Men, Women, and Girl Singers: My Life As a Musician Turned Talent Manager
name: label: Collection Performer
content: Adderley, Cannonball
label: Collection Performer
content: Adderly, Nat, 1931-2000
label: Collection Performer
content: Horn, Shirley, 1934-
label: Collection Donor
content: Levy, Devra Hall
label: Collection Creator
content: Levy, John, 1912-2012
label: Collection Vocalist
content: Lincoln, Abbey, 1930 -
label: Collection Performer
content: Mbulu, Letta
label: Collection Performer
content: Montgomery, Wes, 1925-1968
label: Collection Singer
content: Wilson, Nancy, 1937-
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content: John and Devra Hall Levy Collection
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content: John and Devra Hall Levy Collection / Series 1: Personal Papers
unitdate: label: Date
content: 1989-2001, undated
dataSource: label: Archival Repository
content: Archives Center, National Museum of American History
identifier: label: Identifier
content: NMAH.AC.1221, Subseries 1.2
objectType: label: Type
content: Archival materials
scopecontent: label: Scope and Contents
content: Contains materials relating to the 2008 memoir Men, Women, and Girl Singers: My Life as a Musician Turned Talent Manager written by John Levy with contributor Devra Hall. The book chronicles Levy's early life and musicianship, his career as a manager, and his association with successful jazz musicians like Nancy Wilson and Duke Ellington. Levy's wife Devra Hall, a talent coordinator and publicist, used these materials in the process of creating the book's manuscript for publication.
The papers are from 1989 to 1991 and undated, and consist primarily of interview transcripts and chapter notes. Interviews are arranged in chronological order. The interviews were conducted by Devra Hall with interviewees John Levy and other entertainers like Milt Hinton, Jean Dushon, Luther and Billie Allen Henderson, and George Shearing. Handwritten and typed chapter notes are located at the end of the subseries, with most papers undated. Other materials include general biographical notes and a book press kit.