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The life of Dick Haymes : no more little white lies / Ruth Prigozy.
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- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Prigozy, Ruth.
- Series:
- Hollywood legends series
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Haymes, Dick.
- Singers--United States--Biography.
- Singers.
- United States.
- Genre:
- Biographies.
- Physical Description:
- xiii, 283 pages, 16 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations ; 22 cm.
- Edition:
- First edition.
- Place of Publication:
- Jackson : University Press of Mississippi, 2006.
- Summary:
- A biography of the superstar crooner, his rise, fall, and struggle for a second act
- Contents:
- Chapter 1 The Early Years: Wandering between Worlds 10
- Chapter 2 The Big Band Era: The Doors Open 32
- Chapter 3 "That First Wild Wind of Success" 61
- Chapter 4 The Perils of Celebrity 95
- Chapter 5 The "Love Goddess" and the Threat of Deportation 126
- Chapter 6 The Late 1950s: Triumph and Despair 156
- Chapter 7 A New Start in England in the 1960s 178
- Chapter 8 Dick Haymes Comes Home: Searching for the Second Act 194
- Chapter 9 The Long Goodbye 223
- Major Television Appearances 245.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references (pages 251-269), filmography (pages 243-246), discography (pages 247-250), and index.
- ISBN:
- 1578065518
- OCLC:
- 61758025
- Publisher Number:
- 9781578065516
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