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Additional authors

1. Wilk, Max

Found in

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

Description

1. 1 streaming audio file (approximately 51 min.) : digital, mono.

Summary

1. The topic of this interview is "music business in the old days." Bob Robbins (who is in the music business) speaks about his late father, Jack Robbins, who ran his own music publishing firms that were closely associated with Hollywood studios (he sold one to MGM) and engaged a team of prominent American composers (Vernon Duke, Duke Ellington, Louis Alter, Glenn Miller, Benny Goodman, etc.) which resulted in publishing musical hits such as "Over the rainbow", "Ballad for Americans" etc.; his stormy relationship with Louis Mayer, head of Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer; the golden age of the movies; his father's ability to extract themes from film scores and turn them into pop songs; composers C. Porter, I. Berlin, F. Loesser, J. Styne, J. Kern, etc.; famous dance bands; and prominent lyricists such as Gus (Gustav) Kahn, Johnny Mercer, and others.

Alternative title

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

Subject

1. Sound recordings
2. Interviews
3. Robbins, Buddy > Interviews
4. Robbins, Jack
5. Music publishers > United States > Interviews
6. Music publishers > United States > Biography

Genre/Form

1. Interviews.
2. Sound recordings.

Call number

1. *LDC 53169

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 (1 audio disc : digital, mono ; 4 3/4 in.) copied from archival original in *LDC 53169.

Linking entry (note)

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

Author

1. Robbins, Buddy, interviewee.

Title

1. Interview with Buddy Robbins, 1971-07-10.

Production

1. 1971.

Playing time

1. 005107

Type of content

1. spoken word

Type of medium

1. audio
2. computer

Type of carrier

1. audio disc
2. online resource

Performer

1. Buddy (Howard) Robbins, interviewee ; Max Wilk, interviewer.

Event

1. Recorded in Stamford, Connecticut 1971 July 10.

Access

1. Access to original item restricted.

Additional formats

1. Also available on CD (1 audio disc : digital, mono ; 4 3/4 in.) copied from archival original in *LDC 53169.

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 2177.

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 53169
2. *LT-10 2177