"Brother, Can You Spare a Dime?": Song History, Commentary, Discography, Performances on Video

"Brother, Can You Spare a Dime?"

Other songs written for title currently included in the Cafe Songbook Catalog of The Great American Songbook: "My Kinda Love" (possibly from the 1928 incarnation of Americana)

• Amazon (publications by and about, recordings, videos, sheet music, etc.)
• Internet Broadway Database (Broadway productions and song credits)
• Internet Movie Database (brief biography, filmography, movie song credits)
• The New York Times (articles about the songwriter, obituary, etc.)
• New York Public Library (catalog entries for books, personal papers, recordings, scores, etc.);
• NPR Music (archive of relevant programs often including audio segments);
• Sondra Gorney. Brother, Can You Spare a Dime?: The Life of Composer Jay Gorney. Westport CT: Scarecrow Press, 2005 (memoir by Gorney's wife).
• David Ewen. American Songwriters, An H. W. Wilson Biographical Dictionary. New York: The H. W. Wilson Co., 1987 (includes 146 bios of composers and lyricists). -- a wide selection of used copies is available at abebooks.com (entry, pp. 185-186).

Notes

• More Research Resources for Jay Gorney (Dec. 12, 1896 - June 14, 1990, composer, writer, lyricist, musical director)
• "Brother, Can You Spare a Dime?" Sheet Music (Piano/Vocal/Chords)
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