Late Life Jazz: The Life and Career of Rosemary Clooney (53 page)

6
.
Variety
, July 15, 1964.

7
.
A Conversation with Dinah
, The Nashville Network, September 1, 1989.

8
. Interview for
Great Women Singers
, Kultur Films Inc., DVD, 2000.

9
.
Merv Griffin Show
(syndicated), December 1982.

10
.
Biography
, A&E Network, May 31, 2001.

11
. Jack Russell,
San Mateo Times
, February 3, 1965.

12
. Will Friedwald,
Sinatra! The Song Is You
, Da Capo, New York, 1997.

13
. Tony Bennett, with Will Friedwald,
The Good Life: The Autobiography of Tony Bennett
, Simon & Schuster, New York, 1998.

14
. Michael Feinstein, author interview, April 9, 2011.

15
. Deborah Grace Winer,
Many a Wonderful Moment
, Bear Family Records, Hambergen, Germany, 1999.

16
. Uncredited report,
The Post-Standard
, Syracuse, NY, June 23, 1966.

17
. Ron Shaw, author interview, April 15, 2011.

18
. Nick Clooney, author interview, May 16, 2011.

19
. Hank Fox, “Rosie Clooney Cleans House with New Bag of Material,”
Billboard
, October 1, 1966.

20
.
Variety
, December 28, 1966.

21
. Lee Hale,
Backstage at the Dean Martin Show
, Taylor Publishing, Dallas, TX, 2000.

22
. Ibid.

23
. Rosemary Clooney, with Raymond Strait,
This for Remembrance
, Simon & Schuster, New York, 1977.

24
. Alan Ebert, “Rosemary Clooney’s Saddest Song,”
Ladies Home Journal
, March 1976.

25
. Diane Sawyer,
Primetime Live
, ABC, January 2, 1992.

26
. Maria Ferrer Murdock, author interview, February 3, 2010.

27
. Ebert, “Rosemary Clooney’s Saddest Song.”

28
.
A Conversation with Dinah
.

1
. “No Time to Be a Mom & a Fulltime Performer So Rosemary Clooney Quits,”
Variety
, July 10, 1968.

2
. Alan Ebert, “Rosemary Clooney’s Saddest Song,”
Ladies Home Journal
, March 1976.

3
.
Up Close with Tom Cottle
, syndicated TV, December 1982.

4
. Ibid.

5
. Sherm Holvey, author interview 1, March 29, 2011.

6
. Ebert, “Rosemary Clooney’s Saddest Song.”

7
.
Tomorrow in Los Angeles
, NBC, November 23, 1977.

8
. Maria Ferrer Murdock, author interview, February 3, 2010.

9
. Nick Clooney, author interview, May 16, 2011.

10
. Monsita Botwick, author interview, May 13, 2011.

11
. Maria Ferrer Murdoch, author interview.

12
.
Up Close with Tom Cottle
.

13
. “Rosemary Clooney Says She’ll Retire,”
Press-Telegram
, Long Beach, CA, July 3, 1968.

14
. Tom Snyder,
The Late Late Show
, CBS-TV, February 16, 1999.

15
. Rosemary Clooney, with Raymond Strait,
This for Remembrance
, Simon & Schuster, New York, 1977.

16
. Monsita Botwick, author interview.

17
.
Great Women Singers
, Kultur Films Inc., DVD, 2000.

18
. Diane Sawyer,
Primetime Live
, ABC-TV, January 1992.

19
. Clooney, with Strait,
This for Remembrance
.

20
. Monsita Botwick, author interview.

21
.
The Late, Late Show
.

22
.
The Sally Jessie Raphael Show
, syndicated TV, May 1985.

23
. Nancy Anderson,
Copley News Service
, May 1, 1974.

24
. Marilyn Beck, “Rosemary Clooney Hits the Comeback Trail,”
Milwaukee Journal
, March 25, 1974.

25
. Clooney, with Strait,
This for Remembrance
.

26
. “Biography,” A&E Network, May 31, 2001.

27
. “Rosemary Clooney Revives ‘Good Feeling of 50s,’”
Albuquerque Journal
, January 1, 1974.

28
. Rosemary Clooney, with Joan Barthel,
Girl Singer
, Doubleday, New York, 1999.

