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The life and times of songwriter Haven Gillespie are detailed in this book by his nephew, William First, who recreates Tin Pan Alley from the 1920s through WWII. He tells of Gillespie writing “Santa Claus Is Coming to Town” on the subway and of the delay in releasing “You Go to My Head” because of a ban on mentioning alcohol in lyrics. This is an entertaining rags to riches story.
Haven Gillespie wrote over 100 songs, two of which have become notable jazz standards, “You Go to My Head” and “Beautiful Love.”
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The JazzStandards.com bookstore provides you with
a catalog of 200 books associated with the jazz standards.
Organized by category, each entry has an editorial comment to aid
you in your research and guide you in your recreational reading.
The books used to research and develop JazzStandards.com are
listed at the right and the listing may be considered the site bibliography.
The primary focus of these books is not always the jazz standards
per se, so each entry is annotated indicating the book's relevance
to the subject. If there is a book you feel we have overlooked,
please let us know the title and how it supports the research or
recreational study of the jazz standards.
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