Music Showbiz And Entertainment Today Author:Maximillien de Lafayette musicians, composers, legends and talents who made their mark. It has everything about entertainment and music, from biographies and career highlights to tips on how to launch a career in showbiz, music charts, and billboards, singers and musicians rating and values on the market. This is volume III of the World Who's Who in Jazz Cabaret Music a... more »nd Entertainment, a massive series that contains 70,000 entries, names and biographies from around the world. This is the first Who s Who that deals with the world of Jazz, Cabaret, and Entertainment. It is astonishing that this is the case, since such a book is urgently needed for an industry that brings such joy to all of us. It should serve as reference for performers, promoters, publicists, booking agents, venue owners, students, schools, libraries, and music industry executives, as well as the general public. Those who read who s who books, whether they are in science, medicine, literature, and world personalities and celebrities, easily find one common denominator: Who s who books are dry and stiff. Rarely do we see warmth and personal touch in those highly respected reference works. Effort was made to avoid this tendency in the World Who s Who in Jazz, Cabaret, Music and Entertainment. Although it is based upon rigid fact and data, found in or supplied by reliable sources, including those who are written up in this book, personal feelings and material were added. To accomplish this, the world of the artist that is not usually seen on stage or behind the mic was probed. Sometimes candid and personal stories, anecdotes, and intimate statements were either provided directly by the artist or told by friends and peers. After all, this is a world of enchantment, glamour, and fun and so it cannot be treated like a mathematical formula! In traditional who s who books, those listed are usually figures well known to the public or in their own field.« less