Deconstructing Pop: Ronstadt and the Erased Roots
The Gershwins were the guys who defined the popular song. They wrote movies, with huge casts of ironies and cynicisms and longings and all those things were included.</blockquote> George Gershwin's influence is undeniable. 'Summertime' remains one of the most covered songs in history, and its harmonic structures shaped everyone from Lennon and McCartney to contemporary producers.</p><p>Yet we must
