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Interview with Margaret Whiting

Title
Interview with Margaret Whiting, 1971-05-25.
Author
Whiting, Margaret
Publication
1971.

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Additional Authors
Wilk, Max
Found In
Interviews for the book "They're playing our song".
Description
2 streaming audio files (approximately 115 min.) : digital, mono.
Summary
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
  • They're playing our song.
  • Interviews for the book "They're playing our song".
Subjects
Genre/Form
  • Interviews.
  • Sound recordings.
Note
  • Title supplied by cataloger from information on the original container.
  • 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)
  • Access to original item restricted.
Additional Formats (note)
  • Also available on CD (2 audio discs : digital, mono ; 4 3/4 in.) copied from archival original in *LDC 53179.
Linking Entry (note)
  • Forms part of: Interviews for the book "They're playing our song."
Call Number
*LDC 53179
OCLC
879644610
Author
Whiting, Margaret, interviewee.
Title
Interview with Margaret Whiting, 1971-05-25.
Production
1971.
Playing Time
010151 005315
Type of Content
spoken word
Type of Medium
audio
computer
Type of Carrier
audio disc
online resource
Performer
Margaret Whiting, interviewee ; Max Wilk, interviewer.
Event
Recorded in New York City 1971 May 25.
Access
Access to original item restricted.
Additional Formats
Also available on CD (2 audio discs : digital, mono ; 4 3/4 in.) copied from archival original in *LDC 53179.
Linking Entry
Forms part of: Interviews for the book "They're playing our song."
Local Note
Archival original: (1 audiotape reel : analog, 7 1/2 ips., 1/2 track mono ; 10 in.) in *LT-10 2186.
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Added Author
Wilk, Max, interviewer.
Added Title
They're playing our song.
Interviews for the book "They're playing our song".
Found In:
Interviews for the book "They're playing our song".
Research Call Number
*LDC 53179
*LT-10 2186
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