Bing and Billie and Frank and Ella and Judy and Barbra

Callahan, Dan, 1977- author.

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"Crosby, Holiday, Sinatra, Fitzgerald, Garland, and Streisand were the major interpreters of the American songbook, and this is the interlocking story of their lives and careers"-- Provided by publisher.

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Actresses United States Biography

Crosby, Bing, 1903-1977

Fitzgerald, Ella

Garland, Judy

Holiday, Billie, 1915-1959

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Sinatra, Frank, 1915-1998

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Streisand, Barbra

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ISBN:

9781641609227

Description:

viii, 375 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (pages 339-354) and index

Contents:

Introduction : the democracy of American music
Bing : out of nowhere
Bing : just one more chance
Billie's blues
Frank in Hoboken
Ella : you're going to hear from me
Baby Gumm
Diana's dream
Bing at the top
Billie and Ella
The Hoboken four
Judy Swings
Sweet Leilani and Mexicali Rose
Billie swings her way and Ella finds a hit
Band Canary Frank
Judy and Mickey and the rainbow
Bing : minstrelsy and Father O'Malley
Billie and Ella travel light
Frank : the voice
Judy : the girl next door
Barbara and the mirror
Bing : homecoming and feet of clay
Billie : lover man
Ella Bebop
Judy and Frank at MGM
Bing and Dixie
Billie's clef blues
Frank's fall and rise
Judy on the comeback trail
Frank and Ella make album history
Lady in satin and Billie at the Met
Judy and Barbra
Ella and Frank
Judy : after you've gone
Barbra at the top
Frank and Ella at the crossroads
Bing in winter
Movie star Barbra and Frank and Ella on the road
Coda : barbra in the twenty-first century

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2023936693

Control Number:

3283108

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