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Soul Music: Series 6: New York, New York

New York, New York

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Composer John Kander on the difficulties of writing the famous song, New York, New York.

Composer John Kander on the difficulties of writing the song made famous by Liza Minnelli and Frank Sinatra. From January 2008.

Andrew Collins and Mark Shenton present the story behind the classic song New York, New York. 

Songwriting duo John Kander and Fred Ebb wrote the title song for the film. Unfortunately, the star Robert de Niro didn't like it, so they furiously wrote another one.

John Kander talks about the story behind the classic song.

Featuring: 

Lorrena Turner
Michael Freedland
Huw Madoc-Jones
Terry Bennett
Alun Howells
Gareth Valentine
John Kander
Patrick Sasso
Rosemary Watts

Series about music that makes the hairs stand up on the back of our necks.

Producer: Sara Conkey

First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in January 2008.

Soul Music: Series 6

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