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Texas jazz singer : Louise Tobin in the golden age of swing and beyond /

"At 101 years of age, Louise Tobin is one of the last surviving musicians of the Swing Era in American music. She performed with such notables as Benny Goodman, Harry James (who was her first husband), Louis Armstrong, Johnny Mercer, Lionel Hampton, the Glenn Miller Orchestra, and Fletcher Hend...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Mooney, Kevin Edward, 1961- (Autor)
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: College Station : Texas A&M University Press, [2021]
Edición:First edition.
Colección:Sam Rayburn series on rural life ; no. 25.
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Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Foreword / by M. Hunter Hayes
  • Acknowledgments
  • Introduction
  • From amateur to professional songstress, 1918-1935
  • Harry and Louise : paying their dues, 1935-1939
  • Singing with the King of Swing, 1939
  • From Louise Tobin to Mrs. Harry James, 1939-1960
  • "Can she still sing?" 1960-1970
  • Swinging through the changes, 1970s-1990s and beyond
  • Appendix A: Louise Tobin's Camel Caravan broadcasts with Benny Goodman, 1939
  • Appendix B: "Louise Tobin Blues": chronological list of lyric sources.