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My Hit Parade and a Few Misses

Author : Russell Arms
Publisher : Bearmanor Media
ISBN 13 : 9781593930240
Total Pages : 192 pages
Book Rating : 4.9/5 (32 download)

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Download or read book My Hit Parade and a Few Misses written by Russell Arms and published by Bearmanor Media. This book was released on 2005-03 with total page 192 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Russell Arms is probably best known for his six-year stint on the famous Your Hit Parade TV show, but he also was active in many other theatrical fields. After graduating from the Pasadena Playhouse he was signed to a contract by Warner Bros. Studios were he made several important pictures, including The Man Who Came to Dinner, Captains of the Clouds, and By the Light of the Silvery Moon. He also free-lanced at other studios and, in all, appeared in over 20 movies, including several Westerns. Deciding to try his luck in New York he discovered he had a singing voice which he immediately put to good use with his own radio show on WNEW as well as on a TV show, School Days, on the Dumont network. His next step was a national game show, Chance of a Lifetime, on ABC where he stayed for over a year. From there it was on to CBS for The 54th St. Revue, another national TV offering which lasted for over a year. The big break came shortly after that by his signing with the Hit Parade and that opened up a whole world of opportunities, including recordings, night clubs, fairs, personal appearances, and many guest spots on TV (including the Ed Sullivan Show with his hit record, "Cinco Robles"), as well as dinner and summer theaters all over the country (including versions of Can Can, Bells Are Ringing, 1776, Irma LaDouce, No, No, Nanette, with the incomparable Martha Raye ), and many others both musical and non-musical. Russ also got involved with MC'ing beauty pageants and fashion shows. He staged and MC'd the Miss World-USA Pageant for three years and added music to the fashion shows by singing to the models as they paraded the runway.

Elvis: My Best Man

Author : George Klein
Publisher : Crown
ISBN 13 : 0307452751
Total Pages : 322 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (74 download)

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Download or read book Elvis: My Best Man written by George Klein and published by Crown. This book was released on 2011-01-04 with total page 322 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The touching story of thirty years of friendship between George Klein and the King that “offers an insider’s view of Presley the man as opposed to Presley the singer, actor, and icon” (Associated Press). “You capture the essence of Elvis not only in dialogue, but also in giving the reader a sense of his personality, humor, and his spirit of play.”—Priscilla Presley When George Klein was an eighth grader at Humes High, he couldn’t have known how important the new kid with the guitar—the boy named Elvis—would later become in his life. But from the first time GK (as he was nicknamed by Elvis) heard this kid sing, he knew that Elvis Presley was someone extraordinary. During Elvis’s rise to fame and throughout the wild swirl of his remarkable life, Klein was a steady presence and one of Elvis’s closest and most loyal friends until his untimely death in 1977. In Elvis: My Best Man, a heartfelt, entertaining, and long-awaited contribution to our understanding of Elvis Presley and the early days of rock ’n’ roll, George Klein writes with great affection for the friend he knew about who the King of Rock ’n’ Roll really was and how he acted when the stage lights were off. This fascinating chronicle of boundary-breaking and music-making through one of the most intriguing and dynamic stretches of American history overflows with insights and anecdotes from someone who was in the middle of it all. From the good times at Graceland to hanging out with Hollywood stars to butting heads with Elvis’s iron-handed manager, Colonel Tom Parker, to making sure that Elvis’s legacy is fittingly honored, GK was a true friend of the King and a trailblazer in the music industry in his own right.

Mrs. Darcy and the Blue-Eyed Stranger

Author : Lee Smith
Publisher : Algonquin Books
ISBN 13 : 1616200499
Total Pages : 369 pages
Book Rating : 4.6/5 (162 download)

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Download or read book Mrs. Darcy and the Blue-Eyed Stranger written by Lee Smith and published by Algonquin Books. This book was released on 2011-05-31 with total page 369 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Lee Smith is a "teller of tales for tale tellers to admire and envy . . . [and] a reader’s dream" (Houston Chronicle). A celebrated and bestselling writer with a dozen novels under her name, including Fair and Tender Ladies, Oral History, and The Last Girls, she is just as widely recognized for her exceptional short stories. Here, in Mrs. Darcy and the Blue-Eyed Stranger, Smith collects seven brand-new stories along with seven of her favorites from three earlier collections. The result? A book of dazzling richness. As the New York Times Book Review put it, "In al- most every one of [her stories] there is a moment of vision, or love, or unclothed wonder that transforms something plain into something transcendent."

