Blue Melody
"Blue Melody" is a short story by J. D. Salinger, first published in the September 1948 issue of Cosmopolitan. The tragic tale of an African-American jazz singer, the story was inspired by the life of Bessie Smith and was originally titled "Needle on a Scratchy Phonograph Record." Cosmopolitan changed the title to "Blue Melody" without Salinger's consent, a "slick" magazine tactic that was one of the reasons the author decided, in the late forties, that "he wanted to publish only in The New Yorker."
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Blue Melody
"Blue Melody" is a short story by J. D. Salinger, first published in the September 1948 issue of Cosmopolitan. The tragic tale of an African-American jazz singer, the story was inspired by the life of Bessie Smith and was originally titled "Needle on a Scratchy Phonograph Record." Cosmopolitan changed the title to "Blue Melody" without Salinger's consent, a "slick" magazine tactic that was one of the reasons the author decided, in the late forties, that "he wanted to publish only in The New Yorker."
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"Blue Melody" is a short story ...... blish only in The New Yorker."
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Blue Melody est une nouvelle d ...... lusivement dans le New Yorker.
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«Грустный мотив» — короткий ра ...... ия только в „The New Yorker“».
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"Blue Melody" is a short story ...... blish only in The New Yorker."
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Blue Melody est une nouvelle d ...... lusivement dans le New Yorker.
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«Грустный мотив» — короткий ра ...... ия только в „The New Yorker“».
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Blue Melody
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Blue Melody
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Грустный мотив
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