The Show Must Go On! Popular Song in Britain During the First World War
- Author: Mullen, John
Book
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Contents
- Contents: Preface
- Introduction: battles, society and entertainment
- Portrait of an industry: producing popular music, 1914-1918
- A star in focus 1: Harry Lauder - 'Scottish ambassador'?
- A patchwork of genres
- A star in focus 2: Vesta Tilley - the woman who played men
- The songs and their content
- A star in focus 3: Marie Lloyd - 'Our Marie'
- 'If you were the only girl in the world': women, men and love in music-hall song
- A star in focus 4: Harry Champion - 'the spirit of the poorer parts of London'
- Songs about the war: elite voices and people's voices
- 'I want to go home': soldiers' songs and other non-commercial songs
- Conclusions
- Appendix
- Bibliography
- Index.