God Bless America

Author : Kathleen E.R. Smith
Publisher : University Press of Kentucky
ISBN 13 : 0813185386
Total Pages : 412 pages
Book Rating : 4.8/5 (131 download)

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Download or read book God Bless America written by Kathleen E.R. Smith and published by University Press of Kentucky. This book was released on 2021-10-21 with total page 412 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: After Pearl Harbor, Tin Pan Alley songwriters rushed to write the Great American War Song—an "Over There" for World War II. The most popular songs, however, continued to be romantic ballads, escapist tunes, or novelty songs. To remedy the situation, the federal government created the National Wartime Music Committee, an advisory group of the Office of War Information (OWI), which outlined "proper" war songs, along with tips on how and what to write. The music business also formed its own Music War Committee to promote war songs. Neither group succeeded. The OWI hoped that Tin Pan Alley could be converted from manufacturing love songs to manufacturing war songs just as automobile plants had retooled to assemble planes and tanks. But the OWI failed to comprehend the large extent by which the war effort would be defined by advertisers and merchandisers. Selling merchandise was the first priority of Tin Pan Alley, and the OWI never swayed them from this course. Kathleen E.R. Smith concludes the government's fears of faltering morale did not materialize. Americans did not need such war songs as "Goodbye, Mama, I'm Off To Yokohama", "There Are No Wings On a Foxhole", or even "The Sun Will Soon Be Setting On The Land Of The Rising Sun" to convince them to support the war. The crusade for a "proper" war song was misguided from the beginning, and the music business, then and now, continues to make huge profits selling love—not war—songs.

Miss M.’S Storybook

Author : Sandra Mendyk
Publisher : Author House
ISBN 13 : 1467857114
Total Pages : 288 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (678 download)

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Download or read book Miss M.’S Storybook written by Sandra Mendyk and published by Author House. This book was released on 2009-07-15 with total page 288 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Have you ever done something you later were embarrassed about, like hiding under a highway in ankle-high water at two oclock in the morning? Or getting locked in Paris, Frances Notre Dame Cathedral bell tower? Would you tell anyone about your family and friends, especially a brother who loved pulling pranks like throwing lit matches from a cinema balcony? Did you ever try to undertake something fun that no one would ever expect you to do like flying an airplane although you get airsick? Have you ever encountered a ghost, met a reincarnated spider, or accompanied the FBI to look for a bomb? How would you feel if you took your nephew to England at the invitation of the Prince of Wales and got embarrassed when he said something out loudloud enough that you wanted to crawl under the closest chair? Do you feel brave or anxious enough to read some of these experiences (mostly funny)the same stories that many junior high school students enjoyed for years? Many people have approached Miss M. and asked how she had so many adventures and accomplished so much. Miss M. has taught seventh grade for twenty-two years. Many times the school day had some leftover time. This was the perfect time for one of Miss M.s storiesstories that were told over and over again to keep students riveted to the teacher in front of the room. She never repeated the same story twice to the same class. And all these stories are true! This book has many of these stories. Many stories are classified as comedy, serious, and some may be downright scary! Many also have a moral. This paperback book can be taken on the bus, on trips, and even, read in the bathroom! Characters in the book have initials in order to save some people embarrassment. The family members know who they are! All Miss M. has to say now after compiling all her real-life stories for others to read and share is Enjoy! as all her former students did. And if anyone doesnt enjoy the book, well, theres always that bathroom!

Billboard

Author :
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 130 pages
Book Rating : 4./5 ( download)

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Download or read book Billboard written by and published by . This book was released on 1952-11-29 with total page 130 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In its 114th year, Billboard remains the world's premier weekly music publication and a diverse digital, events, brand, content and data licensing platform. Billboard publishes the most trusted charts and offers unrivaled reporting about the latest music, video, gaming, media, digital and mobile entertainment issues and trends.

Catalog of Copyright Entries

Author :
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 1352 pages
Book Rating : 4.:/5 (34 download)

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Download or read book Catalog of Copyright Entries written by and published by . This book was released on 1944 with total page 1352 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Hit Songs, 1900-1955

Author : Don Tyler
Publisher : McFarland
ISBN 13 : 0786429461
Total Pages : 555 pages
Book Rating : 4.7/5 (864 download)

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Download or read book Hit Songs, 1900-1955 written by Don Tyler and published by McFarland. This book was released on 2007-04-02 with total page 555 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This is a chronology of the most famous songs from the years before rock 'n' roll. The top hits for each year are described, including vital information such as song origin, artist(s), and chart information. For many songs, the author includes any web or library holdings of sheet music covers, musical scores, and free audio files. An extensive collection of biographical sketches follows, providing performing credits, relevant professional awards, and brief biographies for hundreds of the era's most popular performers, lyricists, and composers. Includes an alphabetical song index and bibliography.

