Headshot of Rudy Vallée looking to the side and smiling. Vallée is wearing a checkered suit jacket and striped tie.
Publicity photo of Rudy Vallée looking forward and smiling with both hands folded across his chest. Vallée is wearing a black suit jacket.
Rudy Vallée standing on skis and holding ski poles in each hand. Vallée is looking forward and down while smiling.
Rudy Vallée and Paul Whiteman sitting at a table and playing with a toy note generator. Vallée is looking down and adjusting the machine while Whiteman holds a hand to his ear and looks up.
Publicity photo of Rufus Reid playing a double bass while looking down. Reid is wearing a leather jacket and sunglasses.
Conductor-arranger Russ Case gets set for the downbeat as he and Johnny Desmond make records at the Victor Studios (from photo caption).
Russ Morgan standing in front of an NBC microphone, turning to the side and looking forward with a neutral expression. Morgan is holding a conducting baton in one hand and extending his other hand...
Angled publicity photo from above of Ry Cooder holding a bass guitar strapped around his neck. Cooder is wearing a jacket and collared shirt with a wide open neck.
Salvatore J. Iannucci, Capitol Records President, speaking at a podium with the Capitol logo attached to the front. Iannucci is raising one arm while looking forward.
Angled headshot from the side of Sam Donahue wearing a suit and tie, looking to the side.
Angled headshot of Sam Donahue wearing a corduroy jacket and looking forward.
Sam Donahue playing saxophone with one arm resting on this leg and the instrument at his side. Donahue is wearing a plaid suit and tie.
Sam Donahue's opening at Roseland Ballroom in New York City. Left to right, Sam Donahue, agent Willard Alexander, Count Basie, and Milton Ebbins, the Count's personal manager (from photo caption).
Sammy Cahn and Glenn Wallichs standing with an unidentified man in the center. Cahn is on the left, looking forward and smiling. Wallichs is on the right looking to the side and smiling. Both are...
Headshot of Sammy Kaye looking to the side and smiling. Kaye is wearing a checkered suit and patterned tie.
Headshot of Sammy Kaye looking forward and smiling. Kaye is wearing a checkered suit and open collared shirt.
Sammy Kaye conducting a band of unidentified musicians on stage in front of a large crowd outdoors.
Sammy Kaye receiving a prize from a Signal Oil executive. Kaye is looking down and smiling while the unidentified executive wearing a pinstripe suit hands Kaye a piece of paper.
Headshot of Sammy Kaye leaning forward and smiling. Kaye is wearing a checkered suit and open collared suit while holding a cigarette.
Samuel "Baby" Lovett sitting at a drum set in a recording studio holding sticks and smiling Julia Lee is standing behind Lovett, leaning forward and smiling with one arm on Lovett's shoulder.
Sarah Vaughan singing on stage with the Count Basie Orchestra at the Playboy Jazz Festival. Unidentified musicians are sitting behind music stands with the Playboy bunny image. Vaughan is holding a...
Satirical cartoon depicting Dave Dexter producing a Capitol Records recording session. The illustration shows band members precariously balanced on desks and suspended in the air with a caption that...
Savannah Churchill standing on stage next to a microphone, facing forward and smiling. In the background are several unidentified musicians holding instruments.
Savannah Churchill looking up and smiling while singing into a microphone. Churchill is wearing a floral headpiece.
Harry James turning to the side and playing his trumpet in a publicity photo for the film "Kitten on the Keys." James is wearing a dark suit and tie with polka dots.
