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Document Details


Title: Reminiscences of Jay Gorney
RLIN number: NXCP89-A17
Document type: Oral history
Accessibility: Free Only
Repository: Columbia University. Oral History Research Office
Collection: Popular Arts Project, Part I
Description: Songwriting in New York, 1920s and 30s; Lee and J.J. Shubert, George Gershwin, E.Y. Harburg; career in Hollywood as musical adviser, composer, author, producer; discovery of Shirley Temple; "Meet the People."
Extent: Transcript: 42 leaves
Restrictions: Access: Open. Copyright by The Trustees of Columiba University in the City of New York, 1984. Permission required to cite, quote, and reproduce. Contact repository for information. Microfiche copy available for purchse. (Columbia University oral history collection, part V, published by Meckler Publishing, Westport, CT).
Original Language: English
Time span: Not indicated ... to 1958 (Year of interview)
Speaker: Gorney, Jay, 1896-
Speaker gender: Male
Speaker date of birth: 1896
Speaker occupation: Composer; Producer; Writer
Age at speaking: 62
Document date: 1958
Interviewer: Franklin, Joan; Franklin, Robert
Topics discussed - ASP terms: Composers
Topics discussed - Other terms: Gorney, Jay, 1896-; Music, Popular (Songs, etc)--Writing and publishing
ASP release: 2005-06
Document code: OHI0020668-16110