In the summer of 1972, the suits at a major television network bring together a motley crew of songwriters and musicians to work on a series of short songs that will air during Saturday morning cartoons. With the help of an enormous amount of pot and a little sexual innuendo, they eat, sleep, drink, smoke, couple and uncouple as they work to change the world, one song at a time.

Alfred Hitchcock employed more musical styles and techniques than any film director in history, from Marlene Dietrich singing Cole Porter in Stage Fright to the revolutionary electronic soundtrack of The Birds. Many of his films-including Notorious, Rear Window, Vertigo, North by Northwest, and Psycho-are landmarks in the history of film music. Now author and musicologist Jack Sullivan presents the first in-depth study of the role music plays in Hitchcock's...

Because of you (Lisa Tucker) -- Bewitched, bothered and bewildered (Kellie Picklet) - Billie Jean (David Cook) -- Come rain or come shine (Katharine McPhee) -- Don't get around much anymore (Chris Richardson) -- Go your own way (Michael Johns) -- Have you ever really ovoed a woman? (Chris Daughtry) -- How do I live (Paris Bennett) -- I believe in you and me (Melinda Doolittle) -- I dont' want to miss a thing (David Cook) -- It had to be you (Elliott...

In the heyday of low-budget television and scrappy genre filmmaking, producers who needed a soundtrack for their commercial entertainments could reach for a selection of library music: royalty-free LPs of stock recordings whose contents fit any mood required. Though at the time, the use of such records was mostly a cost-cutting maneuver for productions that couldn't afford to hire their own composer, the industry soon took on its own life: library...

"This fourth edition features even more Disney favorites, including hits from their most recent movie and television releases..."--Publisher's description.