by James Gavin
Sedaka, Neil, 316, 392
“See See Rider,” 462
“See You Later Alligator,” 191
Seger, Bob, 270, 332
“Send in the Clowns,” 402–404
Sentimentalists (formerly Clark Sisters), 53–54, 67, 71, 86
Sesame Street (TV program), 330
Sevareid, Eric, 361
7 Days (weekly), 464
Seven-Year Itch, The (film), 178
Sex Pistols, 396
Seymour, Gene, 503
Shacove, Gene, 327
Shadowland (album), 155
“Shadow of Your Smile, The,” 255
Shampoo (film), 327
Shank, Bud, 184
Shaughnessy, Ed, 67, 133, 152–155, 156, 486–487
Shaw, Artie, 55, 76, 127
Shearing, George, 191, 208–211, 445, 497
Sheldon, Jack, 236–237, 245, 263
Sherman, Mark, 448, 452, 454, 461
Sherman, Richard, 334
Sherman, Robert, 334
Sherman, Susan, 148
Sherrock, Shorty, 88
Sherwin’s Saddle Songs, 108
Sherwin, Sterling, 107–109
“Shining Sea, The,” 255–256, 500
Shnay, Jerry, 290
Shore, Dinah, 92, 125, 169–170, 219
Short, Bobby, 445
“Short People,” 284
Show Boat (film), 119
Show Boat (musical), 416
Shrine Auditorium (Los Angeles), 501
“Siamese Cat Song, The,” 148–150, 176, 304, 456
“Side by Side by Side,” 404
Side by Side by Sondheim (revue), 402–405, 412, 426
Siegel, Joel, 435
Sigman, Carl, 211
Sills, Beverly, 306
Silverman, Stephen M., 456
Simon, Carly, 76, 100, 325, 358–359
Simon & Garfunkel, 316
Simon, George T., 73–74, 76, 97, 114
Simon, John, 436
Simon, Neil, 305
Sinatra, Barbara, 505
Sinatra, Frank, 4, 82, 94, 98, 102, 110, 128, 153, 157, 163, 164, 180, 192–195, 196, 202, 205–206, 208, 217, 223, 224, 226, 230, 234, 239, 241, 261, 269–270, 272, 356, 378, 379–380, 383, 406, 442, 449–450, 455, 466, 476, 498, 505–506
Sinatra, Nancy, 490, 513, 517
“Sing,” 330, 370
Sing Along with Mitch (TV program), 209, 281
“Sing a Rainbow,” 174–175, 330–331, 393
“Sing, Sing, Sing,” 67, 82
Sire Records, 491
Sisters Love, 289–290
“(Sittin’ On) The Dock of the Bay,” 288, 289–290
$64,000 Dollar Question, The (TV program), 120
Skolsky, Sidney, 138, 169
Sleeping Beauty (film), 472, 482
Sly and the Family Stone, 288, 318–319
“Smack Dab in the Middle,” 213
“Small World,” 404
“Smiles from Yesterday,” 331
Smith, Bessie, 22, 36, 78, 134, 462, 463
Smith, Buster, 35
Smith, Cecil, 297–298
Smith, Cliff, 290
Smith, Keely, 413
Smith, Liz, 407, 425–426, 438–439
Smith, Sean, 468
Smith, “Whispering” Jack, 21
“Smoke Gets in Your Eyes,” 214
Smokey Joe’s Café (musical), 506
Smuin, Michael, 409, 410
Snake Pit, The (film), 159
Snoopy Come Home (film), 334
Society of Singers “Ella” award, 498–501
Soft and Silky (album), 210
Softly—with Feeling (Lee), 146–147, 169
“So in Love,” 205
“Solitude,” 55
Solters, Sabinson & Roskin, 261
“Somebody Else Is Taking My Place,” 75
“Some Cats Know,” 279, 281, 365, 366, 371, 503
Some Like It Hot (film), 265
Some Nice Things I’ve Missed (album), 356
“Someone Who Cares,” 348
“Some Other Spring,” 448–449
Somethin’ Groovy! (PL album), 276
Sondheim, Stephen, 402–405, 501
Songs by Peggy Lee (WDAY radio program), 46
Songwriters Guild of America, 450
Songwriters Hall of Fame, 509
Sonnek, Frank, 7, 10
Sonny and Cher, 293
Sophisticated Ladies (musical), 357
“Sophisticated Lady,” 137
“Soul,” 425–426, 431–432
soul music, 35, 279, 281, 288–291, 293–294, 355, 357, 370, 398, 425–426, 495–496
Sounds of the Loop (album), 495
Spalding, Baird T., 450–451
“Sparrow in the Treetop,” 125
