Setting The Standard: Stories From The Great American Songbook
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Podcast Overview
<p>These are the songs you've been singing your whole life, but you might not know who wrote them...</p><p>Setting the Standard: Stories from the Great American Songbook, a new podcast from Warner Chappell Music, BANG and Audiation, explores the stories behind some of the most influential and treasured songs ever written - the songs from the Great American Songbook.</p><p>Replete with key interviews from a bevy of cultural icons such as Billy Corgan, Michael Feinstein, and Alan Bergman, this podcast grants the listener unparalleled access into the world of this formative era in music history.</p><p>Hosted by Joe Levy of Rolling Stone, Billboard, and VH1, each episode focuses on a different legendary songwriter or team, using historical sources intertwined with new interviews with scholars, critics, and family members to tell the stories of their lives, filtered through the lens of their most iconic songs.</p><p>Setting the Standard Official Companion Playlist: <a href="https://warnerchappellmusic.lnk.to/settingthestandard" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">https://warnerchappellmusic.lnk.to/settingthestandard</a></p>
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10/13/2022
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Recent Episodes
December 13, 2022
Episode 8: Harold Arlen
“Over the Rainbow”, “Get Happy”, “Come Rain or Come Shine”. These are the songs you have been singing your whole life, and now is your chance to learn about who wrote them! In this week’s episode, travel somewhere over the rainbow into the singular mind of renowned composer Harold Arlen, a key contributor to the American Songbook whose hundreds of pop tunes became runaway hits during the 1930s, ‘40s, and ‘50s.
December 6, 2022
Episode 7: George & Ira Gershwin
“I Got Rhythm”, “Summertime”, “The Man I Love”. These are the songs you have been singing your whole life, and now is your chance to learn about who wrote them! In this week’s episode, the men you love are at the forefront: George and Ira Gershwin, brothers who wrote a plethora of immortal songs that both reflected and shaped the dynamic forces of American modernism during the Jazz Age.
November 29, 2022
Episode 6: Cole Porter
“You’re the Top”, “I’ve Got You Under My Skin”, “Night and Day”. These are the songs you have been singing your whole life, and now is your chance to learn about who wrote them! In this week’s episode, you’ll fall freely in love with Cole Porter, the master of melody and lyrics who changed the soundscape and language of American music - and America itself.
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- What is Setting The Standard: Stories From The Great American Songbook?
<p>These are the songs you've been singing your whole life, but you might not know who wrote them...</p><p>Setting the Standard: Stories from the Great American Songbook, a new podcast from Warner Chappell Music, BANG and Audiation, explores the stories behind some of the most influential and treasured songs ever written - the songs from the Great American Songbook.</p><p>Replete with key interviews from a bevy of cultural icons such as Billy Corgan, Michael Feinstein, and Alan Bergman, this podcast grants the listener unparalleled access into the world of this formative era in music history.</p><p>Hosted by Joe Levy of Rolling Stone, Billboard, and VH1, each episode focuses on a different legendary songwriter or team, using historical sources intertwined with new interviews with scholars, critics, and family members to tell the stories of their lives, filtered through the lens of their most iconic songs.</p><p>Setting the Standard Official Companion Playlist: <a href="https://warnerchappellmusic.lnk.to/settingthestandard" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">https://warnerchappellmusic.lnk.to/settingthestandard</a></p> - How often does this podcast release new episodes?
This podcast updates daily.
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