Contents

1. DEDICATION
3. FOREWORD
4. INTRODUCTION
5. 1      Anna Suraci Benedetto
6. 2      Bob Hope
7. 3      Bing Crosby
8. 4      Louis Armstrong
9. 5      Fiorello La Guardia
10. 6      Pyrites
11. 7      Count Basie
12. 8      Judy Garland
13. 9      San Francisco
14. 10    Harold Arlen
15. 11    Harry Belafonte
16. 12    Martin Luther King, Jr.
17. 13    Fred Astaire
18. 14    Cary Grant
19. 15    Cole Porter
20. 16    Nat “King” Cole
21. 17    Rosemary Clooney
22. 18    Bill Evans
23. 19    Jackie Kennedy
24. 20    Pablo Picasso
25. 21    Sadie Vimmerstedt
26. 22    Lena Horne
27. 23    Maurice Chevalier
28. 24    Frank Sinatra
29. 25    Jimmy Durante
30. 26    Astoria, Queens, New York
31. 27    Abraham Lincoln
32. 28    Jack Benny and George Burns
33. 29    Sammy Cahn
34. 30    Al Jolson
35. 31    Duke Ellington
36. 32    John Singer Sargent
37. 33    Ella Fitzgerald
38. 34    Pearl Bailey
39. 35    Charlie Chaplin
40. 36    Johnny Mercer
41. 37    Louis Prima
42. 38    Amy Winehouse
43. 39    Ralph Sharon
44. 40    Lady Gaga
45. 41    Susan Benedetto
46. 42    Giovanni “John” Benedetto
47. ACKNOWLEDGMENTS
48. ENDPAPER ARTWORK
49. ABOUT THE AUTHORS
50. CREDITS
51. COPYRIGHT
52. ABOUT THE PUBLISHER