I Hear Music: The Life of Burton Lane, Composer for Broadway and Hollywood (Paperback) (ISBN-13: 9781476698045)

During his years in Hollywood, composer Burton Lane had two songs nominated for Academy Awards: "How About You?" from Babes on Broadway and "Too Late Now" from Royal Wedding. Lane was one of the best melody writers in all of American Popular Song.

This biography is the first full-length book about Lane, covering his full career. While still in his teens, he worked on Tin Pan Alley and Broadway. Moving to Hollywood, he composed film songs for more than twenty years, working with well-known lyricists including Harold Adamson, Ralph Freed, Frank Loesser, Yip Harburg, Ted Koehler, and Sammy Cahn. He returned to Broadway in 1947 and wrote an iconic musical, Finian's Rainbow, with Harburg. With Alan Jay Lerner, Lane wrote a beautiful Broadway score for On a Clear Day You Can See Forever, winning a Grammy for Best Original Cast Recording. Many of his greatest tunes were lost in the shuffle of Hollywood, but have reemerged in this biography.