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Genre/Form: | Biographies Biography |
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Additional Physical Format: | Online version: Macfarlane, Malcolm, 1942- Perry Como. Jefferson, N.C. : McFarland & Co., 2009 (OCoLC)639365932 |
Named Person: | Perry Como; Perry Como; Perry Como |
Document Type: | Book |
All Authors / Contributors: |
Malcolm Macfarlane; Ken Crossland |
ISBN: | 9780786437016 0786437014 |
OCLC Number: | 314840563 |
Description: | ix, 300 pages : illustrations ; 26 cm |
Contents: | The barber business -- Beat the band : The Ted Weems years -- Till the end of time -- Hollywood and bust -- The supper club -- First contact -- Hoop-dee-doing it -- Don't let the stars get in your eyes -- Old Silver Throat -- Catch a falling star -- Perry Como's Kraft Music Hall -- The scene changes -- It's impossible -- The barber comes to town -- Charisma in slow motion -- Final curtain -- You are never far away from me -- Appendix A : Perry Como on record -- Appendix B : Perry Como on television, 1948-1955 -- Appendix C : Perry Como year by year. |
Responsibility: | Malcolm Macfarlane and Ken Crossland ; foreword by Michael Feinstein ; foreword by Michael Feinstein. |
Abstract:
Perry Como put aside his dreams of being a barber to become one of the top American crooners of the 20th century and also one of the first multimedia stars. This book features over 80 photographs, a complete discography, a listing of various TV appearances, and a year by year chronology from 1934 to 1994.
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