In the 1930s, the crooner was king. America was in the midst of one of its most romantic musical periods, and velvety-voiced singers like Bing Crosby and Rudy Vallee serenaded and seduced the country.
A pair of surprising and even sensational headlines in two local newspapers lead to an unexpected discovery linking Napa County to a tragic Hollywood scene. Further research into the life and untimely ...
YOU CALL IT MADNESS: The Sensuous Song of the Croon By Lenny Kaye. Villard. 499 pp. $25.95 On the evening of Sept. 2, 1934, singer Russ Columbo was visiting a friend, portrait photographer Lansing ...