I Hear Music: The Life of Burton Lane, Composer for Broadway and Hollywood

During his years in Hollywood, composer Burton Lane had two songs nominated for Academy Awards: "How About You?" from Babes on Broadway and "Too Late Now" from Royal Wedding. Lane was one of the best melody writers in all of American Popular Song. This biography is the first full-length book about him. It covers his early days working on Tin Pan Alley and Broadway while still in his teens. He moved to Hollywood and composed film songs for more than twenty years, working with well-known lyri...