The Ladies Who Sing With the Band

Scarecrow Press, Inc., 2000. 141 pages, illustrated with b&w photos. "Betty Bennett belongs to the bygone era in American popular music when "territory bands" of male male musicans and a lone "girl singer" toured the country. Betty Bennett started performing in 1941, and since then has performed all over the world and with some of jazz's greatest performers." FINE… Read more about this item

Lanham, MD: The Scarecrow Press, 2000. INSCRIBED AND SIGNED BY THE AUTHOR. Recipients bookplate (with name marked out) otherwise bright and fine in a fine dust jacket. . Signed. First Edition. Hard Cover. Fine/Fine.

Lanham, Maryland. Scarecrow Press. 2000. HARDCOVER.. Near Fine/Near Fine dj. Estate acquisition. Appears unread: no names, no cover wear or spine creasing. Jacket faintly scuffed else complete/clean/crisp: NO tears. Small ocatavo. Illustrated in b&w: 32 pages of captioned photographs. xviii. + 142pp. Index. Jacket art same as Stock Photo. Presumed First Edition; none… Read more about this item

Hardback. New. An entertaining and unpretentious chronicle of a life in American popular music, recounted with wit and honesty. Bennett evokes a bygone era when 'territory' and 'name' bands-each with its own 'girl singer'-crisscrossed the country.

New. Betty Bennett evokes a bygone era when "territory" and "name" bands-each with its own "girl singer"-criscrossed the country in Ladies Who Sing With the Band. The author's career intersected with many of the icons of jazz and popular music, among them Nat King Cole, Dizzy Gillespie, Georgie Auld, Claude Thornhill, Charlie Ventura, Benny Goodman, and… Read more about this item

hardcover. Good. Access codes and supplements are not guaranteed with used items. May be an ex-library book.