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Title

The best of the music makers : from Acuff to Ellington to Presley to Sinatra to Zappa and 279 more of the most popular performers of the last fifty years / by George T. Simon and friends ; foreword by Dinah Shore.

Author

Simon, George T., 1912-2001

Publication

Garden City, N.Y. : Doubleday, 1979.

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Details

Additional Authors

Shore, Dinah, 1917-1994

Description

xvi, 635 p. : ill.; 25 cm.

Summary

"The Best of the Music Makers does what no other book has done before. It projects, through warmly written and fact-packed articles, the lives, careers, and personalities of almost 300 of the most important performers to light up the popular music scene during the past fifty years. While delineating the contributions of each of these artists, this book of more than 500 fact-packed pages and over 300 powerful photos (some never seen before), zooms in on its subjects via anecdotal materials and their own direct quotes as well as those from close associates, so that each emerges as a vital human being as well as a world-renowned performer. The Best of the Music Makers runs the entire gamut of popular music: jazz, rock, folk, country, rhythm and blues, middle-of-the-road, motion pictures, musical comedies, night clubs, and the like." --

Subject

• Musicians > Biography
• Popular music > History and criticism
• Musical groups > Biography

Genre/Form

• Biographies
• Criticism, interpretation, etc.

Processing Action (note)

