan class=\"caps\"\u003eASV\u003c\/span\u003e records, specialists in the digital restoration of great records. This collection brings together three decades of Styne songs from Ukulele Ike doing \u0026#8220;Sunday\u0026#8221; in the 1920s to Sinatra\u0026#8217;s hit recording of the Oscar-winning \u0026#8220;Three Coins In The Fountain\u0026#8221; 30 years later. You\u0026#8217;ll hear \u0026#8220;Time After Time\u0026#8221;, \u0026#8220;It\u0026#8217;s Magic\u0026#8221;, \u0026#8220;Diamonds Are A Girl\u0026#8217;s Best Friend\u0026#8221;, standards from Broadway and Hollywood, big pop hits full of wartime memories \u0026#8211; and Styne\u0026#8217;s Christmas classic, \u0026#8220;Let It Snow! Let It Snow! Let It Snow!\u0026#8221;, in its original Number One recording by Vaughn Monroe. Sinatra, Crosby, Peggy Lee, Dean Martin, Marilyn Monroe, Glenn Miller, Doris Day, Les Paul, Dinah Shore and Gene Krupa are among the many top artists performing highlights from the first half of this phenomenally successful songwriting career.\u003cbr \/\u003eYou can read more about Jule Styne here.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Steyn","offers":[{"title":"Default","offer_id":8776,"sku":"","price":19.98,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}]}],"url":"https:\/\/steynonline.myshopify.com\/collections\/books.oembed","provider":"SteynOnline Shop","version":"1.0","type":"link"}