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There was a time when no one would have left Dick Haymes (1918–1980) out of the top class of his contemporaries such as Frank Sinatra and Perry Como. But now the Argentine-born baritone is known only to those ardent fans and music historians who still claim him as one of the most talented popular singers of the twentieth century.

He worked with several great bandleaders, including Benny Goodman and Tommy Dorsey, before beginning a solo career that vaulted him to Hollywood stardom. In 1944, he worked with Twentieth Century Fox, headlining such hit musicals as Billy Rose's Diamond Horseshoe and State Fair. Popular recordings such as "Little White Lies," "The More I See You," "How Blue the Night," "For You, For Me, For Evermore," "Speak Low," and "Another Night Like This," made him a top draw at the box office.

In the 1950s, when television took over the media landscape and the appeal of musicals declined, Haymes’s career suffered. Despite efforts in the 1970s, he never re-established success. In The Life of Dick Haymes: No More Little White Lies, Ruth Prigozy uses over forty personal interviews with singers, musicians, composers, arrangers, and Haymes’s family members. She searches archival recordings of "The Dick Haymes Show," films, recordings, music studies, and histories to present a full portrait of this complicated man. Prigozy chronicles Haymes’s childhood, his rise in the 1940s, his decline into alcoholism, his multiple marriages—to such leading stars as Rita Hayworth and Joanne Dru—and divorces, and the minor resurgence of his career in Europe during the last years of his life. ... Read more

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A cautionary tale well worth reading
Ruth Prigozy has done an admirable job in bringing Dick Haymes life story to light. He is certainly someone who had been forgotten and whose story deserves to be told. I found this to be a well-researched biography that held my interest and which I enjoyed reading.

This book shows how a person can totally mess up his life by not addressing some basic problems -- for instance, the way he was raised clearly was responsible for his inability to foster healthy relationships. He kept repeating the same mistakes, drinking too much, etc. Certainly this was a man with a lot of troubles -- many self-inflicted. Interestingly enough, this book shows he never really did find stability and peace in his personal life. I agree with a previous reviewer who said high school students should read this book -- how NOT to live your life.

However, at times I think author Prigozy is too quick to excuse some of these faults and too willing to make allowances for Haymes' behavior. Here is an intelligent man who was handsome and talented, who nonetheless "blew it" in both his professional and personal life. He does not seem to be a very nice person -- cheating on his wives, mean or neglectful to his kids, a drunk, selfish, a deadbeat, at times arrogant, etc. He may not have been "Mr. Evil," as he has been dubbed, but he apparently wasn't "Mr. Nice Guy" either.

I think it would have been interesting for the author to explore more of his professional decline and the reasons for it. Why exactly did he fail to become an established movie star? Why did his popularity fade in the late 1940s and early 1950s? What happened to his radio career? His record contract was cancelled several years before the rock revolution -- was it his style of music that was passe, was the public tired of him, or did he exhibit a lack of range or an inability to adjust with changing tastes and times?

This book doesn't delve into that as much as I would have liked, but it's still an excellent read, and very worthwhile in bringing the story of this forgotten star to today's public.

High school requisite
Many better biographies have been written over the years, but none more urgent than this.High schoolers should read this book and discuss it with friends.Dick Haymes was a great talent, and intelligent.But he couldn't seem to make the right decisions in life, his values were screwed, and he suffered dearly because of it.The comedown was crushing.

"I Couldn't Put it Down"
Ruth Prigozy has written a balanced account of the life of a man who was tipped for mega stardom in his formative professional years but who through bad judgement and sometimes fate was destined to struggle for the rest of his life.

Several marriages including to film beauties Joanne Dru and Rita Hayworth not to mention the sultry Fran Jeffries kept his name in the press but after a short term contract with Capitol Records in the middle 1950s failed to interest the public or music industry his career faltered. In the early 1960s after the failure of his marriage to Fran Jeffries he left the USA and headed for Europe, which was to be his home for almost a decade.

South African born BBC DJ and Record Producer Alan Dell rediscovered Haymes in 1969 and managed to get him into a recording studio for an album entitled "Then & Now" which was instrumental in getting him back to the USA and giving him another chance.

Ruth Prigozy unravels the story of a man who was a complicated gentleman almost from another age. Loved and respected by his peers Ruth delves into the insecurities that dominated his life.

A mix of facts, memories via interviews with family, friends and those associated with Haymes and even extracts from his own unfinished autobiography. Plenty of excellent pictures too. This is an "I couldn't put it down" book.

A compelling read full of highs and lows, surprises and sometimes despair. This long awaited biography addresses many of the stories that had been circulating around Hollywood about Haymes and presents the facts for the first time.

A must for any fan of the 1940s, musicals, crooners and film stars.

