... into the advertising field. In 1950 he began writing pop songs with Jerry Ross (born March 9, 1926, in the Bronx), including the chart-topping 1953 pop hit Rags to Riches. Heart Hernando’s Hideaway Hey There I’ll Never Be Jealous Again I’m Not at All in Love Rags to Riches Small Talk Adler...

... favourite subject of pop songs: undying love. ‘Liang Shanbo yu Zhuliye’ (‘Liang Shanbo and Juliet’; 2006) ⁴⁰ by Taiwanese singer Genie Chuo (卓文萱) and Malaysian Chinese singer-songwriter Gary Chaw (曹格) 730 takes Romeo and Juliet to a further form of cross-cultural...

... with music — ironic, humorous, accepting, critical, alienated. The ideas are first illustrated with extended analyses of two texted pop songs (by Polly Harvey and by Frank Zappa), and subsequently with shorter analyses of instrumental music: a guitar solo by Frank Zappa, a section from Stravinsky's ballet...

...The introduction describes the unique aesthetic phenomenon we call the Bond-song: a recognizable, evolving canon of pop songs that ask their audience to remember a back-catalogue of almost 30 songs written over 50 years. The chapter deals with the Bond-sound and its relation to history...

... respects, while sounding out-of-step in others. This book presents the story of this unique genre, and the audience it created for itself. Films, pop songs, society and geopolitics have changed a lot over the past half-century. By mostly refusing to change with them, the Bond-songs reveal the extent...

... Are Forever 1971 Godard Jean Luc Scorsese Martin Thunderball 1965 A View to a Kill 1985 You Only Live Twice 1967 “You Only Live Twice” Sinatra Bassey Shirley Bond James Jones Tom “Another Way to Die” Keys and White Cornell Chris “Die Another Day” Madonna pop songs “You Know My Name” Cornell Die...