A Ship Without A Sail: The Life of Lorenz Hart

WAMC Northeast Public Radio | By Joe Donahue

Published January 9, 2013 at 11:35 AM EST

Lyricist, Lorenz Hart, together with composer Richard Rodgers, wrote some of the most memorable songs ever created. Gary Marmorstein’s new book, A Ship Without A Sail: The Life of Lorenz Hart

is a revelatory biography that includes many of the lyrics that define Hart’s legacy.

Music:
Falling in Love with Love
Glad to be Unhappy - Billie Holiday
Bewitched Bothered and Bewildered - Ella Fitzgerald
I'd Like to Recognize the Tune - Mary Jane Walsh
A Ship Without a Sail - Ella Fitzgerald

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