Perry Como: A Biography and Complete Career Record

Contents

• Table of Contents
• Acknowledgments     
• Foreword by Michael Feinstein     
• Introduction     
• 1. The Barber Business     
• 2. Beat the Band—The Ted Weems Years     
• 3. Till the End of Time     
• 4. Hollywood and Bust     
• 5. The Supper Club     
• 6. First Contact     
• 7. Hoop-Dee-Doing It     
• 8. Don’t Let the Stars Get in Your Eyes     
• 9. Old Silver Throat     
• 10. Catch a Falling Star     
• 11. Perry Como’s Kraft Music Hall     
• 12. The Scene Changes     
• 13. It’s Impossible     
• 14. The Barber Comes to Town     
• 15. Charisma in Slow Motion     
• 16. Final Curtain     
• 17      You Are Never Far Away from Me     
• Appendix A: Perry Como on Record     
• Appendix B: Perry Como on Television, 1948–1995     
• Appendix C: Perry Como Year by Year     
• Chapter Notes     
• Bibliography     
• Index