The rise of the crooners
Subtitle: Gene Austin, Russ Columbo, Bing Crosby, Nick Lucas, Johnny Marvin, and Rudy Vallee
By: by Michael Pitts and Frank Hoffmann, with the assistance of Dick Carty and Jim Bedoian ; introduction by Ian Whitcomb
Contributors: Hoffmann, Frank W., 1949-
Series: Studies and documentation in the history of popular entertainment -- no. 2
Publisher: Scarecrow Press
Published: 2002
Place of publication: Lanham, Md
Language: eng
Number of pages: 321
Subjects: Singers -- United States -- Biography; Popular music -- United States -- History and criticism
Genres: Biography
Description: "The Rise of the Crooners examines the historical trends and events that led to the emergence of the crooning style. In the introduction Ian Whitcomb, a successful popular music vocalist for almost forty years, provides a personal perspective on this phenomena. In addition, the lives and careers of six pioneers of the style - Gene Austin, Russ Columbo, Bing Crosby, Nick Lucas, Johnny Marvin, and Rudy Vallee - are covered at length.

With the exception of the entry devoted to Crosby, possibly the greatest entertainer of the past century, the biographies (appended by lengthy bibliographies and discographies) are more thorough and up-to-date than any treatment in print about these seminal artists."--BOOK JACKET.
Notes: Includes discography (p. 217-294), filmography (p. 295-301), bibliographical references (p. 303-308), and index
Table of contents: title: Introduction : The coming of the crooners / by Ian Whitcomb; title: Gene Austin; title: Russ Columbo; title: Bing Crosby; title: Nick Lucas; title: Johnny Marvin; title: Rudy Vallee