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Brother, Can You Spare a Dime? is a 1975 documentary film directed by Philippe Mora, [4] consisting largely of newsreel footage and contemporary film clips [5] to portray the era of the Great Depression. [6] [7]
The song is about a man who has sought the American dream, but was foiled by the Great Depression.He is the universal everyman who holds various professions, being a farmer and a construction worker as well as a veteran of World War I: it is intended to embrace all listeners.
After graduating, he practiced law briefly before pursuing a career in music. Gorney relocated with his wife to New York City, where he began his song writing career on Tin Pan Alley. He contributed numerous songs to musicals by the Shubert brothers. Ira Gershwin introduced Gorney to lyricist Yip Harburg, who became a frequent collaborator.
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The album was released on 25 October 1976, and the film was released on 11 November 1976. [17] The album reached number 23 on the UK Albums Chart, with a total of seven weeks on that listing, [4] and number 48 on the Billboard Top 200. [18] [19] It also made number 17 on the Dutch album charts and number 37 on the New Zealand album charts. [20]
Harburg and Gorney were offered a contract with Paramount: in Hollywood, Harburg worked with composers Harold Arlen, Vernon Duke, Jerome Kern, Jule Styne, and Burton Lane, and later wrote the lyrics for The Wizard of Oz, one of the earliest known "integrated musicals," for which he won the Academy Award for Best Music, Original Song for "Over the Rainbow."
Brother, Can You Spare a Dime (1975) – David Puttnam was involved in this 109 minute compilation of 1930s film footage. As well as singing the title song we hear Bing's recording of " Where the Blue of the Night (Meets the Gold of the Day) ."
American singer Bing Crosby has released 71 studio albums, 83 compilation albums and 409 singles over the course of his career. Crosby is one of the world's best-selling music artists, having sold more than 200 million records as of 1960 [1] according to different sources his sales could be 300 million, [2] 500 million records, tapes, compact discs and digital downloads globally. [3]