Perry Como put aside his career as a barber to become one of the top American crooners of the 20th century and also one of the first multimedia stars. His record sales exceeded 100 million. In 1948, Como was the first popular singer to cross over to television and The Perry Como Show became the benchmark for a broadcast music and variety show. Como's career illuminates developments in the music and television business in the middle of the last century. This biography features 73 photographs, a complete discography, a listing of all television appearances, and a year by year chronology of Perry Como's life from 1912 to 2001.…mehr
Perry Como put aside his career as a barber to become one of the top American crooners of the 20th century and also one of the first multimedia stars. His record sales exceeded 100 million. In 1948, Como was the first popular singer to cross over to television and The Perry Como Show became the benchmark for a broadcast music and variety show. Como's career illuminates developments in the music and television business in the middle of the last century. This biography features 73 photographs, a complete discography, a listing of all television appearances, and a year by year chronology of Perry Como's life from 1912 to 2001.
Malcolm Macfarlane is also the author of Bing Crosby: Day By Day and is editor of Bing, the journal of the International Crosby Circle. He has studied American and British popular singers for over 40 years. He lives in the United Kingdom. Ken Crossland is the author of The Man Who Would Be Bing: the Life Story of Michael Holliday. He has studied American and British popular singers for over 40 years. He lives in the United Kingdom.
Inhaltsangabe
Table of Contents Acknowledgments Foreword by Michael Feinstein Introduction 1. The Barber Business 2. Beat the Band-The Ted Weems Years 3. Till the End of Time 4. Hollywood and Bust 5. The Supper Club 6. First Contact 7. Hoop-Dee-Doing It 8. Don't Let the Stars Get in Your Eyes 9. Old Silver Throat 10. Catch a Falling Star 11. Perry Como's Kraft Music Hall 12. The Scene Changes 13. It's Impossible 14. The Barber Comes to Town 15. Charisma in Slow Motion 16. Final Curtain 17 You Are Never Far Away from Me Appendix A: Perry Como on Record Appendix B: Perry Como on Television, 1948-1995 Appendix C: Perry Como Year by Year Chapter Notes Bibliography Index
Table of Contents Acknowledgments Foreword by Michael Feinstein Introduction 1. The Barber Business 2. Beat the Band-The Ted Weems Years 3. Till the End of Time 4. Hollywood and Bust 5. The Supper Club 6. First Contact 7. Hoop-Dee-Doing It 8. Don't Let the Stars Get in Your Eyes 9. Old Silver Throat 10. Catch a Falling Star 11. Perry Como's Kraft Music Hall 12. The Scene Changes 13. It's Impossible 14. The Barber Comes to Town 15. Charisma in Slow Motion 16. Final Curtain 17 You Are Never Far Away from Me Appendix A: Perry Como on Record Appendix B: Perry Como on Television, 1948-1995 Appendix C: Perry Como Year by Year Chapter Notes Bibliography Index
Es gelten unsere Allgemeinen Geschäftsbedingungen: www.buecher.de/agb
Impressum
www.buecher.de ist ein Shop der buecher.de GmbH & Co. KG Bürgermeister-Wegele-Str. 12, 86167 Augsburg Amtsgericht Augsburg HRA 13309
