Tin Pan Alley

Alice Faye and Betty Grable were made for each other as a sister act, together or separately. As the dominant sister, Alice got most of the single numbers, but Betty got to show her stuff in the "honeysuckle rose"- "moonlight... Full review

"All good-lookin' like he is, there's no use in getting' yourself all messed up", a black boy ponders, when 'Skeets' Harrigan (John Payne) drops out of a promising boxing career to pursue his dreams of becoming a renowned Tin Pan... Full review

Tin Pan Alley was the first try at a successful experiment Darryl Zanuck was trying. An actor who was as good looking as Tyrone Power and could contribute musically to the film. He found one in John Payne this was... Full review

"Tin Pan Alley" is a serviceable if slightly undernourished musical extravaganza starring Alice Faye, John Payne, Betty Grable, Jackie Oakie. I thought it would turn out to be as memorable and enchanting as Faye's greatest musicals like "That Night in... Full review

A most entertaining musical film of the early teens with songwriters Calhoun & Harrigan, Jack Oakie and John Payne with singers Alice Faye and Betty Grable. Such great songs like "Harrigan", "K K KKATIE", and several good numbers. One of... Full review

This is a delightful film with some of the best stars from the 40's. Alice Faye has been a personal favorite of mine for years and her beautiful contralto singing voice is only one reason. She is also charming and... Full review

The winner of a 1940 Oscar for Alfred Newman's score, Tin Pan Alley was remade in 1950 as I'll Get By. To quell the rumors that musical stars Alice Faye and Betty Grable detested each other (actually they were fast friends, if not close buddies), 20th Century-Fox cast both ladies in their 1940 "inventory" musical Tin Pan Alley. ... Full Review

The most beautiful pieces on this orchestral disc - bossa-swaying standards and Brazilian classics pairing Diana Krall's sensuous voice and Claus Ogerman's artful arrangements - are the ballads: "I've Grown Accustomed to His Face," "Walk on By," "Guess I'll Hang... ... Full Article

Hope I die before I get old ," sang 21-year-old Roger Daltrey in 1965-and 43 years later, he's still singing it. Rock 'n' roll has always been invested in a Byronic cult of blazing youth and beautiful corpses. ... Full Article

Try to pretend you don't know that Instruments of Science & Technology is an instrumental side project by singer-songwriter Richard Swift. That way you might be less disappointed that Swift trades the sophisticated Tin Pan Alley songcraft of his solo... ... Full Article

Every year the box sets reshuffle jazz history. At their very least, boxes - with new sequencing, new liner notes, improved sound - can change how we read that history; at their best they can change how we hear it. ... Full Article

Despite the fact that the wear and tear of every sped-up after-hours guitar pull and all those bloodshot tequila sunrises are stamped on his face like a series of lashes from some infernal cat, country-music shaman Willie Nelson is damn... ... Full Article

Summer Songs: Multi-instrumentalist narrows sound, shines like a songbird Considering Erin McKeown's fourth studio album in light of her previous work, she appears to have finally discovered the beauty of reins. ... Full Article