Warren Durrett Collection

Arch Martin seated in a decoratively patterned button up shirt, laughing, looking off to the left, in a recording studio. Microphone stands are in front and behind him, and there is another person in...

Bob Ousley seated , playing the clarinet, with an unidentified white man playing saxophone to his left. A clarinet and a flute are on the floor in front of them, and they are behind a microphone stand...

Carol Johnston, Marilyn Maye, an unidentified white man, and Patty Tucker in a recording studio, singing in front of a music stand.

Carol Johnston, Marilyn Maye, Patty Tucker, and an unidentified white man in a recording studio, singing in front of a music stand. Two other unidentified white men stand to the right behind a...

An unidentified white man with a mustache in a vest and a short sleeve button up shirt seated in a metal folding chair behind a music stand in a recording studio. He has a pencil in his right hand and...

An unidentified white man speaking into a microphone, holding a paper in his hand. In the background, Carol Johnston, Marilyn Maye, and a second unidentified white man (mostly obscured) stand behind a...

Side-angle photograph of Marilyn Maye, an unidentified white man in a bowtie, Patty Tucker, another unidentified white man, and an unidentified white woman in a recording studio, singing in front of a...

Marilyn Maye, an unidentified white man in a bowtie, Patty Tucker, another unidentified white man, and an unidentified white woman in a recording studio, singing in front of a music stand, with two...

Patty Tucker, two unidentified white men, Marilyn Maye, and another unidentified white man in a recording studio. The first four are staring at a music stand with a microphone in front of it, while a...

Three unidentified white men standing behind and Patty Tucker (standing on a short box) and Marilyn Maye in a studio. They are behind a microphone and a music stand, likely recording vocals for a...

Unidentified white woman at a microphone in a recording studio, staring toward the camera, with a sheet of paper in her hand. In the background, Carol Johnston, Marilyn Maye, and an unidentified white...

Carol Johnston, Marilyn Maye, Patty Tucker, and two unidentified white men in a recording studio. The three women are looking at music on a music stand, and one of the men, in a suit and tie, is...

Two unidentified white men in a recording studio, one behind a microphone with a mallet playing a glockenspiel that rests on a piano, the other playing a small drum kit with a kick drum, snare drum...

Low-angle shot of Warren Durrett seated at the piano in a recording studio, four unidentified white men behind him singing into two microphones that hang in front of them.

High-angle shot of Warren Durrett seated at the piano in a recording studio, four unidentified white men behind him singing into two microphones that hang in front of them.

Piano-level shot of Warren Durrett seated at the piano in a recording studio, four unidentified white men behind him singing into two microphones that hang in front of them.

High-angle shot of Warren Durrett seated at the piano in a recording studio, four unidentified white men behind him, one holding a cigarette. Two microphones hang in front of them.

Low-angle shot of Warren Durrett seated at the piano in a recording studio, four unidentified white men behind him, one holding a cigarette. Two microphones hang in front of them, another microphone...

High-angle shot of a recording studio setup. In foreground, unidentified white man with mallet is playing glockenspiel, which is resting on a piano lid. A microphone is to the left, and another...

Warren Durrett (back to the camera) with his orchestra (all white men) in a recording studio. Musicians are seated (except auxiliary percussion) in two rows behind music stands. Back row instruments...

Warren Durrett in a suit and tie, conducting band members (white men) in a recording studio. The band members are seated in a row at music stands, and are, from left to right: three saxophones...

Overhead shot of recording studio. In back left, Patty Tucker, unidentified white man, Marilyn Maye, Carol Johnston, and another unidentified white man are singing at a music stand. In front of them...