1
.
The Late Late Show with Tom Snyder
, CBS-TV, February 16, 1999.

2
.
Fresh Air
, interview with Terry Gross, National Public Radio, January 18, 1997.

3
. Ibid.

4
. Leonard Feather,
Los Angeles Times
, March 19, 1976.

5
. Herbert Kretzmer, London
Daily Express
June 22, 1976.

6
. James Green, London
Evening News
, June 22, 1976.

7
. John Gibson, “Bing at His Best—Now I Can Die Happy,”
Edinburgh Evening News
, July 16, 1976.

8
. John Barber, “A Worthwhile Wait to Hear Bing Crosby,”
Daily Telegraph
(UK), June 22, 1976.

9
. Nick Clooney, author interview, May 16, 2011.

10
. Maria Murdock Ferrer, author interview, February 3, 2010.

11
. Rosemary Clooney, with Joan Barthel,
Girl Singer
, Doubleday, New York, 1999.

12
. “Bing Crosby on Broadway,”
Variety
, December 15, 1976.

13
. Gary Giddins,
Riding on a Blue Note
, Oxford University Press, New York, 1981.

14
. Douglas Watt,
New York News
, December 8, 1976.

15
. Sara Lane,
Billboard
, March 12, 1977.

16
. Malcolm Macfarlane,
Bing Crosby – Day by Day
, Scarecrow Press, Lanham, MD, 2001.

17
. Bill Loeb, author interview, June 9, 2011.

18
. Clooney, with Barthel,
Girl Singer
.

19
. Scott Turner, “Every Bit a Lady—The Making of
Look My Way,”
Serge Entertainment Group (from
www.rosemaryclooney.com
).

20
. William Ruhlmann,
www.Allmusic.com

21
. Rosemary Clooney, “Nice to Be Around,”
The Gramophone
, July, 1977.

22
. Most accounts date the first Concord festival as January 1969, although
Billboard
(May 14, 1977) has the date as 1968.

23
. Quoted by Dan Oullette, “Concord Records on a Roll with Grammy Wins,”
Billboard
, May 14, 2005.

24
. “Bay Area Car Dealer Enjoys Own Label, Producing Fests,”
Billboard
, May 14, 1977.

25
. Scott Hamilton, author interview, June 13, 2010.

26
. Warren Vaché, author interview, June 12, 2010.

27
. Peter Reilly,
Stereo Review
, April 1978.

28
. “Everything’s Coming Up Rosie,”
Billboard
, December 3, 1977.

29
. Warren Vaché, author interview.

30
. Clooney, with Barthel,
Girl Singer
.

1
. Bill Loeb, author interview, June 9, 2011.

2
. Interview with Jonathan Schwartz, Madison Square Garden Network cable channel, October, 1983.

3
. Richard Houdek, “4 Girls 4 More Than Memories,”
Los Angeles Times
, September 8, 1977.

4
. Margaret Whiting,
It Might as Well Be Spring
, William Morrow, New York, 1987.

5
. Matt Connor, “The Four Girls Phenomenon,”
www.Rosemaryclooney.com
, 2004.

6
. Ibid.

7
. Ibid.

8
. Whiting,
It Might as Well Be Spring
.

9
. “Fairmont, San Francisco—Performance on August 12, 1978; 4 Girls 4: Margaret Whiting, Rosemary Clooney, Rose Marie, Helen O’Connell,”
Variety
, August 16, 1978.

10
. Diane Werts,
Dallas Morning News
, March 11, 1979.

11
.
The Rosemary Clooney Show
DVD.

12
. Rosemary Clooney, with Joan Barthel,
Girl Singer
, Doubleday, New York, 1999.

13
. Bill Loeb, author interview.

14
. Connor,
The Four Girls Phenomenon
.

15
. Allen Sviridoff, author interview, May 14, 2011.

16
. “
Tom Snyder,”
CNBC-TV,
April
14, 1993.

17
. Michael Feinstein, author interview, April 9, 2011.

18
. Ibid.

19
. It was actually written by Neil Sedaka.

20
. Peter Reilly, “You’ve Got to Learn to Take Care of Yourself,”
Stereo Review
, October 1981.

21
. John Burk, author interview, May 12, 2011.

