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Author Crossland, Ken, author

Title Late life jazz : the life and career of Rosemary Clooney / Ken Crossland & Malcolm Macfarlane
Published New York : Oxford University Press, 2013

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Contents Kentucky, sure as you're born -- The Clooney sisters -- Come on-a my house -- A dame called Rosemary Clooney -- A home in the hills -- Blue rose -- Fancy meeting you here -- Solving the riddle -- Road to Reno -- All of us a little nuts -- Back with der Bingle -- 4 girls 4 -- All that jazz -- Rainbow and stars -- Get me to the church on time -- When October goes
Summary When people hear the name ""Clooney, "" they automatically think of George Clooney, one of Hollywood's biggest stars. But it was his aunt Rosemary who first catapulted the name into bright lights with a string of hit songs in the 1950s and a starring role alongside Bing Crosby in the immortal ""White Christmas."" Drawing on interviews with family members, managers, promoters, and the jazz musicians who worked with her, as well as contemporary newspaper articles and reviews, Late Life Jazz tells the unsung story of one of America's finest singers, Rosemary Clooney. Ken Crossland and Malcolm Macf
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and index
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Notes English
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Subject Clooney, Rosemary
SUBJECT Clooney, Rosemary fast
Subject Singers -- United States -- Biography
BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY -- Composers & Musicians.
MUSIC -- Printed Music -- General.
Singers
United States
Genre/Form Biographies
Biographies.
Biographies.
Form Electronic book
Author Macfarlane, Malcolm, 1942- author.
LC no. 2012051013
ISBN 9780199811472
0199811474
0199339562
9780199339563