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Show Criticises America's Most Popular Songs LON'DONT "Only 10 per cent of : American songs are fif to be sung In I decent British drawlngrooms," cor- j respondent writes to the Evening News. j He contents the claim of "Music j Publisher," w ho wrote that Rrltlsh I music is badly behind In the race for popularity. He adds "The works of true British Brit-ish lyricists and composers (I mean in the artistic sense), however big or small and poorly paid, will live. Pa-etlc Pa-etlc minds and good class original composers In this country would rather rath-er starve than degrade their souls by : prov iding sloppy sentiment for slippery tempo. Which this publisher calls ex-i ex-i traordinary American success.' " |