Freddy Cole - Herb Jeffries / by Cole, Freddy

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Candy store blues / by Jeffries, Herb

More dialogues in swing : intimate conversations with the stars of the big band era / by Hall, Fred, 1923-

Table of Contents: “…Kay Starr -- Count Basie -- Steve Allen -- Teddy Wilson -- Alvino Rey, King Sisters -- Herb Jeffries -- Johnny Green -- Les Brown -- The Two Helens [O'Connell and Forrest] -- Harry James -- Tony Bennett.…”

The later swing era, 1942 to 1955 / by McClellan, Lawrence

Table of Contents: “…Music and socioeconomic characteristics -- Four masters of swing : Ella Fitzgerald ; Woody Herman ; Billy Strayhorn ; Teddy Wilson -- Big bands : Ray Anthony ; Tex Beneke ; Tiny Bradshaw ; Les Brown ; Billy Eckstine ; Les Elgart ; Dizzy Gillespie ; International Sweethearts of Rhythm ; Buddy Johnson ; Stan Kenton ; Elliot Lawrence ; Hal McIntyre ; Ray McKinley ; Lucky Millinder ; Vaughn Monroe ; Boyd Raeburn ; Buddy Rich ; Claude Thornhill ; Cootie Williams ; Gerald Wilson -- Vocalists : Cab Calloway ; June Christy ; Billy Eckstine ; Billie Holiday ; Herb Jeffries ; Peggy Lee ; Carmen McRae ; Anita O'Day ; Jimmy Rushing ; Frank Sinatra ; Kay Starr ; Sarah Vaughn ; Eddie Vinson ; Dinah Washington ; Joe Williams -- Small groups : Jonah Jones ; Louis Jordan ; Modern Jazz Quartet ; Oscar Peterson ; George Shearing ; Art Tatum ; Charlie Ventura ; Lu Watters' followers ; Bunk Johnson et al. ; Eddie Condon's Dixielanders -- A to Z.…”

Untold glory : African Americans in pursuit of freedom, opportunity, and achievement / by Govenar, Alan B., 1952-

Table of Contents: “…Hudson, bank president -- Herb Jeffries, actor and entertainer -- Gwendolyn Knight, artist -- Marian Kramer, welfare rights organizer -- Jacob Lawrence, artist -- Bruce Lee, biologist -- Jeni Legon, actress and tap dancer -- Josephine Harreld Love, arts advocate -- Walter "Brownie" McGhee, blues musician -- John McLendon, basketball coach -- Geraldine Miller, household technician and social activist -- Rupert Richardson, past president, NAACP -- Richard E. …”

When swing was the thing : personality profiles of the big band era / by Tumpak, John R., 1940-

Table of Contents: “…Ernani bernardi ; Milt Bernhart ; Buddy Childers ; Jack Costanzo ; Rosalind Cron ; Alan Greenspan ; Jake Hanna ; Roc Hillman ; Legh Knowles ; John LaPorta ; Willie Schwartz and Peggy Clark ; Chico Sesma ; Butch Stone ; Paul Tanner ; Zeke Zarchy -- Part three : the vocalists. Bob Eberly ; Herb Jeffries ; Jack Leonard ; Dolores O'Neill ; Andy Russel ; Jo Stafford ; Kay Starr ; Garry Stevens ; Martha Tilton ; Bea Wain ; Margaret Whiting -- Part four : the arrangers. …”
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My Black country : a journey through country music's Black past, present and future / by Randall, Alice, 1959-

Table of Contents: “…Big dreams: big hits, big mistakes -- Quincy Jones and The Cosmic Colored Cowboy -- The capital of Black country, Los Angeles -- The mayor of Black country, Ray Charles -- Los Angeles Black gospel, a taproot of Black country -- Herb Jeffries, the bronze buckaroo, rides, sings, and films apple valley -- 7. …”

Hoo-doo cowboys and bronze buckaroos : conceptions of the African American West / by Johnson, Michael K. 1963-

Black cowboys of rodeo : unsung heroes from Harlem to Hollywood and the American West / by Cartwright, Keith Ryan

Table of Contents: “…Glover -- Chronology -- Note from the author -- Introduction -- Bill Pickett and the 101 ranch -- Robert "Money" Jackson -- Charles, Roy, Clarence,and Kenneth LeBlanc -- Nathaniel "Rex" Purefoy with Herb Jeffries -- Willie Thomas Sr. and Harold Cash -- Bailey's Prairie Kid (aka Taylor Hall Jr.) -- Myrtis "Jackie Robinson of Rodeo" Dightman Sr. -- Freddie "Skeet" Gordon -- Ernest "Bud" Bramwell Jr. -- Nelson Jackson Jr. -- Cleo "Mr. …”
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Hoo-doo cowboys and bronze buckaroos : conceptions of the African American West / by Johnson, Michael K. 1963-

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The Duke box. by Ellington, Duke, 1899-1974

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Regeneration : Black cinema 1898-1971 /