{"product_id":"pick-yourself-up-dorothy-fields-and-the-american-musical-9780199958634","title":"Pick Yourself Up: Dorothy Fields and the American Musical","description":"Famed lyricist Dorothy Fields penned the words to more than four hundred songs, among them mega-hits such as \"On the Sunny Side of the Street,\" \"I Can't Give You Anything But Love, \" and \"The Way You Look Tonight.\" In \u003cem\u003ePick Yourself Up\u003c\/em\u003e, Charlotte Greenspan offers the most complete treatment of Fields's life and work to date, tracing her rise to prominence in a male-dominated world. Born in 1904 into a show business family--her father, Lou Fields, was a famed stage comedian turned Broadway producer--Fields first teamed with songwriter Jimmy McHugh in the late 1920s and went on to a series of Hollywood collaborations with Jerome Kern, including the Fred Astaire-Ginger Rogers classic \u003cem\u003eSwing Time\u003c\/em\u003e. With her brother Herbert, she co-authored the books for several of Cole Porter's shows and for Irving Berlin's classic \u003cem\u003eAnnie Get Your Gun\u003c\/em\u003e. Fields's lyrics--colloquial, urbane, sometimes slangy, sometimes sensuous--won her high praise from later generations of songwriters including Stephen\u003cbr\u003eSondheim, and her stellar career opened a path for other women in her profession, among them Betty Comden and Dory Previn.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Charlotte Greenspan\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Oxford University Press, USA\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 11\/15\/2012\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 336\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 1.20lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.10h x 6.10w x 0.80d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780199958634\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eCharlotte Greenspan\u003c\/strong\u003e is a musicologist and pianist who has written extensively on music and film. She lives in Ithaca, New York.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eThis title is not returnable\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Oxford University Press, USA","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":40691994132595,"sku":"9.78E+12","price":59.06,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0555\/9255\/0515\/products\/img_b3091a71-5bf2-4c97-9c86-581b92d7f243.jpg?v=1675440254","url":"https:\/\/bookstorenmore.com\/products\/pick-yourself-up-dorothy-fields-and-the-american-musical-9780199958634","provider":"Bookstore N More","version":"1.0","type":"link"}