My singing teachers / by Tormé, Mel, 1925-1999

Table of Contents: “…Bessie Smith -- Connee Boswell -- Louis Armstrong -- Billie Holiday -- Bing Crosby -- Fred Astair -- Ethel Waters -- Helen Forrest -- Helen Ward -- Peggy Lee -- Ivy Anderson -- Ella Fitzgerald -- Mabel Mercer -- Lee Wiley -- Woody Herman -- Johnny Mercer -- Nat King Cole -- Boys in the band -- My fellow Americans -- Songwriters -- Arrangers -- Instrumentalists -- Bandleaders -- Vocal groups -- Broadway -- Movie singers -- Scat -- Afterthoughts on singing..…”

Sinatra and the great song stylists/ by Barnes, Ken

Table of Contents: “…Al Jolson -- Louis Armstrong -- Bing Crosby -- Ella Fitzgerald -- Judy Garland -- Frank Sinatra -- Peggy Lee -- Nat 'King' Cole -- Doris Day -- Mel Torme -- Sarah Vaughan -- Tony Bennett -- Style and personality. …”