A pair of surprising and even sensational headlines in two local newspapers lead to an unexpected discovery linking Napa County to a tragic Hollywood scene. Further research into the life and untimely ...
YOU CALL IT MADNESS: The Sensuous Song of the Croon By Lenny Kaye. Villard. 499 pp. $25.95 On the evening of Sept. 2, 1934, singer Russ Columbo was visiting a friend, portrait photographer Lansing ...
Radio producer Long debuts with a serviceable recap of the career of singer Perry Como (1912–2001). Born to Italian immigrants in small-town Canonsburg, Pa., Como grew up influenced by the crooning ...