THE BEST OF HAYMES EVER
Ruth Prigozy writes a poignant biography of an otherwise neglected big band and beyond singer whose rich baritone rivaled Bing Crosby's. Ruth Prigozy is an accomplished author and English professor at Long Island's Hofstra University. She spent a number of years researching this story and presents it faithfully and validly engaging many in interviews to promote accuracy. She has covered all the bases in this very meritorious book that is a long time coming. It tells the truth. And makes it a very valid book.It places Dick Haymes in his rightful place in music and singing. ... Read more

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Chapters: Che Guevara, William Brown, Rodolfo Walsh, Irish Argentine, Dick Haymes, José Luis Brown, Amancio Williams, Domingo Cullen, William Bulfin, Eamon Bulfin, Domingo French, Alberto Williams, Camila O'gorman, Manuel Granada, Edelmiro Julián Farrell, María Elena Walsh, Ricardo López Murphy, Patricio Cullen, Franco Niell, Pedro Lovell, Juan Martín de Pueyrredón, Pacho O'donnell, Anthony Dominic Fahy, Dalmacio Vélez Sársfield, Guillermo O'donnell, Rob Smith, Santiago Phelan, Benito Lynch, Edmundo Murray, Tomás Maccormik, Laura Mulhall, Norma Nolan, Alejandro Doherty, Billy Macdermott, John Coghlan, the Southern Cross, Pablo Ryan, Eduardo Casey, Mario Reilly. Source: Wikipedia. Pages: 178. Not illustrated. Free updates online. Purchase includes a free trial membership in the publisher's book club where you can select from more than a million books without charge. Excerpt: Taken by Alberto Korda on March 5, 1960. Ernesto "Che" Guevara (Spanish pronunciation: ; June 14, 1928 October 9, 1967), commonly known as El Che or simply Che, was an Argentine Marxist revolutionary, physician, author, intellectual, guerrilla leader, diplomat, military theorist, and major figure of the Cuban Revolution. Since his death, his stylized visage has become a ubiquitous countercultural symbol and global insignia within popular culture. As a young medical student, Guevara traveled throughout Latin America and was transformed by the endemic poverty he witnessed. His experiences and observations during these trips led him to conclude that the region's ingrained economic inequalities were an intrinsic result of monopoly capitalism, neocolonialism, and imperialism, with the only remedy being world revolution. This belief prompted his involvement in Guatemala's social reforms under President Jacobo Arbenz Guzmán, whose eventual CIA-assisted overthrow solidified Guevara's radical ideology. Later, while living in Mexico City, he met Raúl and Fidel Ca...More: http://booksllc.net/?id=13623554 ... Read more

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Chapters: Sebastian Schneider, King África, Camila Bordonaba, Dick Haymes, Lourdes Cecilia Fernández, Florencia Bertotti, Abel Balbo, Atahualpa Yupanqui, Victoria Maurette, Micaela Vázquez, Ignacio Corsini, Jorge Cafrune, Nicolás Vázquez, Soledad Pastorutti, María Fernanda Neil, Georgina Mollo, Mariana Espósito, Raúl Lavié, Luciano Pereyra, María Elena Walsh, Sebastián Francini, Juan Pedro Lanzani, Rodrigo Bueno, Alberto Cortez, Eduardo Falú, Adriana Varela, Agustín Magaldi, Milagros Flores, Leonardo Favio, Gastón Dalmau, Sandra Mihanovich, Alberto Hassan, Coti, Juan Carlos Cáceres, Roberto Goyeneche, Teddie Gerard, Roxana Martínez, Brenda Gandini, José Larralde, María Eugenia Suárez, Alberto Castillo, Cacho Castaña, Jazmín Beccar Varela, Ariel Rot, Lissa Vera, Patricio Borghetti, Justo Lamas, María Martha Serra Lima, Piru Sáez, Virginia da Cunha, Vicentico, Amelita Baltar, Indio Solari, Virginia Luque, Oscar Palavecino, Diego Verdaguer, Adrián Guida, Claudio Basso,. Source: Wikipedia. Pages: 181. Not illustrated. Free updates online. Purchase includes a free trial membership in the publisher's book club where you can select from more than a million books without charge. Excerpt: Sebastian Schneider is a German Argentine guitar player, multi-instrumentalist, singer, composer and musical producer born on July 28, 1982. He is an artist which begins to rise to prominence on the new Argentine and Latin American rock scene. He has been part of several rock bands and began his solo career on 2004. His songs have a deep lyrical content as well as his particular guitar playing technique, being one of the few Argentine (and world) artists performing fingerstyle guitar playing with electric guitars on rock music and executing complex scales and musical patterns at the same time he sings. Sebastian Schneider (who took his mother's maiden name) was born in Buenos Aires, Argentina, from a German descendant mother and a Basque descendant fath...http://booksllc.net/?id=25668866 ... Read more

