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You're A Grand Old Rag: The Music of George M. Cohan. The Paragon Ragtime Orchestra, Rick Benjamin, director. New World Records 80685–2, 2008.

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  09 May 2012

Michael Buchler
Michael Buchler*
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mbuchler@fsu.edu
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Recording Reviews
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Journal of the Society for American Music , Volume 6 , Issue 2 , May 2012 , pp. 255 - 258
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Copyright © The Society for American Music 2012

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1 Joel Grey portrayed Cohan on stage in the 1968 Broadway musical, George M and James Cagney portrayed Cohan in the classic 1942 Warner Brothers biopic, Yankee Doodle Dandy. Cagney won the best actor Academy Award for his role and Joel Grey was nominated for a Tony Award for his performance.

2 The original sheet music for “You're a Grand Old Rag” can be viewed and downloaded at http://lcweb2.loc.gov/diglib/ihas/loc.natlib.ihas.100010513/default.html and a 1906 recording by Billy Murray that uses the original lyric can be found at http://lcweb2.loc.gov/diglib/ihas/loc.natlib.ihas.100010366/default.html.