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In All I Want Is Loving You: Popular Female Singers of the 1950s, author Steve Bergsman focuses on the white, female artists of the 1950s, a time that predated the chart-topping girl groups of the early 1960s. These popular performers, many of whom graduated out of the big bands of the 1940s, impacted popular music in a huge way. As the last bastion of traditional pop and the last sirens of swing, they undeniably shined in the spotlight. Yet these singers' fame dimmed relatively quickly with the advent of rock 'n' roll. A fortunate few, like Doris Day, Patti Page, Peggy Lee, and Debbie Reynolds, experienced some of their biggest hits in the late 1950s, and Eydie Gormé broke out in the 1960s. The luckiest, including Dinah Shore and Rosemary Clooney, ventured to television with varying degrees of success.
About the Author
Steve Bergsman is an author, journalist and travel writer with more than twenty-five years writing books, and articles for magazines and newspapers. His stories have been published in more than 100 publications around the world, and he has appeared on local and national radio and television.Bergsman is the author of ten books:-- The novels of historical fiction, The R&B Set: including The Friends of Billy Preston, The Seduction of Mary Wells and The Death of Johnny Ace. Now published by SMBCOMM. The Death of Johnny Ace originally published by Dancing Traveller Publishing, Vancouver. -- The travel book, Hobnobbing With Ghosts: A Literature and Lyric Junkie Travels the World, was published by SMBCOMM-- The memoir/social history, Growing Up Levittown: In A Time Of Conformtiy, Controversy and Cultural Crisis. Now published by SMBCOMM. Originally published by Dancing Traveller Publishing, Vancouver.-- The real estate books, After The Fall: Opportunities & Strategies for Real Estate Investing In the Coming Decade; Passport To Exotic Real Estate; Maverick Real Estate Financing; Maverick Real Estate Investing. All published by John Wiley & Sons, New Jersey.-- The real estate book, Transforming Dirt Into Gold, was co-written by Ron H. McRae.
