The Object of My Affection: An Autobiography

Tomlin, Pinky; Wert, Lynette

ISBN 10: 0806117192 / ISBN 13: 9780806117195

Published by Univ of Oklahoma Press, 1981

About this Item

First Printing in dust jacket SIGNED & INSCRIBED by Pinky Tomlin to front endpaper, a pristine as new copy, also laid in is a xeroxed article about Tomlin w/lengthy handwritten note on it by his wife, Joanne (dj in mylar); 8vo; 212pp indexed & illus. Seller Inventory # 15970

Bibliographic Details

Title: The Object of My Affection: An Autobiography

Publisher: Univ of Oklahoma Press

Publication Date: 1981

Binding: Hard Cover

Condition: Fine

Dust Jacket Condition: Fine

Signed: Signed by Author

Edition: First Edition.

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Synopsis:

Pinky Tomlin's autobiography is an improbably but down-to-earth success story. Starting as a red-haired, sunburned Oklahoma farm boy, he became, almost overnight, a successful musician and songwriter in Hollywood and headliner in cities all over the United States.

Tomlin's career began in the early twenties, when he put a dollar down on a five dollar banjo in his hometown Durant, Oklahoma. When he was sixteen, he played on a riverboat with Louis Armstrong. In the midst of the Depression he worked his way through the University of Oklahoma and two years of law school playing with the Boomer Ban, before heading to Hollywood in a Model A. The day after his arrival he sold his first song, "The Object of My Affection," which soon became a hit. Other hits were to follow, including, "What's the Reason I'm Not Pleasin' You?", "The Trouble With Me is You" and "The Love Bug Will Bite You if You Don't Watch Out." Tomlin made fourteen films in the 1930s, often writing and singing his own music, and started his own big band. Then, tired of touring, he turned to geology (his minor at the University of Oklahoma) and became a successful oilman.

Talent, determination, and luck figure in Tomlin's life story, but his pleasing Oklahoman personality was equally important. Listeners have compared him to Will Rogers, and more recently to John Denver, his easygoing kind of entertainment will not go out of style. Students of popular music, film, the recording industry, and radio will want to study how he projected himself and his music. All readers will enjoy his exciting and romantic story, which spans more than fifty years in show business and includes an extraordinarily happy marriage and home life.