Sing Your Heart Out, Country Boy by Dorothy Horstman Dutton 1975 First Edition
Title: Sing Your Heart Out, Country Boy
Author: Dorothy Horstman
Format: Hardcover
Publisher: Dutton 1975
Edition: First Edition
ISBN 10: 0525204652
Size: 6.25 X 9.5 X 1.25 * 393 pages
Synopsis: From the Jacket: This is the definitive country music book.
Here are the lyrics to every country song that matters, from "Sixteen Tons" to "Your Cheatin' Heart" to "I Walk the Line," with comments on each song by the artist who wrote it, or a friend or heir. The list of contributors reads like all-star night in Nashville: Loretta Lynn tells how "Coal Miner's Daughter" came out of her own experience while the author of "Gentle on My Mind" reveals that the inspiration for the song came from watching the movie Dr. Zhivago. Audrey Williams talks about her husband, Hank. Maybelle Carter remembers A.P. Carter. Kris Kristofferson, Gene Autry, Hank Snow, Roy Acuff, Bobbie Gentry, and countless others speak for themselves.
This book is divided into fifteen categories, including Songs of Home, Lost and Unrequited Love, Traveling, Prison, and Cowboy songs. Each section begins with a short essay by Dorothy Horstman, country music scholar, disc jockey, and songwriter. Also included is a complete bibliography, and the discography tells you where to get a record of every song in the book.
A perfect introduction for new fans, an indispensable bible for buffs; you'd have a hard time finding a country music album on the market today that doesn't include one of these classic selections. Sing Your Heart Out, Country Boy is a celebration of the songs that have made Country the most popular music in America.
Dorothy Horstman has her own radio show on WNYC every Sunday afternoon, called "Country & Western Music." Born in Louisiana, she has been a fan and scholar of country music all her life and writes country songs.
Overall Condition: Good + It has very minimal wear to the cover and no holes or tears. The dust jacket with some wear and tear is included. The binding has minimal wear. The pages are undamaged with no creasing or tearing, a handful of pages with pencil underlining of text, no highlighting of text, and no writing in the margins. There are no missing pages; see images.
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