Bobby Short The Life and Times Of A Saloon Singer

Short, Bobby with Robert Mackintosh

ISBN 10: 0517595648 / ISBN 13: 9780517595640

Published by Clarkson N. Potter., New York, 1995

About this Item

INSCRIBED AND SIGNED BY BOBBY SHORT ON THE HALF TITLE PAGE. The late and quite wonderful cabaret singer and star tells his story. Sadly he passed away in 2005. The book is loaded with photos throughout the text. There is a pasted down gift label on the verso of the front endsheet. Vg+/vg+.

Seller Inventory # 011096

Bibliographic Details

• Title: Bobby Short The Life and Times Of A Saloon Singer
• Publisher: Clarkson N. Potter., New York
• Publication Date: 1995
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0517595648
• ISBN 13: 9780517595640
• Binding: Boards & Cloth with Dustjacket
• Edition: First edition/1st Printing.
• Book Type: Book
• Seller catalogs:
  • Music
  • Signed Books
  • African American

About this title

Synopsis

They call Bobby Short the quintessential New Yorker, the Astaire of saloon singers, an international icon of style and glamour. As he enters into his 27th year at the Hotel Carlyle in New York City, Short shares his life story with his fans in a memoir that is as entertaining as any live performance given by this charming musical legend. Black-and-white photographs.

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bby Short the quintessential New Yorker, the Astaire of saloon singers, an international icon of style and glamour. As he enters into his 27th year at the Hotel Carlyle in New York City, Short shares his life story with his fans in a memoir that is as entertaining as any live performance given by this charming musical legend. <b>Black-and-white photographs.</b>