"Fine" Index

A FINE ROMANCE: MY LIFELONG AFFAIR WITH JAZZ SINGING AND SINGERS
by Bill Reed

Cellar Door Books
Los Angeles, CA
© 2009

TABLE OF CONTENTS

FOREWORD 5

PART ONE: INTERVIEWS AND PROFILES

Introduction to Part One 8
Beverly Kenney 10
Joe Williams 21
Page Cavanaugh 25
Jo Stafford 36
Ethel Waters 44
Q & A with Ruth Olay 51
Nat “King” Cole 63
Helen Grayco 67
Dusty Springfield 73
Bobbi Rogers 76
Judy Garland 80
Mieko Hirota 85
Sue Raney 88
Kurt Reichenbach 91
Dick and Kiz Harp 94
Jennie Smith 98
Nora Evans 101
Dick Noel 104
Chris Connor 106
Carole Simpson 109
Pinky Winters 111
Johnny Prophet 130
Irene Kral 133
Nina Simone 137

PART TWO: ONE SHOT WONDERS
Introduction to Part Two 144

Bill Black 145
Carole Creveling 156
Sue Childs 160
Flo Handy 164
June Rudell 179

PART THREE: SHORT TAKES

Lorez Alexandria 172
Laurie Allyn 173
Flo Bennett 174
Betty Blake 174
Janet Brace 175
June Christy 176
Marlene Cord 177
Dorothy Dandridge 178
Cora Lee Day 179
Blossom Dearie 180
Ronnie Deauville 182
Marlene Dietrich 182
Kevin Gavin 183
Inez Jones 184
Abbey Lincoln 185
Julie London 186
Frances Lynne 187
Susannah McCorkle 189
Mary Ann McCall 191
Anita O’Day 192
Peters Sisters, The 193
Pied Pipers, The 194
King Pleasure 195
Jimmy Rushing 196
Kenny Sargent 197
Hazel Scott 198
Lizabeth Scott 199
Dinah Shore 200
Carol Sloane 201
Victoria Spivey 202
Maxine Sullivan 202
Lynn Taylor 203
Kay Thompson 204
Sarah Vaughan 205
Helen Ward 206
Margaret Whiting 207
Lee Wiley 209

DISCOGRAPHY 211

INDEX 216

ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS AND SOURCES 227-228