About the Author

Ken Emersonis the author ofDoo-Dah!- Stephen Foster and the Rise of American Popular CultureandAlways Magic in the Air- The Bomp and Brilliance of the Brill Building Era.

Reviews

“Pop-song scholar Emerson presents 81 such songs in their earliest incarnations in this neat collection, sorting them in categories that, used in their heyday, still make sense: Plantation Melodies, Parlor Songs, Drinking and Temperance Songs, Songs of Protest and Poverty, War Songs, and Comic Songs. . . . Essential Americana.”—Booklist