Ducktails, drive-ins, and broken hearts : an unsweetened look at '50s music / by Davis, Hank, 1941-

Table of Contents: “…How Elvis and the Jones Brothers ended up in the Memphis landfill ; Hannah Fay and Jeannie Greene : searching for missing singers ; Allerton and Alton : black, white, and bluegrass ; Donna Dameron loses her gig in an Iowa cornfield ; The Kirby Sisters : envy wrapped in red velvet ; "Unchained melody" : the pre-ghost story ; Chuck Berry and other passengers on the hellbound train ; Delia's not gone : the musical legacy of the late Delia Green / with Paula Cimba -- Part IV: Doo wop stories. …”

Faces in the crowd : players and writers / by Giddins, Gary

Table of Contents: “…Satchmo's nursery [Louis Armstrong] ; King of the Savoy [Chick Webb] ; The mirror of swing [Benny Goodman] ; Ghost stories [Larry Adler] ; The wizard of bop [Frank Morgan] ; Of Thad and Mel [Thad Jones and Mel Lewis] ; Juilliard dropout makes good [Miles Davis] ; Giant walks the earth [ Sonny Rollins] ; Dizzy like a fox [Dizzy Gillespie] ; Writers. …”