Frank Sinatra and Ray Charles speaking in a recording studio. Sinatra is wearing a light colored suit and hat, looking forward with his hands in his pockets. Charles is wearing a dark colored suit and...
George Salisbury playing piano in a studio with Dean Stringer holding a saxophone, Bill Trumbauer holding a trumpet, and several unidentified white male musicians in the background.
Glenn Wallichs sitting at a conference table on the right with two unidentified executives.
Jo Stafford exiting an airplane in Washington, D.C. Stafford is wearing a dark fur coat and holding a purse while smiling.
Photograph from the side of John Carroll playing trumpet facing forward and looking up. Several unidentified musicians are playing in the background.
John Hammond seated at a desk and leaning forward while smiling. Hammond is wearing a dark suit and striped tie.
Julia Lee's gravestone, inscribed "Mother, Julia Lee, 1903-1958", located in Highland Cemetery, Kansas City, Missouri.
Les Baxter looking down and holding his hands up while conducting a recording session. Several unidentified singers are behind Baxter holding music and looking ahead.
Matt Dennis kneeling next to a playpen in a yard outside with his two children. Dennis is handing a block to one of the children seated in the playpen. The other child is standing in the corner...
Clockwise from bottom left, two unidentified men, Mickey Dexter, Dave Dexter, Mel Blanc, an unidentified man, and Tennessee Ernie Ford are sitting at a dining table with coffee. All are looking up and...
Nancy Wilson and Laurindo Almeida performing on stage in front of a curtain. Wilson is sitting and holding a microphone while looking up and smiling. Almeida is sitting and playing a guitar while...
Production still of the Las Vegas stage show "Vive Les Girls." Several women dancers are on stage holding their arms up, wearing curly wigs and shirts covered in tassels.
Host Ralph Edwards, Nellie Lutcher, and Milt Buckner on an episode of "This Is Your Life" honoring Lutcher
Richard Rodgers and Oscar Hammerstein II reading reviews of their play "Allegro" on the Boston Commons. Hammerstein is holding a paper and looking down. Rodgers is smiling and looking at Hammerstein.
Richard Rodgers and Oscar Hammerstein II shaking hands at an event celebrating the 15th anniversary of their musical "Oklahoma." Rodgers is standing on the left and Hammerstein on the right. Both are...
Record producer Rick Hall posing by a wall of gold singles awarded by RIAA in his studio in Muscle Shoals, Alabama.
Sam Donahue's opening at Roseland Ballroom in New York City. Left to right, Sam Donahue, agent Willard Alexander, Count Basie, and Milton Ebbins, the Count's personal manager (from photo caption).
An unidentified man (left) standing with recording executive Stanley Gortikov. Gortikov is holding a trophy and both men are looking forward while smiling.
Photograph from the side of Tennessee Ernie Ford wearing a sweater, smoking a pipe, looking down, and playing the guitar.
Tony Bennett photographed from the side, looking down and smiling.
Tony Bennett photographed from the side wearing a dark suit and striped tie.
Turk Murphy playing trombone on stage. Murray is holding a cloth mute in the bell and is wearing a patterned suit.
An unidentified white woman with a feather in her hair and Dave Dexter onstage. Dexter is laughing and extending his arm forward.
An unidentified woman at an oversized slot machine in the Tropicana at Las Vegas, Nevada. The woman is holding a drink in one hand and pulling a large lever with the other.
Wardell Gray, tenor sax man with Benny Goodman, gives out with some authentic bop at the Benny Goodman party at Stork (from photo caption).
