These artists share a similar style to George M. Cohan, blending elements of stage show, proud themes, and early American musical theatre with catchy melodies.

What’s this, Jon Peterson (aka Peter Sellers) singing “I’m a Yankee Doodle Dandy” in all its star-spangled Broadway glory? The question emerges because Peterson does sound very much like a Brit when ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Less than six months after the United States officially entered World War II, actor James Cagney's most acclaimed film — and ...

"Yankee Doodle Dandy" is rah-rah, rousingly American and great box office, no matter how you slice it. It's a tribute to a grand American gentleman of the theatre - George M. Cohan - whose life and ...

Yankee Doodle Dandy Audio will be available later today. Violinist Leila Josefowicz and pianist John Novacek perform Henri Vieuxtemps' Souvenir d'Amerique (on Yankee Doodle). (Philips 289 462 948) ...

David Armstrong's new take on the life of George M. Cohan, "Yankee Doodle Dandy!," was a half-dozen years in the making, so the debut of this ultra-patriotic musical during wartime is nothing more ...

He was born just a few blocks from where I grew up -- Jimmy Cagney, the American film legend who played George M. Cohan, the man who owned Broadway. Cohan wrote the American anthems “Yankee Doodle Boy ...