Jim Webb A Prodigy of Pop at 21 in Hollywood
Jim Webb, an Oklahoma born composer, rose from a failed college music course to write hits like By the Time I Get to Phoenix and Up Up and Away. At 21 he is signed to score a Peter Pan film musical, crafting the move toward meaningful lyrics with MacArthur Park leading the way.
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Battle over Beatle biographies roils U.S. bookstores
New York dispatch reports a publishing clash as McGraw-Hill pushes The Beatles The Authorized Biography by Hunter Davies while Putnam's The Beatles The Real Story by Julius Fast also hits shelves. Editors compare access to the Beatles and emphasize Davies exclusive interviews and differing treatments of the band.
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