When FDR was in the White House, Count Basie was on the radio, and everyone wore a hat...
by
Roxane Orgill
Language: English
Release Date: October 13, 2009
The time: 1936-1938. The mood: Hopeful. It wasn't wartime, not yet. The music: The incomparable Count Basie and Benny Goodman, among others. The setting: Living rooms across America and, most of all, New York City.
Dream Lucky covers politics, race, religion, arts, and sports, but the central...