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Interview with Jay Gorney, 1971-09-28

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Interviews for the book "They're playing our song"

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Title
Interview with Jay Gorney, 1971-09-28
Additional title: They're playing our song
Names
Gorney, Jay, 1896-1990 (Interviewee)
Wilk, Max (Interviewer)
Collection

Interviews for the book "They're playing our song"

Dates / Origin
Date Created: 1971-09-28
Library locations
Rodgers and Hammerstein Archives of Recorded Sound
Shelf locator: *LDC 53158
Shelf locator: *LT-10 2168
Topics
Gorney, Jay, 1896-1990
Composers -- United States
Genres
Interviews
Notes
Source note: Title supplied by cataloger from information on the original container.
Content: Original interview conducted by Max Wilk, playwright, screenwriter and author of fiction and nonfiction books, for the book "They're playing our song" published in 1973.
Venue: Recorded in London 1971 September 28.
Additional physical form: Also available on CD (2 audio discs : digital, mono ; 4 3/4 in.) copied from archival original in *LDC 53158.
Physical Description
Audiotape reel
Extent: 1 audiotape reel (approximately 81 min.) : analog, 7 1/2 ips., 1/2 track mono ; 10 in.
Description
Jay Gorney, a theater and film song writer, speaks about his family and their life in Białystok, Russia; pogroms and immigration to America; life in Detroit; his lessons in piano and college education; enlisting in the Navy during WWI and forming a band on a ship; coming to New York; composing the famous song "Brother, can you spare a dime" dedicated to the Great Depression; his songwriting experience in Hollywood; meeting and introducing Shirley Temple to Fox Studios in 1932; period of decline in Hollywood due to blacklisting and limitations on freedom of speech, and more about many show business people.
Type of Resource
Sound recording
Languages
English
Identifiers
RLIN/OCLC: 879646365
NYPL catalog ID (B-number): b20202489
Universal Unique Identifier (UUID): 7f90ce60-b3f8-0133-4f2d-3c07547a230f
Rights Statement
The copyright and related rights status of this item has been reviewed by The New York Public Library, but we were unable to make a conclusive determination as to the copyright status of the item. You are free to use this Item in any way that is permitted by the copyright and related rights legislation that applies to your use.

Item timeline of events

  • 1896: Creator Born
  • 1971: Created
  • 1990: Creator Died
  • 2024: Found by you!
  • 2025

MLA Format

Rodgers and Hammerstein Archives of Recorded Sound, The New York Public Library. "Interview with Jay Gorney, 1971-09-28" The New York Public Library Digital Collections. 1971. https://digitalcollections.nypl.org/items/816e57c0-b3f8-0133-7c4e-3c07547a230f

Chicago/Turabian Format

Rodgers and Hammerstein Archives of Recorded Sound, The New York Public Library. "Interview with Jay Gorney, 1971-09-28" New York Public Library Digital Collections. Accessed April 19, 2024. https://digitalcollections.nypl.org/items/816e57c0-b3f8-0133-7c4e-3c07547a230f

APA Format

Rodgers and Hammerstein Archives of Recorded Sound, The New York Public Library. (1971). Interview with Jay Gorney, 1971-09-28 Retrieved from https://digitalcollections.nypl.org/items/816e57c0-b3f8-0133-7c4e-3c07547a230f

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Interview with Jay Gorney, 1971-09-28