Spector, Phil, 273
Spectrum (WNET series), 299
Spellman, Cardinal, 132
“Spinning Wheel,” 288, 291, 296, 315, 319
Splendor in the Grass (film), 233
“Splish Splash,” 272
Springer, John, 342
Springfield, Dusty, 2, 256, 315
Springsteen, Bruce, 318–319, 509
Stabile, Dick, 188
Stacy, Jess, 71
Stafford, Jo, 90, 92, 195, 208
Stafford, M. Oakley, 114
Stage Door (film), 46–47
Stage Door Canteen (film), 80–81, 121
Stage, The, 238
“Stand by Me,” 242
Stapleton, Maureen, 412
“Star Dust,” 99
Star Is Born, A (film), 114, 178
Starr, Kay, 107, 114, 258, 513
Stealers Wheel, 363
Stein, Seymour, 491–492
Stepin Fetchit (Lincoln Perry), 217–218
Stereo Review, 269, 295–296, 335, 372, 463
Steve Allen Show, The (TV program), 212–214
Steve Miller Band, 270, 332
Stevens, Cat, 364
Stevens, Connie, 499
Stevenson, Katherine (Kate), 24
Stevens, Ray, 317
Steve’s (Harlem record shop), 90
Stewart, Connie, 314
St. Francis of Assisi, 225–226
St. Johns, Adela Rogers, 162, 277, 414
St. Johns Hospital (Santa Monica), 156, 177, 354, 386, 395, 398, 444, 450, 508, 509–512
“St. Louis Blues,” 196, 236–237
Stokowski, Leopold, 486
Stoller, Mike, 242–243, 279–281, 283–287, 296, 302, 304, 306, 308, 315, 360, 362–373, 386, 393, 450, 473, 503, 506, 513, 514, 515
Stoller, Peter, 365
Stop the World—I Want to Get Off (musical), 244
Stork Club (New York City), 123–124
“Stormy Weather,” 105
“Straight Ahead,” 166
“Strangers in the Night,” 267
Strauss, Richard, 368
Stravinsky, Igor, 223, 486
“Street of Dreams,” 184
Streisand, Barbra, 2, 199, 217, 241, 261, 292–293, 296, 298, 299–301, 323, 327, 353, 370, 415, 445, 473, 501
Strike Me Pink (Broadway revue), 129
“Strip Polka,” 87
Strom, Robert, 19, 320, 473, 475, 477, 478, 513
“Stuck in the Middle with You,” 363
Stylistics, 355–356
Styne, Jule, 463, 473
Sugar ’n’ Spice (PL album), 240
Sullivan, Ed, 200, 212, 230, 240, 257, 323–324, 499
Sullivan, Joe, 88, 90
Sullivan, Lea, 147
Sullivan, Maxine, 46, 76, 104, 193, 451, 463
Summertime (film), 178
Sungyi-La (Lhasa Apso), 254, 415
Sunset Boulevard (film), 3, 265, 283, 360, 387, 465
“Superstar,” 333–334
“Suspicious Minds,” 304
Swanson, Gloria, 3, 283
Sweeney, Chuck, 517
Sweeney, Hubert, 51
“Sweet Caroline
,” 356
Sweet Charity (musical), 261
swing, 2, 34–37, 46, 56, 59, 64–67, 69, 72, 81–83, 90, 94–95, 128, 129, 161, 164, 166, 173, 183, 186, 192, 195–196, 207, 213, 216, 218, 234, 237, 241, 271, 273, 275, 365, 381, 398, 419, 445, 468
“Swing Low, Sweet Chariot,” 183, 196
“’S Wonderful,” 500
Sylvania, 322
Sylvia, 398
Syms, Sylvia, 442, 445
T
“Tain’t Nobody’s Bizness If I Do,” 462
Tampa Bay Buccaneers, 411
“Tangerine,” 86
tango, 125, 133, 367
“Tango,” 363, 367, 371, 373
Tate, Grady, 2, 259, 278, 289, 312, 427, 431, 433, 437, 442–443, 447, 463
Taylor, Deems, 111
Taylor, Elizabeth, 350, 353, 401, 407–411, 415, 421, 452, 461, 501
Taylor, James, 355
Taylor, Tommy, 68
Teagarden, Jack, 36, 88
television appearances of PL
Academy Awards Ceremony (1974), 353–354
America Salutes Richard Rodgers: The Sound of His Music (CBS showcase), 380–381
Andy Williams Show, 291
Baby, That’s Rock and Roll, 506
BBC-TV with Alan Dell, 476–477
The Bing Crosby Show, 226–227
The Bobby Darin Show, 348
The Carol Burnett Show, 326, 330–331
CBS This Morning, 442
The Colgate Comedy Hour, 148
