{"product_id":"9780879518967","title":"Noel Coward: The Complete Lyrics","description":"\u003cp\u003eGet out your tuxedos and evening gowns and chill the champagne -- it's the 100th anniversary of the birth of the coolly sophisticated, always elegant Noel Coward!    \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eFor over a half a century, Noel Coward wrote delectable lyrics that charmed, seduced, satirized and celebrated the lives of the Smart Set, depticting the irresistible world of high society and its highjinks.  Now for the centenary of Coward's birth, here for the first time are the complete lyrics, gorgeously accompanied by photographs and illustrations of Noel Coward and his circle of friends and colleagues as well as programs, sheet music and photos from the original productions and revivals.    \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eWith the cooperation of the Noel Coward Estate, Barry Day has researched Coward's personal archives and other sources to bring together 476 songs -- an incredible 200 more than the original volume of lyrics first published in 1965.  Coward aficionados will seek out \"I'll See You Again,\" \"Mad Dogs and Englishmen,\" \"A Room with a View,\" and \"I've Been to a Marvelous Party,\" along with many less often displayed byt equally shining gems.    \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eNot surprisingly, the Rat Pack adored Noel Coward.  During his 1955 Vegas engagement, Sammy Davis Jr. would exhort his audience to go across the street to hear Coward interpret his own songs -- to \"see The Master at work,\" while Frank Sinatra went on radio to tell the world \"if you want to hear how songs should be sung get the hell over to The Desert Inn!\"\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"The Overlook Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47009167245552,"sku":"9780879518967","price":65.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0737\/7593\/9824\/files\/9780879518967_p0.jpg?v=1763849338","url":"https:\/\/shop-qa.barnesandnoble.com\/products\/9780879518967","provider":"Barnes \u0026 Noble (DEV)","version":"1.0","type":"link"}