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Author: Anita O'Day

ISBN-10: 0879101180

ISBN-13: 9780879101183

Category: Singers - Biography

(Limelight). "...in the tradition of the best jazz autobiographies...a fascinating travelogue through the jazz world, filled with vivid images of Gene Krupa, Stan Kenton, Roy Eldridge and Billie Holiday...Her prose is as hip as her music." The New York Times Book Review

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"...in the tradition of the best jazz autobiographies...a fascinating travelogue through the jazz world, filled with vivid images of Gene Krupa, Stan Kenton, Roy Eldridge and Billie Holiday...Her prose is as hip as her music." -The New York Times Book Review

Foreword11Preface13Chapter IExcess Baggage19Chapter IICutting Loose32Chapter IIIUptown47Chapter IVWalking on the Wild Side70Chapter VOh, For the Life of a Girl Singer87Chapter VIThe Road that Leads to Fame ...115Chapter VIISometimes the Road Is Rocky149Chapter VIIIAnd You're Just Another Dame164Chapter IXBusted181Chapter XGot the Name, Will Play the Game205Chapter XIWhat a Difference a Hit Makes227Chapter XIIHard Times248Chapter XIIII'm Still Here274Epilogue298Appendix301Discography303Index363