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All I want is loving you : popular female singers of the 1950s / Steve Bergsman ; foreword by Carol Connors.

by Bergsman, Steve, author.

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Jackson : University Press of Mississippi, [2023]

Women singers -- United States -- Biography.

Popular music -- United States -- 1951-1960 -- History and criticism.

9781496840974 (hardback)

9781496848796 (trade paperback)

American made music series.

xi, 228 pages ; 24 cm.

Foreword / by Carol Connors -- Introduction : Tennessee waltz : Frank Sinatra, Louis Harris Murray, Patti Page, Teresa Brewer -- Music! Music! Music! (1950) : Phil Harris, Teresa Brewer, Eileen Barton -- Come on-a my house (1951) : Teresa Brewer, Bill Monahan, Dinah Shore, Les Paul, Rosemary Clooney, William Saroyan and Ross Bagdasarian, Mitch Miller -- You belong to me (1952) : Johnnie Ray, Eddie Fisher, Kay Starr, Jo Stafford, Paul Weston, Giselle Mackenzie, Roy Hogsed, Teresa Brewer -- Till I waltz again with you (1953) : Richard Adler and Jerry Ross, Tony Bennett, Patti Page, Teresa Brewer, Bob Thiele, June Valli, Joni James, Anthony (Tony) Acquaviva -- Little things mean a lot (1954) : Bill Haley, The Chords, The Crew Cuts, Kitty Kallen, Teresa Brewer, Joan Weber, Bob Thiele -- Dance with me Henry (Wallflower) (1955) : Etta James, Hank Ballard, Georgia Gibbs, LaVern Baker, DeCastro Sisters, Fontane Sisters, Don Robey, Johnny Ace, Teresa Brewer -- A sweet old fashioned girl (1956) : The Teen Queens, Teresa Brewer, Bob Merrill, Mickey Mantle, The Chordettes, Archie Bleyer, Patience & Prudence, The Dinning Sisters, Cathy Carr, Gogi Grant, Kay Starr -- Tammy (1957) : Teresa Brewer, Patti Page, Jack Rael, Dick Manning, Debbie Reynolds, Eddie Fisher, Gale Storm, Bonnie Guitar, Doris Day -- Sugartime (1958) : The Shirelles, The Chantels, The Poni-Tails, The Teddy Bears, The McGuire Sisters, Connie Francis, Jaye P. Morgan, Jane Morgan, Doris Day, Peggy Lee, Charlie Graen, Betty Johnson, Georgia Gibbs -- Blame it on the bossa nova (1959 and beyond) : Teresa Brewer, Tony Bennett, Mindy Carson, Dinah Shore, Patti Page, Eydie Gormé, Steve Lawrence, Bob Thiele, Rosemary Clooney.

"In All I Want Is Loving You: Popular Female Singers of the 1950s, author Steve Bergsman focuses on the white, female artists of the 1950s, a time that predated the chart-topping girl groups of the early 1960s. These popular performers, many of whom graduated out of the big bands of the 1940s, impacted popular music in a huge way. As the last bastion of traditional pop and the last sirens of swing, they undeniably shined in the spotlight. Yet these singers' fame dimmed relatively quickly with the advent of rock 'n' roll. A fortunate few, like Doris Day, Patti Page, Peggy Lee, and Debbie Reynolds, experienced some of their biggest hits in the late 1950s, and Eydie Gormé broke out in the 1960s. The luckiest, including Dinah Shore and Rosemary Clooney, ventured to television with varying degrees of success. Others would become major attractions at nightclubs in Las Vegas or, like Teresa Brewer, shift into the jazz world. Though the moment did not last, these performers were best-selling singers, darlings of the disk jockeys, and the frenetic heartbeat of fan clubs during their heyday. In a companion volume, Bergsman has written the history of African American women singers of the same era. These Black musicians transitioned more easily as a new form of music, rock 'n' roll, skyrocketed in popularity. In both books, Bergsman reintroduces readers to these talented singers, offering a thorough look at their work and turning up the volume on their legacy"--

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