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Off the Charts: The Song-Poem Story

This program looks at the strange underworld of the song-poem industry. In this little-known subculture, "ordinary" people respond to come-on ads in the back pages of magazines ("Send in Your Lyrics -- Make $50,000 in Royalties!"), mailing in their heartfelt but often bizarre poems to music industry companies that, for cash, set those poems to music.

English
  • Originally Aired February 11, 2003
  • Runtime 60 minutes
  • Content Rating United States of America TV-PG
  • Network PBS
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