American singers
By: Whitney Balliett
Publisher: Oxford University Press
Published: 1979
Place of publication: New York
Language: eng
Number of pages: 178
Subjects: Singers; Biography; Jazz musicians
Description: American singers, Teddi King, Mary Mayo, Barbara Lea -- Let it be classy, Alberta Hunter -- Majesty, Joe Turner -- Just a singer, Helen Humes -- It's detestable when you live it, Ray Charles -- A quality that lets you in, Tony Bennett -- Moonbeam Moscowitz, Sylvia Sims -- According to where I go, Hugh Shannon -- Absolutely pure, Blossom Dearie -- The human sound, Bobby Short -- A queenly aura, Mabel Mercer -- Coming out again, Anita Ellis.
Notes: "A group of portraits of leading American popular and jazz singers."