P.S. I love you : the story of the singing Hilltoppers / Carlton Jackson.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Jackson, Carlton, 1933-

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Singers--United States--Biography.

Singers.

Hilltoppers (Musical group).

Physical Description:

1 online resource (255 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Lexington, Ky. : University Press of Kentucky, 2007.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

In 1953, the same year that Elvis Presley cut his first demo, Cash Box magazine named the Hilltoppers the top vocal group of the year. Hits such as ""Trying"" and ""P.S. I Love You"" raced up the charts and kept the band in Billboard's Top 40. On weekends the Hilltoppers performed in cities across the country, but on school days they were better known as Western Kentucky State College students Jimmy Sacca, Seymour Spiegelman, Don McGuire, and Billy Vaughn. The Korean War, military drafts, and changing public tastes in music, however, cut short singing careers that should have lasted much lo

Contents:

Front cover; Copyright; Contents; The Hilltoppers: Two Appreciations; Introduction; 1. ""Trying"" Times; 2. A Gathering of the Hilltoppers; 3. ""Mixed-up"" Hilltoppers; 4. ""Blimey, We've Gone Limey""; 5. Hilltopper Tops; 6. The Hilltoppers at Home and Abroad; 7. Latter-Day Hilltoppers; Acknowledgments; Annotated Discography; Notes; Bibliography; Index; Photo insert

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references, discography, and index.

ISBN:

9786613233110

9780813137247

0813137241

9781283233118

1283233118

9780813172224

0813172225

OCLC:

166262309