Box Set: Flowers for Mrs. Luskin and The Unsolved Murder of Adam Walsh Books One and Two

Author : Arthur Jay Harris
Publisher : Arthur Jay Harris
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 725 pages
Book Rating : 4./5 ( download)

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Download or read book Box Set: Flowers for Mrs. Luskin and The Unsolved Murder of Adam Walsh Books One and Two written by Arthur Jay Harris and published by Arthur Jay Harris. This book was released on 2016-06-07 with total page 725 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This specially-priced 3-book Box Set of Investigative True Crime stories includes: FLOWERS FOR MRS. LUSKIN: The divorce was vicious, but at least it hadn't turned deadly. Then came the flowers. and THE UNSOLVED MURDER OF ADAM WALSH: Book 1: Was the man in the mall the most notorious murderer in history? Book 2: The body identified as Adam Walsh is not him. Is Adam still alive?

Miss Shirley Bassey

Author : John L. Williams
Publisher : Quercus
ISBN 13 : 1623652596
Total Pages : 275 pages
Book Rating : 4.6/5 (236 download)

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Download or read book Miss Shirley Bassey written by John L. Williams and published by Quercus. This book was released on 2013-10-01 with total page 275 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: From "Hot from Harlem" to "Goldfinger," the story of how a two-bit jazz singer from Cardiff became an immortal icon: In 1954, Shirley Bassey was seventeen years old. She had just returned from a cheesy revue tour called "Hot from Harlem." Depressed, disillusioned and four months' pregnant, she decided that her dream of being a professional singer was over. A mere ten years later, she was one of the biggest stars in the world. She had sold more records than any other British singer of the day, and was poised to conquer America. Her latest hit, "Goldfinger," was the theme tune to the year's blockbuster film. No longer the two-bit jazz singer from Cardiff, she was by now an international sex siren, as glamorous and unreal as Bond himself. Miss Shirley Bassey explores this remarkable transformation, both of an individual and of the British society and British psyche that made it possible. From the vibrant, multicultural oasis of Tiger Bay in the Cardiff docklands through the club-lands of Soho and Las Vegas to New York's Carnegie Hall, it is a journey from mere mortal to international icon. Along the way she would encounter homosexual husbands, predatory managers, newspaper scandals, and a range of friends and acquaintances from Sammy Davis Jr. to Reggie Kray. John L. Williams draws on original research and interviews to provide a portrait of a young woman on the cusp of stardom, whose rise to fame was in many ways symbolic of a changing world. Brilliantly written non-fiction in the style of David Peace's The Damned Utd or Nick Tosches' Dino, this is the story of a woman who set out to be extraordinary and--against all the odds--succeeded.

Baby of Bataan

Author : Joseph Quitman Johnson
Publisher : Omonomany
ISBN 13 : 1590960025
Total Pages : 314 pages
Book Rating : 4.5/5 (99 download)

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Download or read book Baby of Bataan written by Joseph Quitman Johnson and published by Omonomany. This book was released on 2004 with total page 314 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Miss Kansas City Kitty: Doris Markham's Story

Author : Deborah Dilks
Publisher : Dorrance Publishing
ISBN 13 : 1646108612
Total Pages : 502 pages
Book Rating : 4.6/5 (461 download)

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Download or read book Miss Kansas City Kitty: Doris Markham's Story written by Deborah Dilks and published by Dorrance Publishing. This book was released on 2020-01-24 with total page 502 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Miss Kansas City Kitty: Doris Markham’s Story By: Deborah Dilks Doris Markham’s Story takes you back to Kansas City in the 1930s and 1940s as well as rural Missouri living at the turn of the twentieth century. Join Doris on her escapades through three marriages and a dozen boyfriends. Miss Kansas City Kitty Doris Markham’s Story is based on a true story about one spirited country girl’s struggles to survive in the Kansas City when it was a wild town; some called it “The Paris of the Plains” with illegal gambling, speakeasies, gangsters, barbecue and jazz. Her story is a love story, okay several love stories mixed with drama and comedy. People described Doris Markham as a pistol, a free spirit and stubborn. She could be called an early woman’s rights activist because she often said “What’s right for the goose, is right for the gander”. In this book you will see Kansas City from a working girl’s view and find gangsters, kidnapping, murder, prostitution, speakeasies, supper clubs, bars and even a famous person or two. When Doris won a Kansas City Kitty competition, her life changed.