• committed to retain

Contents

• Roy Acuff / Simon T. George -- Julian "Cannonball" Adderley / Dan Morgenstern -- The Allman Brothers / Mary Campbell -- Herb Andrews -- Amy Lee -- The Andrews Sisters / Simon T. George -- Paul Anka / Kristen White -- Louis Armstrong / Simon T. George -- Eddy Arnold / Patty Hall -- Fred Astaire / Carol Easton -- Chet Atkins / Bill Ivey -- Gene Austin / Simon T. George -- Gene Autry / Bill Ivey -- Charles Aznavour / Simon T. George -- Joan Baez / Kristin White -- Mildred Bailey / Simon T. George -- Pearl Bailey / John S. Wilson -- Josephine Baker / John S. Wilson -- Charlie Barnet / Simon T. George -- Count Basie / Simon T. George -- The Beach Boys / Kristin White -- The Beatles / Joel Vance -- Sidney Bechet / Dan Morgenstern -- The Bee Gees / Simon T. George -- Bix Beiderdecke / Dan Morgenstern -- Harry Belafonte / Simon T. George -- Tony Bennett / Simon T. George -- George Benson / Simon T. George -- Bunny Bergian / Simon T. George -- Chuck Berry / Mary Campbell --^
• Eubie Blake / Amy Lee -- Blood, Sweat and Tears / Dan Morgenstern -- Pat Boone / Simon T. George -- Connee Boswell and the Boswell Sisters / Simon T. George -- Al Bowlly / Simon T. George -- Fanny Brice / Amy Lee -- James Brown / Joel Vance -- Les Brown / Simon T. George -- Dave Brubeck / Simon T. George -- Cab Calloway / Simon T. George -- Glen Campbell / Simon T. George -- Eddie Cantor / Amy Lee -- Hoagy Carmichael / Simon T. George -- The Carpenters / Harvey Siders -- Benny Carter / Dan Morgenstern -- Johnny Cash / Patty Hall -- Ray Charles / Mary Campbell -- Chubby Checker / Joel Vance -- Maurice Chevalier / Amy Lee -- Chicago / Mary Campbell -- Charlie Christian / Dan Morgenstern -- Eric Clapton / Timothy White -- Rosemary Clooney / Simon T. George -- George M. Cohan / Amy Lee -- Nat "King" Cole / Simon T. George -- Judy Collins / Joel Vance -- Russ Columbo / Amy Lee -- Perry Como / Simon T. George -- Eddie Condon / John S. Wilson -- Sam Cooke / Kristin White --^
• Jim Croce / Mary Campbell -- Bing Crosby / Simon T. George -- Bob Crosby / Simon T. George -- Crosby, Stills, Nash (and Young) / Mary Campbell -- Xavier Cugat / John S. Wilson -- Bobby Darin / Joel Vance -- Miles Davie / Dan Morgenstern -- Sammy Davie, Jr. / Simon T. George -- Doris Day / Simon T. George -- John Denver / Simon T. George -- Neil Diamond / Mary Campbell -- Fats Domino / Joel Vance -- Jimmy Dorsey / Simon T. George -- Tommy Dorsey / Simon T. George -- Eddy Duchin / Simon T. George -- Jimmy Durante / Kristin White -- Bob Dylan / Carol Easton -- The Eagles / Barbara Pepe -- Bob Eberly and Helen O'Connell / Simon T. George -- Billy Eckstine / Dan Morgenstern -- Nelson Eddy and Jeanette MacDonald / Amy Lee -- Cliff "Ukulele Ike" Edwards / Joel Vance -- Roy Eldridge / Dan Morgenstern -- Duke Ellington / Simon T. George -- Ruth Etting / Amy Lee -- Bill Evens / Dan Morgenstern -- The Everly Brothers / Joel Vance -- Percy Faith / Harvey Siders --^
• Arthur Fielder / Simon T. George -- Gracie Fields / Richard Sudhalter -- The 5th Dimension / Carol Easton -- Eddie Fisher / Simon T. George -- Ella Fitzgerald / Simon T. George -- Roberta Flack / Simon T. George -- Lester Flatt and Earl Scruggs / Douglass Green -- Fleetwood Mac / Barbara Pepe -- Tennessee Erie Ford / Joel Vance -- Helen Forrest / Simon T. George -- Peter Frampton / Simon T. George -- Aretha Franklin / Mary Campbell -- Judy Garland / Carol Easton -- Errol Garner / John S. Wilson -- Stan Getz / Dan Morgenstern -- Dizzy Gillespie / Simon T. George -- Jean Goldkette / Amy Lee -- Benny Goodman / Simon T. George -- Glen Grey / Simon T. George -- Woody Guthrie / John S. Wilson -- Bobby Hackett / Simon T. George -- Merle Haggard / Patty Hall -- Bill Harley / Joel Vance -- Lionel Hampton / Simon T. George -- Coleman Hawkins / Dan Morgenstern -- Isaac Hayes / Carol Easton -- Dick Haymes / Simon T. George -- Ted Heath / John S. Wilson -- Fletch Henderson / Dan Morgenstern --^
• Jimi Hendrix / Dave Marsh -- Woody Herman / Simon T. George -- Earl Hines / John S. Wilson -- Billie Holiday / Dan Morgenstern -- Buddy Holly / Joel Vance -- Libby Holman / Richard Sudhalter -- Lena Horne / Simon T. George -- The Ink Spots / Simon T. George -- Burl Ives / Carol Easton -- Mahalia Jackson / Simon T. George -- Harry James / Simon T. George -- Jefferson (Airplane) Starship / Mary Campbell -- Elton John / Mary Campbell -- Al Jolson / Simon T. George -- Quincy Jones / Simon T. George -- Spike Jones / Kristin White
