about shel silverstein
the giving tree was published 1964.
A Giraffe and a Half
Hairy Jazz (Elektra Records) (1959)
Inside Folk Songs (Atlantic Records) (1962)
Shel Silverstein's Stag Party (Crestview Records) (1963)
I'm So Good That I Don't Have to Brag (Cadet Records) (1965)
Drain My Brain (Cadet Records) (1967)
Boy Named Sue and Other Country Songs (RCA Records) (1969)
Ned Kelly (United Artists) (1970) film soundtrack
Who Is Harry Kellerman and Why Is He Saying Those Terrible Things About Me? (Columbia/CBS Records) (1971) film soundtrack
Freakin' at the Freakers Ball (Columbia/CBS Records) (1972)
Crouchin' on the Outside (Janus Records), collection of I'm So Good... and Drain My Brain (1973)
Songs and Stories (Parachute Records) (1978)
The Great Conch Train Robbery (Flying Fish Records) (1980)
Where the Sidewalk Ends (Columbia/CBS Records) (1984)
A Light In the Attic (Columbia/CBS Records) (1985)
Underwater Land (with Pat Dailey) (Olympia Records) (2002) (released posthumously)
The Best of Shel Silverstein: His Words His Songs His Friends (Legacy/Columbia/SBMG Records) (2005) (released posthumously)
Twistable, Turnable Man: A Musical Tribute to the Songs of Shel Silverstein (Sugar Hill) (2010) (Tribute album)
See also[edit]
Where the Sidewalk Ends (poem)
References[edit]
^ Jump up to: a b Honan, William H. (May 11, 1999). "Shel Silverstein, Zany Writer and Cartoonist, Dies at 67,". The New York Times. p. B10. Retrieved 2009-12-16.
^ Jump up to: a b c Rogak, Lisa. A Boy Named Shel: The Life and Times of Shel Silverstein. Thomas Dunne Books (imprint of St. Martin's Press), 2007. ISBN 0-312-35359-6
^ Jump up to: a b Rogak, pp. 102, 117
Jump up ^ Gold, p. 192
Jump up ^ The Many Sides of Shel Silverstein, Stacy Bee, May 17, 2009
Jump up ^ Gold, Marv (2009). Silverstein and Me: A Memoir. Red Hen Press. ISBN 978-1-59709-151-0. Retrieved 2010-05-24.
Jump up ^ Eck, Michael (January 27, 2008). "'Boy Named Shel' shows diverse life". Times Union. Retrieved 2010-05-24. (subscription required)
Jump up ^ Studs Terkel interview, WFMT, December 12, 1963.
^ Jump up to: a b c Mercier, Jean F. "Shel Silverstein", Publishers Weekly, February 24, 1975.
Jump up ^ "Shel Silverstein Biography". Super Children's Books. Retrieved June 10, 2012.
^ Jump up to: a b "Shel Silverstein's Music (Legacy Recordings)". Archived from the original on 2012-06-04.
^ Jump up to: a b c "Cahill, Tim. "Dr. Hook's VD and Medicine Shows." ''Rolling Stone'', November 9, 1972". Shelsilverstein.tripod.com. Retrieved 2013-02-27.
Jump up ^ Sack, John (1959). Report from Practically Nowhere. New York: Curtis Publishing Company.
Jump up ^ "WorldCat". WorldCat. Retrieved 2013-02-27.
Jump up ^ Thomas (2013)
^ Jump up to: a b Thomas (2013)
Jump up ^ "Pitchfork reviews". Pitchfork.com. 2010-06-09. Retrieved 2013-02-27.
Jump up ^ "Sugar Hill Records catalogue". Archived from the original on January 4, 2011.
Jump up ^ "Shel Silverstein Induction Year: 2002". Retrieved February 21, 2010.
Sources[edit]
Flippo, Chet (1998). "Shel Silverstein". In Paul Kingsbury, editor. The Encyclopedia of Country Music. New York: Oxford University Press, p. 484.
Gold, Marv (2009). Silverstein & Me. Red Hen Press.
Pond, Steve (January 2006). "The Magical World of Shel Silverstein". Playboy (U.S. edition), pp 74–78 & pp 151–153.
Rogak, Lisa (2007). A Boy Named Shel: The Life and Times of Shel Silverstein. ISBN 0-312-35359-6.
Thomas, Joseph (2013). "Executors or Executioners: Why can't my biography of Shel Silverstein quote Shel Silverstein? His censorious estate." Slate, 13 October.
External links[edit]
Wikiquote has quotations related to: Shel Silverstein
Shel Silverstein at the Internet Movie Database
Shel Silverstein at Find a Grave
Famous Poets and Poems
Music inspired by Shel Silverstein
Shel Silverstein Discography
Shel Silverstein on Fire Island
Shel Silverstein site
Works by or about Shel Silverstein in libraries (WorldCat catalog)
Audio[edit]
WFMU: Unreleased demo: Shel Silverstein: "Terrible Thing"
German-language sites[edit]
Andreas Weigel: Die überdrehte Welt des Shel Silverstein. Leben, Lieder und Texte. ORF, "Spielräume spezial" (2006).
Pop-Alphabet: Dr. Hook & The Medicine Show & Shel Silverstein.
Bernd Glodek: Shel Silverstein. Was macht dieser Mann eigentlich nicht? (1977).
Zum 75. Geburtstag des Kinderbuchautors und Songwriters Shel Silverstein. "Wiener Zeitung, Extra" (2005).
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Books
Uncle Shelby's ABZ Book
Lafcadio: The Lion Who Shot Back
The Giving Tree
Don't Bump the Glump!: and Other Fantasies
The Missing Piece
Runny Babbit
Poem collections
Where the Sidewalk Ends
A Light in the Attic
Falling Up
Every Thing On It
Albums
Freakin' at the Freakers Ball
Twistable Turnable Man
Songs
"25 Minutes to Go"
"The Ballad of Lucy Jordan"
"Big Four Poster Bed"
"A Boy Named Sue"
"The Cover of Rolling Stone"
"Marie Laveau"
"The Mermaid"
"One's on the Way"
"Sylvia's Mother"
"The Unicorn"
"Wrong Ideas"
Film soundtracks
Ned Kelly (1970)
Who Is Harry Kellerman and Why Is He Saying Those Terrible Things About Me? (1971)
Screenplays
Things Change (1988)
Authority control
WorldCat
VIAF: 19880380
LCCN: n79045309
GND: 118765418
BNF: cb14033694w (data)
MusicBrainz: 1ce887e7-a9ca-4545-bb75-5af9cea6c862
NDL: 00456601
NKC: jo2002139627
PersondataNameSilverstein, ShelAlternative namesShort descriptionAmerican poetDate of birthSeptember 25, 1930Place of birthChicago, IllinoisDate of deathMay 10, 1999Place of deathKey West, Florida
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