Cover -- Half title -- Title -- Copyright -- Dedication -- Contents -- List of Illustrations -- Preface -- A Note to the Reader -- 1 What's in a Name? -- 2 Early Years -- 3 Brother, Can You Spare a Dime? -- 4 A Pause for Jay Gorney -- 5 Yip's Path to Show Business Success -- 6 A Pause for Vernon Duke -- 7 From Hollywood to Oz and Back -- 8 A Pause for Harold Arlen -- 9 Human Rights Activism Takes Center Stage -- 10 A Pause for Agnes de Mille -- 11 Yip's Case Study of Finian's Rainbow -- 12 A Pause for Burton Lane -- 13 Anger, Frustration, and Persistence During the McCarthy Years -- 14 A Pause for Friendship During Hard Times -- 15 The New Old Yip -- Acknowledgments -- Appendix: Musicals, Films, and Songs -- Notes -- Bibliography -- Lyric Credits -- Index -- Music:Interview -- About the Author.