Stardust

Product Description

The complete Big Band Bible" covering the Bands the band leaders the musicians the vocalists the arrangers the singing groups of most of the previous century told through a collection of personal profiles featuring the twentieth centurys greatest musical stars with a foreword by Frankie Laine & an introduction by Kathryn Crosby Mrs Bing Crosby. The book will include the history of the song " Stardust" bandleader Van Alexanders " So You Want to Lead a Band". The lists will document every known band & its theme song as well as two lists documenting every girl & boy singer who ever sang with a band or bands. This book

Features: Your Lucky Strike Hit Parade The Cotton Club Big Band Million sellers Presentation of the First Gold Record Great Moments in Big Band History WNEW radio polls the Recording Ban Anecdotes & Fables; interviews with almost every Big Band Leaders & their vocalists; vignettes of every known singing group Big Band Associates like Mitch Miller & John Hammond a chapter on the songwriters the arrangers the broadcasters the Ghost-tribute bands & their tours of today a list & interviews with the current crop of singers " The Music of Your Life story" 50 pages devoted to the bands of England & Europe the complete alphabetical list of all known bands 1920-1980s Big Band organizations clubs & publications; Big Band Anecdotes & Non de Plumes; the performers real names; & much more. The book has over 300 photos many never before published."