How to Use songbook in a Sentence

songbook

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  • Just the resonance of his work, the width and depth of his songbook.
    — Ben Flanagan | [email protected], al, 27 Apr. 2022
  • There is a song leader and there's a songbook with like 900 songs in there.
    — Sid Evans, Southern Living, 1 June 2021
  • Your ticket also gets you a link to a PDF of a songbook with all the lyrics.
    — Mary Schmich, chicagotribune.com, 28 Nov. 2020
  • Nelson’s first songbook has all the doodles of a child’s arts and crafts project.
    — Jason Mellard, Smithsonian Magazine, 1 May 2023
  • This follows the release of their songbook for 2016’s A Moon Shaped Pool.
    — Monique Melendez, Billboard, 31 Oct. 2017
  • When Neal takes long rides, the tunes from the songbook of his life often slip into his mind.
    — Michael Gordon, charlotteobserver, 2 June 2017
  • His songs are as deep and crazy as the Beatles songbook.
    — Andy Greene, Rolling Stone, 10 June 2023
  • Also, Trump appears to be singing from the same songbook.
    — Chris Cillizza, CNN, 18 May 2018
  • This week, the queens will all be performing a group and solo piece from the beloved Drag Race songbook.
    — oregonlive, 23 Sep. 2022
  • Luke Combs is taking a page out of Luke Bryan‘s songbook and living life to the fullest by huntin’, fishin’ and lovin’ every day.
    — Nicole Sands, PEOPLE.com, 2 May 2018
  • There is a connection to the songbook of Billy Joel, whom Schlesinger admired.
    — Jody Rosen, The New Yorker, 3 Apr. 2020
  • In all, this work stands as a high point in Kahane’s songbook and a tantalizing hint of what may yet be ahead.
    — Howard Reich, chicagotribune.com, 6 July 2019
  • His own songbook has been predicting his death for decades.
    — Brad Sanders, SPIN, 13 Mar. 2023
  • Her country roots run deep, but Carter’s personal songbook has leaned to pop and rock.
    — Mary Colurso | [email protected], AL.com, 17 Sep. 2017
  • One deviation from the Joel songbook was a tribute to the late Tina Turner.
    — USA TODAY, 9 July 2023
  • These days, though, C.C.R.’s songbook can feel freshly freed—as if those old songs had been waiting for us all along to show up and need them again in present tense.
    — David Cantwell, The New Yorker, 17 Aug. 2022
  • The subject, now 79 years old, does not appear, which is hardly a shock, but neither is the show a songbook in the customary sense.
    — Wsj Arts, WSJ, 2 Dec. 2022
  • Take a generous helping of tunes from the great American songbook and the best of Broadway.
    — Randy Cordova, azcentral, 11 May 2018
  • Springsteen and company kicked off their first tour in six years on Feb. 1, with a set list full of hits from a near 50-year songbook of rock classics.
    — Selena Fragassi, SPIN, 11 Feb. 2023
  • In his decades-deep songbook, his lyrics rarely feel like vehicles for moving melody.
    — Chris Richards, Washington Post, 10 Mar. 2020
  • Tony Bennett was at the piano, singing the American songbook.
    — Dana Goodyear, The New Yorker, 8 Aug. 2022
  • But there, Charles was led to Nashville in the process of looking for a different classic songbook to cover.
    — Chris Willman, Variety, 12 Feb. 2024
  • Metallica While not the first band that pops to mind to pay homage to the John/Taupin songbook, the hard rock quartet maintains profound respect for the honorees.
    — Melissa Ruggieri, USA TODAY, 21 Mar. 2024
  • Here are 12 magical moments in the Sinéad O’Connor songbook.
    — A.d. Amorosi, Variety, 26 July 2023
  • Looking dapper in his kilt, Roger passes out some old songbooks and teaches the class a few Gaelic melodies.
    — Lincee Ray, EW.com, 22 July 2023
  • No wonder there’s a long-in-the-works Broadway show dedicated to his songbook.
    — Rob Ledonne, Billboard, 5 July 2024
  • Along with the instrument itself, the purchase also comes with a matching duet bench and play-along songbook.
    — Jordan Greene, Peoplemag, 10 Apr. 2024
  • This year’s entry could be straight out of a Britney Spears songbook (Glory era, but nonetheless) and could have a huge stage show to match.
    — Lindsey Weber, Vulture, 22 May 2021
  • The musical adaptation of the Abba songbook spawned a movie, a sequel and, most recently, talk of No. 3.
    — Mikey O'Connell, The Hollywood Reporter, 13 Aug. 2024
  • Why does a man so fixated on new adventures keep returning to the same songbook?
    — Christian Zilko, IndieWire, 14 Aug. 2024

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