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        Four. “The Mouth of the Machine”
The Creation of the Crooning Idol, 1929
            
        
    
    
    
    
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        Allison McCracken
        
                                    
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                                            Chapters in this book
- Frontmatter i
- Contents vii
- Acknowledgments ix
- Introduction 1
- One. Putting Over a Song 37
- Two. Crooning Goes Electric 74
- Three. Falling in Love with a Voice 126
- Four. “The Mouth of the Machine” 160
- Five “A Supine Sinking into the Primeval Ooze” 208
- Six “The Kind of Natural that Worked” 264
- Conclusion 311
- Notes 333
- Bibliography 375
- Index 411
Chapters in this book
- Frontmatter i
- Contents vii
- Acknowledgments ix
- Introduction 1
- One. Putting Over a Song 37
- Two. Crooning Goes Electric 74
- Three. Falling in Love with a Voice 126
- Four. “The Mouth of the Machine” 160
- Five “A Supine Sinking into the Primeval Ooze” 208
- Six “The Kind of Natural that Worked” 264
- Conclusion 311
- Notes 333
- Bibliography 375
- Index 411