songbook

In it, she evoked what it was like growing up with the renowned hitmaker, who is credited with expanding the American songbook and shaping the careers of Frank Sinatra and Michael Jackson.

Six years on, it is still part of the songbook.

The set was mostly big hits, but Joel also dabbled outside his own songbook.

I have a giant collection of songbooks — hundreds of them — and I’ll work on what I’m trying to learn while I watch.

“But at this point, not everyone knows that somebody wrote it, because it’s just become part of the American songbook.”