Bobby Short: The Life And Times Of A Saloon Singer (INSCRIBED)

SHORT, Bobby MACKINTOSH, Robert [with] [265] pp. Clarkson Potter/ Publishers 1995 First Edition 9 5/8" x 6 1/2" Warmly inscribed on half-title page w/ BS's card laid-in They called Bobby Short the quintessential New Yorker, the Astaire of saloon singers, an international icon of style and glamour. As he entered into his 27th year at the Hotel Carlyle in New York City, Short shared 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. Robert Waltrip Short (September 15, 1924 March 21, 2005) was an American cabaret singer and pianist, who interpreted songs by popular composers from the first half of the 20th century such as Rodgers and Hart, Cole Porter, Jerome Kern, Harold Arlen, Richard A. Whiting, Vernon Duke, Noël Coward and George and Ira Gershwin.