Excerpted from The Tunesmith: The Musical Journey of M.K. Jerome. In the beginning, and for many years afterward, Casablanca was just a movie. Those who were associated with the film (especially ...

The story of Casablanca begins proper when Rick’s former lover, Ilsa Lund, wanders into his café. When Ilsa sees Rick’s friend, the house pianist Sam, she requests that he play their song ...

As time goes by, there is lively “who should’ve won” debates about many of the Best Picture champs, but most agree that in 1944 Academy members got it right with “Casablanca.” However ...

Casablanca Records founder Neil Bogart brought us KISS, Donna Summer, ... The song needed to be an experience and the experience needed to be half an hour,” Bogart says.

Casablanca is more than just a love story. It is a film about, and stocked with, ... Rick gives permission for the band to play the song of the resistance.