Books by Max Wilk

Originally published in 1973, when it won the ASCAP Deems Taylor Award, reprintedand revised several times since, They’re Playing Our Song is a classic oral history of American popular music. Now further updated with new material and new photographs, this book is indispensable for anyone interested in the Great American Songbook of the 20thcentury, these classic and timeless songs and lyrics are as popular today as ever.

"The Sound of Music" was the last - and most successful - collaboration of two giants of the musical theater, Richard Rodgers and Oscar Hammerstein. This book tells the story of the making of the show, from the first rough ideas through the tryouts, fine tuning, and eventual triumph.