• Tom Jones / Sy Johnson -- Janis Joplin / Joel Vance -- Louis Jordan / Dan Morgenstern -- Sammy Kaye / Simon T. George -- Stan Kenton / Simon T. George -- B. B. King / John S. Wilson -- Carole King / Carol Easton -- Wayne King / Simon T. George -- The Kingston Trio / Joel Vance -- Gladys Knight and the Pips / Joel Vance -- Andre Kostelanetz / Richard Sudhalter -- Kris Kristofferson / Joel Vance -- Gene Krupa / Simon T. George -- Kay Kyser / Simon T. George -- Frankie Laine / Simon T. George -- Lambert, Henricks and Ross / Dan Morgenstern -- Eddie Lang / Amy Lee -- Mario Lanza / Amy Lee -- Steve Lawrence and Eydie Gorme / Simon T. George -- Leadbelly / Carol Easton -- Led Zeppelin / Jim Jerome -- Peggy Lee / Simon T. George -- Michel Legrand / Simon T. George -- Jerry Lee Lewis / Douglas Green -- Ted Lewis / Amy Lee -- Liberace / John S. Wilson -- Little Richard / Joel Vance -- Guy Lombardo / John S. Wilson -- Jimmie Lunceford / Simon T. George -- Loretta Lynn / Douglas Green --^
• The Mamas and the Papas / Harvey Siders -- Henry Mancini / Simon T. George -- Barry Manilow / Simon T. George -- Herbie Mann / Simon T. George -- Mantovani / John S. Wilson -- Mary Martin / Richard Sudhalter -- Johnny Mathis / Simon T. George -- Marian McPartland / Simon T. George -- Carmen McRae / Carol Easton -- Johnny Mercer / Simon T. George -- Mabel Mercer / John S. Wilson -- Ethel Merman / Alfred E. Simon -- Bette Midler / Sy Johnson -- Glenn Miller / Simon T. George -- Mitch Miller / Roger Miller / Patty Hall -- The Mills Brothers / Simon T. George -- Charles Mingus / Dan Morgenstern -- Liza Minnelli / Kristin White -- Joni Mitchell / Carol Easton -- Modern Jazz Quartet / John S. Wilson -- Thelonious Monk / Dan Morgenstern -- Bill Monroe / Douglas Green -- Vaughn Monroe / Simon T. George -- Wes Montgomery / Amy Lee -- Helen Morgan / Sy Johnson -- Jelly Roll Morton / Amy Lee -- Gerry Mulligan / Simon T. George -- Anthony Newley / Amy Lee -- Red Nichols / Dan Morgenstern --^
• Ray Noble / Simon T. George -- Red Norvo / Simon T. George -- Anita O'Day / Dan Morgenstern -- Joe "King" Oliver / Amy Lee -- Sy Oliver / Simon T. George -- Buck Owens / Patty Hall -- Patti Page / Simon T. George -- Charlie Parker / Dan Morgenstern -- Dolly Parton / Simon T. George -- Les Paul and Mary Ford / Simon T. George -- Peter, Paul and Mary / Simon T. George -- Oscar Peterson / Amy Lee -- Edith Piaf / John S. Wilson -- The Platters / Joel Vance -- Ben Pollack / Simon T. George -- Elvis Presley / Joel Vance -- Charley Pride / Douglas Green -- Ma Rainey / Dan Morgenstern -- Johnnie Ray / Simon T. George -- Otis Redding / Joel Vance -- Helen Reddy / Carol Easton -- Jim Reeves / Parry Hall -- Django Reinhardt / John S. Wilson -- Buddy Rich / Simon T. George -- Charlie Rich / Douglas Green -- Tex Ritter / Douglas Green -- Paul Robeson / Amy Lee -- Jimmie Rodgers / Patty Hall -- The Rolling Stones / Joel Vance -- Linda Ronstadt / Barbara Pepe --^
• Diana Ross and the Supremes / Mary Campbell and Carol Easton -- Jimmy Rushing / John S. Wilson -- Pee Wee Russell / Amy Lee -- Santana / Simon T. George -- Sauter-Finegan / Simon T. George -- Neil Sedaka / Simon T. George -- Pete Seeger / Joel Vance -- Ben Selvin / Amy Lee -- Artie Saw / Simon T. George -- George Shearing / Carol Easton -- Dinah Shore / Simon T. George -- Carly Simon / Loraine Alterman -- Simon and Garfunkel / Timothy White -- Nina Simone / John S. Wilson -- Frank Sinatra / Simon T. George -- Sly and the Family Stone / Joel Vance -- Bessie Smith / Dan Morgenstern -- Kate Smith / Joel Vance -- Willie (the Lion) Smith / Richard Sudhalter -- Hank Snow / Douglas Green -- Jo Stafford / Simon T. George -- The Staple Singers / Joel Vance -- Kay Starr / Carol Easton -- Barbara Streisand / Richard Sudhalter -- Art Tatum / Amy Lee -- James Taylor / Loraine Alterman -- Jack Teagarden / Simon T. George -- The Temptations / Harvey Siders --^
• Sister Rosetta Tharpe / John S. Wilson -- Claude Thornhill / Simon T. George -- Mel Torme / Simon T. George -- Sophie Tucker / Amy Lee -- Ike and Tina Turner / Joel Vance -- Joe Turner / Amy Lee -- Rudy Vallee / Simon T. George -- Sarah Vaughan / Carol Easton -- Joe Venuti / Richard Sudhalter -- "Fats" Waller / Joel Vance -- Fred Waring / Amy Lee -- Dionne Warwicke / Joel Vance -- Dinah Washington / Dan Morgenstern -- Ethel Waters / Amy Lee -- Muddy Waters / Joel Vance -- Lawrence Welk / Simon T. George -- Paul Weston / Simon T. George -- Paul Whiteman / Simon T. George -- Margaret Whiting / Simon T. George -- The Who / Joel Vance -- Lee Wiley / John S. Wilson -- Andy Williams / Sy Johnson -- Hank Williams / Douglas Green -- Joe Williams / Amy Lee -- Mary Lou Williams / John S. Wilson -- Bob Wills / Douglas Green -- Teddy Wilson / Simon T. George -- Stevie Wonder / Carol Easton -- Tammy Wynette / Douglas Green -- Lester Young / Dan Worgenstern -- Frank Zappa / Simon T. George.

ISBN

038514380X

LCCN

^^^78022358^/MN

OCLC

• 4956444
• SCSB-11848234

Owning Institutions

Harvard Library