"Brother, Can You Spare a Dime?": Song History, Commentary, Discography, Performances on Video

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Brother, Can You Spare a Dime?
Written: 1932	Music by: Jay Gorney	Words by: E. Y. Yip Harburg	Written for: Americana (show)
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About the Show Americana / Origins of the Song

Other songs written for title currently included in the Cafe Songbook Catalog of The Great American Songbook: "My Kinda Love" (possibly from the 1928 incarnation of Americana)

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More Research Resources for Jay Gorney
(Dec. 12, 1896 - June 14, 1990, composer, writer, lyricist, musical director)

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Books and Articles:

Sondra Gorney. Brother, Can You Spare a Dime?: The Life of Composer Jay Gorney. Westport CT: Scarecrow Press, 2005 (memoir by Gorney's wife).
David Ewen. American Songwriters, An H. W. Wilson Biographical Dictionary. New York: The H. W. Wilson Co., 1987 (includes 146 bios of composers and lyricists). -- a wide selection of used copies is available at abebooks.com (entry, pp. 185-186).

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