Hollywood Sings' Sixty Years of Academy Award Nominated Songs

By Susan Sackett

This richly detailed book traces the history of the songs that have been nominated for Oscars since 1934--more than 300 in all--providing an inside look at the tunes, the singers who performed them... This description may be from another edition of this product.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0823076237
• ISBN13: 9780823076239
• Release Date: January 1995
• Publisher: Billboard Books
• Length: 336 Pages
• Weight: 1.50 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.9" x 7.0" x 9.1"

Customer Reviews

EXHAUSTIVE, ACCURATE, INFORMATIVE

Susan Sackett gives a readable, digestable and loving look at each song that got the Academy's nod as a Best Song nominee. Not overly encyclopedic yet well-detailed, this compendium offers the story behind the song itself, interesting asides about the writers and how the song was used in each film Included, too, are anecdotes,industry quotes and anomalies that make each entry even more interesting. The book cuts off in 1992 and was never updated. It would be great to have the last 15 years of nominees represented, as well.