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Lucky Lindy!
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Wikipedia article
"'Lucky Lindy'" is a song composed by Abel Baer, with lyrics by L. Wolfe Gilbert. It was published by Harmony in 1927.Baer, Abel, L W. Gilbert, Al Sherman, Jack Kaufman, and Howard E. Johnson. 'Lucky Lindy'. Bridgeport, Conn.: Harmony, 1927. Sound recording.
The song was the first to celebrate Charles Lindbergh's transatlantic flight in the 'Spirit of St. Louis' and his landing in Paris.Jasen, David A. 'Tin Pan Alley: The Composers, the Songs, the Performers, and Their Times: the Golden Age of American Popular Music from 1886 to 1956'. New York: D.I. Fine, 1988, page 190.
The sheet music can be found at the Pritzker Military Museum & Library.
References
'Bibliography'
*Holloway, Diane, and Bob Cheney. 'American History in Song: Lyrics from 1900 to 1945'. San Jose: Authors Choice Press, 2001.
*Jasen, David A. 'Tin Pan Alley: The Composers, the Songs, the Performers, and Their Times : the Golden Age of American Popular Music from 1886 to 1956'. New York: D.I. Fine, 1988. .
*Tyler, Don. 'Hit Songs, 1900-1955: American Popular Music of the Pre-Rock Era'. Jefferson, N.C: McFarland, 2007.
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