22
. Allen Sviridoff, author interview, May 14, 2011.

23
. Allen Sviridoff interviewed by Judy Carmichael,
Jazz Inspired
, Sirius XM, August 2005.

24
. Allen Sviridoff, author interview, March 5, 2010.

25
. “Harrah’s Reno, July 7, 1983: Tony Bennett, Rosemary Clooney, John Carleton Orch,”
Variety
, July 13, 1983.

26
. Allen Sviridoff, author interview, March 5, 2010.

27
. Whiting,
It Might as Well Be Spring
.

28
. Rose Marie,
Hold the Roses
, University Press of Kentucky, Lexington, 2003.

29
. Rose Marie, author interview, September 9, 2011.

30
. Whiting,
It Might as Well Be Spring
.

31
. Connor,
The Four Girls Phenomenon
.

32
.
Tomorrow in Los Angeles
, NBC-TV, November 23, 1977.

33
. “Rosemary Clooney—An American Treasure,”
Jazz Inspired
, National Public Radio, c. 2004.

34
.
Tomorrow in Los Angeles
.

35
.
Up Close with Tom Cottle
, syndicated TV, December 1982.

36
. Deborah Grace Winer, author interview, June 15, 2011.

37
. Stephen Holden, author interview, March 27, 2011.

38
.
Merv Griffin Show
, December 1982.

39
. Allen Sviridoff, author interview, May 14, 2011.

40
. John J. O’Connor,
New York Times
, December 8, 1982.

41
. “The New 4 Girls (4),”
Variety
, March 3, 1982.

42
. Ibid.

43
. John S. Wilson,
New York Times
, June 30, 1983.

44
. Jack Hawn,
Los Angeles Times
, August 3, 1983.

1
. “Rosemary Clooney—An American Treasure,”
Jazz Inspired
, National Public Radio, c. 2004.

2
. Marian McPartland,
Marian McPartland’s Piano Jazz
, National Public Radio, October 14, 1992.

3
.
The Charles Grodin Show
, CNBC-TV, February 2, 1995.

4
.
The Tom Snyder Show
, April 14, 1993.

5
. John S. Wilson,
New York Times
, June 6, 1982.

6
. “Rosie Sings Bing/Here’s to My Lady,”
Downbeat
, July 12, 1979.

7
. “Rosemary Clooney—An American Treasure.”

8
. “Cut The Crap,”
Downbeat
, June 1991 (exact date not known).

9
. “Filming a Life,”
New York Times
, December 5, 1982.

10
. Interview with Jonathan Schwartz, Madison Square Garden Network cable channel, October, 1983.

11
. Michael Feinstein, author interview, April 9, 2011.

12
. Leonard Feather,
Rosemary Clooney Sings the Music of Cole Porter
, Concord Jazz, 1982, sleeve note.

13
. Bucky Pizzarelli, author interview, October 26, 2010.

14
. Warren Vaché, author interview, June 12, 2010.

15
. Peter Reilly,
Stereo Review
, October 1982.

16
. “Rosemary Clooney—An American Treasure.”

17
. Stephen Holden, author interview, March 27, 2011.

18
. Jonathan Schwartz, WQEW, New York, September 17, 1996.

19
. Eliot Tiegel, “Great Comebacks,”
Pulse
magazine, May 1990.

20
. John Oddo, author interview, June 7, 2011.

21
. Nick Clooney, author interview, May 16, 2011.

22
. John Schreiber, author interview, March 29, 2011.

23
. Jay Leonhart, author interview, March 31, 2011.

24
.
Demi-Centennial Video
, A&E Home Network, 1995.

25
. Scott Hamilton, author interview, June 13, 2010.

26
. Tiegel, “Great Comebacks.”

27
. “Rosemary Clooney Sings the Music of Irving Berlin,”
Downbeat
, April 1985.

28
. Debby Boone, author interview, May 18, 2011.

29
. John Oddo, author interview, June 7, 2011.

30
. Richard Williams,
The Times
, November 19, 1983.

31
. Quoted in
Val Doonican Rocks
, BBC4 (UK), 2007.

32
. “Charlie’s: Rosemary Clooney,”
Washington Post
, September 6, 1984.

33
. Allen Sviridoff, author interview, May 14, 2011.