The Song Stars

[dayniac]

Hi all --- I just bought this book - The Song Stars by Richard Grudens, published in 1997. Its about big band girl singers. It has a chapter on Doris - with some interviews with Doris talking about her band days and her thoughts on life. It also has some quotes from Les Brown. It says that the interviews with Doris were at the time Grudens wrote the book. It has a few inaccuracies (such as a picture obviously from the mid 40's with a date of 1955) - but is an interesting read. Probably nothing new on Doris but its interesting to read some of her interviews. She calls Les Brown "Lester" in her comments !
Just wondered if anyone has seen this one.

Toni

[Debbi Austen]

Thanks for the info Tony, I'll have to check that out!

[Ralph]

Hi all --- I just bought this book - The Song Stars by Richard Grudens, published in 1997. Its about big band girl singers. It has a chapter on Doris - with some interviews with Doris talking about her band days and her thoughts on life. It also has some quotes from Les Brown. It says that the interviews with Doris were at the time Grudens wrote the book. It has a few inaccuracies (such as a picture obviously from the mid 40's with a date of 1955) - but is an interesting read. Probably nothing new on Doris but its interesting to read some of her interviews. She calls Les Brown "Lester" in her comments !
Just wondered if anyone has seen this one.

Toni

I think I'm going to order this too. It's cheap over at amazon.com and I can get a new one for $5.98 plus 3.98 shipping. The reviews are great from people who already have it. As you an see on the list of female singers, Doris Day gets top billing.

[c.j]

great book fun..thanks took it off my shelf and reread it ..