Composer, singer, lyricist, and actor Hoagy Carmichael (18991981) was one of America's most versatile songwriters, crossing the boundaries of jazz, Tin Pan Alley, blues, and film. His classic songs "Stardust," "Georgia on My Mind," "Heart and Soul," and numerous others have been recorded by artists as diverse as Ray Charles, Duke Ellington, Aretha Franklin, Jerry Garcia, Dizzy Gillespie, Jerry Lee Lewis, Willie Nelson, Charlie Parker, Paul Robeson, and Mel Torm. This book combines for the first time Carmichael's two ...
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Composer, singer, lyricist, and actor Hoagy Carmichael (18991981) was one of America's most versatile songwriters, crossing the boundaries of jazz, Tin Pan Alley, blues, and film. His classic songs "Stardust," "Georgia on My Mind," "Heart and Soul," and numerous others have been recorded by artists as diverse as Ray Charles, Duke Ellington, Aretha Franklin, Jerry Garcia, Dizzy Gillespie, Jerry Lee Lewis, Willie Nelson, Charlie Parker, Paul Robeson, and Mel Torm. This book combines for the first time Carmichael's two autobiographiesThe Stardust Road (1946) and Sometimes I Wonder (1965)with new photos exclusive to this edition. Here you will find reminiscences of his childhood and education in Indiana; his musical collaborations with Bix Beiderbecke, Louis Armstrong, Benny Goodman, Glenn Miller, and Johnny Mercer; and his acting career (To Have and Have Not, The Best Years of Our Lives, Young Man with a Horn). More than just the story of an extraordinary life, these memoirs convey the excitement and energy of the early days of jazz.
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Good. Size: 9x6x0; Unmarked hardcover without dust jacket. The cover is blue cloth with gold lettering on the spine. There are black lines/stains along the top and bottom edge of the cover. Pages are yellowed and there is foxing on the edges.
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Very Good. Hardcover. 8vo. Rinehart and Company, Inc., New York. 1946. 156 pgs. Illustrated with Black and White Plates. First Edition/First Printing. DJ has light shelf-wear present to the DJ extremities. Bound in cloth boards with titles present to the spine. Boards have light shelf-wear present to the extremities. Previous owner's bookplate present to the FFEP. Text is clean and free of marks. Binding tight and solid. Composer, singer, lyricist, and actor Hoagy Carmichael (1899–1981) was one of America's most versatile songwriters, crossing the boundaries of jazz, Tin Pan Alley, blues, and film. His classic songs "Stardust, " "Georgia on My Mind, " "Heart and Soul, " and numerous others have been recorded by artists as diverse as Ray Charles, Duke Ellington, Aretha Franklin, Jerry Garcia, Dizzy Gillespie, Jerry Lee Lewis, Willie Nelson, Charlie Parker, Paul Robeson, and Mel Tormé. EB; 8vo 8"-9" tall.
Add this copy of The Stardust Road to cart. $60.77, very good condition, Sold by mark henderson rated 4.0 out of 5 stars, ships from Olathe, KS, UNITED STATES, published 1946 by Rinehart & Company.
Add this copy of The Stardust Road to cart. $370.00, good condition, Sold by Inside the Covers rated 5.0 out of 5 stars, ships from Lancaster, TX, UNITED STATES, published 1946 by Rinehart.
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Good in Good dust jacket. Signed and inscribed by author on front endpaper. First edition. Hard cover published by Rinehart in 1946. Covers have some scuffing and corners are bumped some. Ends of spine have some wear. Inside front cover has an address label at top from a prior owner. Book is in good condition. Dust jacket is in a protective mylar cover and is missing pieces at top of spine and along top edges, and missing the bottom section of the spine. DJ has scuffing and is worn along edges, and is in good minus to fair condition. 8vo, 156 pages, .6 lb.; 8vo 8"-9" tall; 156 pages; Signed by Author.
Add this copy of The Stardust Road to cart. $450.00, very good condition, Sold by Cleveland Book Company rated 5.0 out of 5 stars, ships from Rocky River, OH, UNITED STATES, published 1946 by Rinehart.
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Very good in very good jacket. Octavo, 156pp., illustrated. A very good copy in the publisher's pale green cloth, with some very light finger-soiling to the cloth, and gently sunned on the spine. SIGNED by Carmichael on a front blank in a contemporary hand. In a very good dust jacket (supplied), with mild edgewear and even dust-soiling. Short and sweet memoir of the legendary Indiana-born songwriter, focused around his recollections of writing the song "Stardust."