The Colgate Variety Hour, 177
The Dean Martin Show, 307
Disneyland, 175,
Duke Ellington . . . We Love You Madly (CBS spectacular), 347–348
Ed Sullivan Show, 230, 240
General Electric Theater, 231
The Girl from U.N.C.L.E., 268
The Hollywood Palace, 274–275
The Joey Bishop Show, 302–304
The Judy Garland Show, 246–247
Julie’s Christmas Special, 349–351
Kraft Music Hall, 307–308
Kreisler Bandstand, 82–83
London Night Out, 419
Miss Peggy Lee (WNET special), 297–301, 306
New Jersey Symphony, 443
Night of 100 Stars III, 473
Owen Marshall, Counselor at Law, 331
Person to Person (interview series), 231–232
Petula (special), 317–318
promotion for Lady and the Tramp video, 456–457
Something Special, 258
soundtracks, 515
Star-Spangled Revue, 110
The Steve Allen Show, 212–214
Swing into Spring (jazz spectacular), 207, 216
This Is Your Life, 83, 336–337
Today show, 438
Tonight show, 371, 397
TV’s Top Tunes, 125,
Walt Disney’s Cavalcade of Stars, 480
“Tell Laura I Love Her,” 197
Temple, Shirley, 196
Temptations, 304
Terran, Tony, 286
Thad Jones–Mel Lewis Orchestra, 319
Thames TV, 393–394
“That Old Black Magic,” 463
“That Old Feeling,” 89, 503
“That Old Piano,” 432
“That’s How I Learned to Sing the Blues,” 404
Theatre Now, Inc., 426
“Them There Eyes,” 104, 419
“There Goes My Baby,” 242
“There Is More,” 433
“(There’s) Always Something There to Remind Me,” 316
“These Foolish Things,” 63
“They Can’t Take That Away from Me,” 184
Thielemans, Toots, 210, 258, 264, 274
Thing from Another World, The (film), 188
“Things,” 244
“Things Are Swingin’,” 467–468
“Thinking of You,” 162
“This Can’t Be Love,” 381
“This Is a Very Special Day,” 141, 146
This Is Your Life (TV program), 83, 336–337
Thomas A. Dooley Foundation, 254
Thomas, B. J., 317, 473
Thomas, Bob, 408
Thomas, Danny, 138, 140, 141, 144–145, 148, 409, 410, 450
Thomas, John Charles, 41–42
Thousands Cheer (film), 347
“Three Cheers for Mr. Magoo,” 174
Three Wishes for Jamie (musical), 128
“Thrill Is Gone, The,” 316
“Tie a Yellow Ribbon Round the Ole Oak Tree,” 356
Tijuana Brass, 364
“Till There Was You,” 216, 354
Tilton, Martha, 64–65, 87
Time magazine, 177, 209, 257, 269, 292
Time Warner, 492
Tipmore, David, 358
Tirella, Eduardo (Eddie), 160, 338
Titanic (film), 165
Tobin, Louise, 67–68
“tom thumb’s Tune,” 201
Tone, Franchot, 61
Tonight show, 152, 214, 302, 371, 379, 397, 472
Tony Awards, 405
Top of the Sixes (New York City), 434
Tormé, Mel, 89–90, 103, 125, 260–261, 275, 383, 420, 442, 445, 496–497, 501–502, 504–505
Toronto Star, 335
Torres, Don, 412
Toscanini, Arturo, 67
“Touch Me in the Morning,” 393
Toy Story 3 (film), 459
Transcendental Meditation (TM), 322–323
Travilla, William, 326
“Travlin’ Light,” 104
“Tree in the Meadow, A,” 107
Troup, Stuart, 465
Tucker, Sophie, 35–36, 184, 260
Turner, Lana, 131
Turner, Tina, 476
Turtles, 272
TV Guide, 160
Twain, Norman, 402–403
“Tweedle Dee,” 198
“Twelfth Street Rag,” 107
Twentieth Century (play), 123
Twentieth Century–Fox, 93–94
“Twist, The,” 240
2 Shows Nightly (PL album), 273–276
Two by Two (musical), 379
Tynan, John A., 177, 186, 237
U
Uggams, Leslie, 281
Ulanov, Barry, 81
United Artists, 80, 171–172, 200
Universal Music Group, 511–512
“Until It’s Time for You to Go,” 274
V
Valium, 307, 327, 329, 341, 357, 366, 384, 385, 391, 427–428, 469, 477
