Frank Sinatra, Mitch Miller and the Great American Song
b'Buy the book and support the podcast.\\nDownload this episode.\\nHave a question or a suggestion for a topic or person for Nate to interview? Email letitrollpodcast@gmail.com\\nFollow us on Twitter.\\nFollow us on Facebook.\\nLet It Roll is proud to be part of Pantheon Podcasts.\\nThis week author Ben Yagoda joins Nate to talk about his book \\u201cThe B Side: The Death of Tin Pan Alley and the Rebirth of the Great American Song.\\u201d In this episode, Ben and Nate discuss the golden age of American song when writers like Cole Porter and George Gershwin wrote songs that worked on Broadway, on the radio, in dance clubs and as source material for great jazz and how that era ended after world war 2. It wasn\\u2019t rock and roll that almost killed Frank Sinatra\\u2019s career -- it was Columbia producer Mitch Miller. Come back next week when author Mark Blake joins us to discuss Led Zeppelin and the greatest manager in rock history.\\n\\nLearn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices'