Reminiscences of Adolph Olman : oral history, 1957.

Biographical Note

Songwriter, music publisher.

Scope and Contents

Tin Pan Alley and song plugging, early in the century; "Down Among the Sheltering Palms," "Oh, Johnny, Oh, Johnny, Oh"; assessments of music publishers and songwriters; evolution of popular music, including roles of radio, television, records, the disc jockey.

Subjects

• Composers--Interviews.
• Franklin, Joan, interviewer.--http://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/ivr
• Franklin, Robert, interviewer.--http://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/ivr
• Interviews.
• Music printing.
• Olman, Adolph.
• Oral histories.
• Popular music--Writing and publishing.
• Publishers and publishing--Interviews.

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