Tin Pan Alley Girl

Tighe E. Zimmers has been researching and collecting memorabilia about American popular song composers for over two decades. A physician in Chicago, his previous writings include numerous articles on emergency medicine.

• Table of ContentsAcknowledgments      Preface      1. Omaha and New England, 1905–1929      2. The First Songs and New York City: 1930–1932      3. “Willow Weep for Me”: 1932      4. “Who’s Afraid of the Big Bad Wolf ?” and Disney Studios: 1933–1935      5. Lester Cowan and Hollywood: 1935–1936      6. Kurt Weill and Blockade: 1937–1938      7. Martha and Opera in English: 1938–1939      8. The Gypsy Baron and Light Opera: 1939–1940      9. Ship South and Nicolai Berezovsky: 1941–1942      10. Count Me In and Broadway: 1942–1943      11. “Linda” and The Story of G.I. Joe: 1944–1946      12. Oh! Susanna and Stephen Foster: 1947–1948      13. One Touch of Venus and Forties Hollywood: 1947–1948      14. Love Happy and the Marx Brothers: 1948–1950      15. Main Street to Broadway and Tin Pan Alley Girl: 1951–1953      16. The Eisenhower Years and Political Songs: 1953–1960      17. Walt Disney and Who’s the Real Big Bad Wolf ? 1954–1958      18. Martha Revisited and the Metropolitan Opera: 1960–1961      19. Meeting at a Far Meridian and the Cold War: 1963–1965      20. Later Life and Career: 1965–1993      Appendix A: Chronology      Appendix B: Rosenblatt Family Tree

“The 40-plus photos are wonderful. There’s a lot of gold here which makes it ultimately worthwhile. I learned a great deal about someone who should be remembered.”—Classic Images.