The American Songbook


William Graham and Mamie Rockafellar
make
The American Songbook come alive!

Let Bill and Mamie take you on a trip down memory lane. Sample over five decades of songs that have become American standards. (They don't write 'em like that any more.) Enjoy the stories behind these musical creations and discover their role in the development of the American Songbook.

Shows

Tin Pan Alley to Broadway

The Golden Age (1900 to 1950)

Heavenly Cole (Cole Porter in concert)

The Dauntless Duffer (a musical parody on the game of golf)

Lectures

American Popular Music: 1850 to 1950 (a four-part series)

Cole Porter: His Life and His Music

Lerner and Loewe: Their Tumultuous Collaboration