Vallee, Rudy, 41
Valley of the Dolls (film), 326
Vanderbilt, Cornelius, 64
Vanderhoff, Bruce, 220, 259, 262–263, 277, 292, 294, 307, 321, 326–327, 329, 339, 340, 343, 349, 351–352, 374–375, 399, 401–402, 409, 412, 434, 475, 477
Van Fleet, Jo, 179
Van Heusen, Jimmy, 121, 196, 490
Vanity Fair, 3
Vannelli, Gino, 365
Vannier, Angèle, 153
Variety, 60, 111, 122, 139, 196, 296–297, 374, 398, 436, 458–460, 478
Vaughan, Sarah, 91, 95, 120, 152, 186, 217, 219, 236, 337–338, 347–348, 383
“Very Thought of You, The,” 363
Victor Records, 66, 86, 108
Video Age International, 458–459
Vidler, Mark, 516
Vierra, Mark, 513
Vietnam War, 272, 274, 304
Viking (Norwegian elkhound), 187
Vilanch, Bruce, 389
Village Gate (New York City), 256
Village Voice, 358, 434, 452
Vincent, Gene, 191
Vogue, 170
“Volare,” 208
W
Wagner, Robert, 233
“Waitin’ for the Train to Come In,” 91
Waldorf-Astoria Hotel (New York City)
Empire Room performances of PL, 293–297, 316, 325, 337–338, 340–341, 345–347, 356–359, 371–372, 377–379, 383–386, 393, 395, 397, 405–406
PL lawsuit, 386,
395–396, 397, 399, 405–406, 412, 453, 459
PL residences, 295, 337–338, 340–341, 345–347, 358–360, 377–380, 384, 463, 465
Walker, Marian, 42
Walker, T-Bone, 87
“Walking Happy,” 490
Wallace, Mike, 200
Wallichs, Glenn, 87, 107, 191, 192, 285, 294
Walt Disney Company, 1, 95, 304, 458, 471–472, 478–488, 500, 502
Walt Disney Productions, 142–143, 148–150, 455–462
War and Peace (film), 115
Ward, Barney, 250
Ward, Helen, 67, 70, 71
Warner Bros., 95, 138–145, 148, 157, 165–166, 170–175, 177–181, 315, 491–493
Warner, Jack, 138–139, 177
Warner, John, 408
Warren, Earl, 198–199
Warwick, Dionne, 315
Washington, Dinah, 219, 236
Washington Post, 177
Washington Star, 314, 351
Wasservogel, Isidor, 110–111
“Watch What Happens,” 260, 307, 319
Water Follies, 60
Waters, Ethel, 36
Watkins, Ralph, 217–223, 234, 238–239, 240, 256
Watt, Douglas, 275
Wayne, John, 380–381
“Way We Were, The,” 353–354, 473
Way We Were, The (film), 353
“Way You Look Tonight, The,” 77
“Wearing of the Green, The,” 167
Webb, Jack, 165–166, 170–173, 174–175, 177–180
Webb, Jimmy, 274, 296, 302
Webster, Paul Francis, 154
“Wedding Bell Blues,” 304, 318
“Weed Smoker’s Dream,” 78
Wehler, Lillian, 37
Weill, Kurt, 152, 234, 280, 281, 284, 298, 366
Wein, George, 501
Weisbord, Sam, 324
Weisgram, Elga Woodell, 522
Weiss, George David, 267
Welch, Raquel, 382, 390
Welk, Lawrence, 361
West, Mae, 1, 95, 102, 149, 175, 212, 259, 268, 307, 313, 331, 424, 490
West Side Story (musical), 199
Westwood Village Memorial Park (Los Angeles), 518–519
“We’ve Only Just Begun,” 317
“What Are You Doing the Rest of Your Life?,” 318
“What Did Dey Do to My Goil?,” 433
“What Is a Woman?,” 274–275
“What Kind of Fool Am I?,” 244–245
“What More Can a Woman Do?,” 89–91, 120, 499–500
What’s an Uggams? (album), 281
What We Believe (Science of Mind handbook), 96–97
“Whee Baby,” 129
Wheeler, Thomas C., 255
“When a Woman Loves a Man,” 207
“When I Fall in Love,” 135
“When I Found You,” 333
“When My Sugar Walks Down the Street,” 195–196
“When the Red, Red Robin Comes Bob, Bob, Bobbin’ Along,” 21
“When the Saints Go Marchin’ In,” 196
“When the World Was Young,” 153, 154, 246–247, 497
“Where Can I Go Without You?,” 5, 467
“Where Did They Go?,” 316