Your Hit Parade

Author : Bruce C. Elrod
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 492 pages
Book Rating : 4.F/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Your Hit Parade written by Bruce C. Elrod and published by . This book was released on 1985 with total page 492 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Hollywood Musicals You Missed

Author : Edwin M. Bradley
Publisher : McFarland
ISBN 13 : 1476639930
Total Pages : 307 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (766 download)

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Download or read book Hollywood Musicals You Missed written by Edwin M. Bradley and published by McFarland. This book was released on 2020-06-05 with total page 307 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Pre-World War II Hollywood musicals weren't only about Astaire and Rogers, Mickey and Judy, Busby Berkeley, Bing Crosby, or Shirley Temple. The early musical developed through tangents that reflected larger trends in film and American culture at large. Here is a survey of select titles with a variety of influences: outsized songwriter personalities, hubbub over "hillbilly" and cowboy stereotypes, the emergence of swing, and the brief parade of opera stars to celluloid. Featured movies range from the smash hit Alexander's Ragtime Band (1938), to obscurities such as Are You There? (1930) and Swing, Sister, Swing (1938), to the high-grossing but now forgotten Mountain Music (1937), and It's Great to Be Alive (1933), a zesty pre-Code musical/science-fiction/comedy mishmash. Also included are some of the not-so-memorable pictures made by some of the decade's greatest musical stars.

Joni on Joni

Author : Susan Whitall
Publisher : Chicago Review Press
ISBN 13 : 0914090445
Total Pages : 416 pages
Book Rating : 4.9/5 (14 download)

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Download or read book Joni on Joni written by Susan Whitall and published by Chicago Review Press. This book was released on 2018-11-06 with total page 416 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Joni Mitchell was a solidly middle-class bohemian; an anti-feminist who loved men but scorned free love; a female warrior taking on the male music establishment. She was both the party girl with torn stockings and the sensitive soul. Her earthy, poetic lyrics and the unusual melodic intervals traced by that lissome voice earned her the status of a pop legend. Joni on Joni is a chronologically arranged anthology of Mitchell's most illuminating interviews, spanning the years 1966 to 2014. Included are revealing pieces from her early years in Canada and Detroit, along with influential articles such as Cameron Crowe's Rolling Stone piece. Interspersed throughout are key quotes from dozens of additional Q&As. Together, this material paints a revealing picture of the artist—bragging and scornful, philosophical and deep, but also a beguiling flirt.

Spreadin' Rhythm Around

Author : David A Jasen
Publisher : Routledge
ISBN 13 : 1135509794
Total Pages : 463 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (355 download)

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Download or read book Spreadin' Rhythm Around written by David A Jasen and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2013-10-31 with total page 463 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Spreadin' Rhythm Around: Black Popular Songwriters, 1880-1930 is a classic work on a little-studied subject in American music history: the contribution of African-American songwriters to the world of popular song. Hailed by Publishers Weekly as "thoroughly researched and entertainingly written," this work documents the careers of songwriters like James A. Bland ("Carry Me Back to Ole Virginny"), Bert Williams ("Nobody"), W. C. Handy ("St. Louis Blues"), Noble Sissle, Eubie Blake ("I'm Just Wild About Harry"), and many more. Richly illustrated with rare photographs from sheet music, newspapers, and other unique sources, the book documents an entire era of performance when black singers, dancers, and actors were active on the New York stage. In sheer depth of research, new information, and full coverage, Spreadin' Rhythm Around offers a comprehensive picture of the contributions of black musicians to American popular song. For anyone interested in the history of jazz, pop song, or Broadway, this book will be a revelation.

The American Film Institute Catalog of Motion Pictures Produced in the United States: Feature Films

Author : American Film Institute
Publisher : Univ of California Press
ISBN 13 : 9780520079083
Total Pages : 1198 pages
Book Rating : 4.0/5 (79 download)

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Download or read book The American Film Institute Catalog of Motion Pictures Produced in the United States: Feature Films written by American Film Institute and published by Univ of California Press. This book was released on 1993 with total page 1198 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "The entire field of film historians awaits the AFI volumes with eagerness."--Eileen Bowser, Museum of Modern Art Film Department Comments on previous volumes: "The source of last resort for finding socially valuable . . . films that received such scant attention that they seem 'lost' until discovered in the AFI Catalog."--Thomas Cripps "Endlessly absorbing as an excursion into cultural history and national memory."--Arthur Schlesinger, Jr.