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Chapters: Luisana Lopilato, Camila Bordonaba, Felipe Colombo, Diego Capusotto, Benjamín Rojas, Dick Haymes, Florencia Bertotti, Héctor Alterio, Norma Aleandro, Moria Casán, Niní Marshall, Nicolás Vázquez, Guillermo Francella, Nadia Di Cello, María Del Cerro, Norman Briski, Georgina Mollo, Duilio Marzio, Mariana Espósito, Thelma Biral, Antonio Cunill Cabanellas, Sebastián Francini, Jorge Marrale, Juan Pedro Lanzani, Hugo Soto, Nicolás Riera, Héctor Bidonde, Milagros Flores, Inda Ledesma, Jimena Barón, Esteban Mellino, Gastón Dalmau, Gabriel Goity, Daniela Aita, Carlos Gandolfo, Diego García, Golde Flami, María Eugenia Suárez, Rocío Igarzábal, Emanuel Gandolfo, Martín Karadagian, Diego Peretti, Carolina Peleritti, Candela Vetrano, Pablo Martínez, Alejandra Boero, Lorenzo Quinteros, Imperio Argentina, Alicia Bruzzo, Francisco Álvarez. Source: Wikipedia. Pages: 168. Not illustrated. Free updates online. Purchase includes a free trial membership in the publisher's book club where you can select from more than a million books without charge. Excerpt: Luisana Loreley Lopilato de la Torre (born May 18, 1987) is an Argentine actress, singer and model for the Argentine company, 47 Street. She is perhaps best known for her roles in the television series Chiquititas, Rebelde Way and Casados con Hijos, and as a former member of the musical group Erreway. Luisana Lopilato was born to Eduardo and Beatriz Lopilato, and has two siblings, actor Darío and nutritionist Daniela. She was raised as an evangelic. Lopilato made her debut in television series 10% vida and Mi familia es un dibujo in 1995, and continued working as a child model. In 1999, she was chosen to play Luisana Maza in Chiquititas, a popular television series created by Cris Morena. Lopilato signed contract with the Cris Morena Group, and released four Chiquititas soundtrack albums Chiqutitias Vol. 5 (1999), Chiqutitias Vol. 6 (2000), Chiquititas Vol. 6 (2001) and Chiquititas: ...More: http://booksllc.net/?id=3394857 ... Read more

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Chapters: Eva Perón, Luisana Lopilato, Carlos Gardel, Alberto Fernández de Rosa, Camila Bordonaba, Dick Haymes, Olivia Hussey, Felipe Colombo, China Zorrilla, Diego Capusotto, Benjamín Rojas, Elías Isaac Alippi, Sandro de América, Palito Ortega, Lola Ponce, Lourdes Cecilia Fernández, Mirtha Legrand, Libertad Lamarque, Florencia Bertotti, Leonardo Sbaraglia, Ulises Dumont, Héctor Alterio, Norma Aleandro, Moria Casán, Barry Norton, Victoria Maurette, Micaela Vázquez, Jorge Cafrune, Guillermo Battaglia, Guillermo Francella, Nicolás Vázquez, Mauricio Borensztein, Nadia Di Cello, Héctor Calcaño, Jorge Salcedo, Roberto Escalada, Nicolás Pauls, María Luisa Bemberg, Carlos Cores, Fernando Siro, Duilio Marzio, Mariana Espósito, Armando Bó, Bertha Moss, Santiago Stieben, Mona Maris, Andrea Del Boca, Hugo del Carril, Manuel Granada, Alberto Closas, José Maurer, Sebastián Francini, Enrique Santos Discépolo, Ada Falcón, Juan Carlos Altavista, Mario Soffici, Blanquita Amaro, María Teresa Costantini, María Teresa Constantini, Luis Sandrini, Alfredo Casero, Arturo Maly, Inda Ledesma, Soledad Fandiño, Milagros Flores, Héctor Bidonde, Patricio Contreras, Tito Alonso, Mariano Argento, Daniel Freire, Federico Luppi, Jimena Barón, Carlos Thompson, Emilio Vieyra, Paulette Duval, Carlos Roffé, Isabel Sarli, Jean Pierre Reguerraz, Esteban Mellino, Luis Luque, Víctor Laplace, Miguel Ángel Solá, Leticia Brédice, Nelly Láinez, Dolores Fonzi, Gabriel Goity, Tita Merello, Enrique Piñeyro, Silvia Legrand, Tito Lusiardo, Pepe Iglesias, Lautaro Murúa, Gerardo Romano, Ángel Magaña, Carlos Balá, Fabiana Udenio, Soledad Silveyra, Diego García, Gastón Pauls, Teddie Gerard, Irma Córdoba, Nazareno Casero, Ingrid Rubio, Juan José Camero, Víctor Bo, Chunchuna Villafañe, Manuel Alcón, Julio Chávez, Juan Minujín, Diego Peretti, Golde Flami, Valeria Bertuccelli, Andrea Galante, Ada Cornaro, Daniel Hendler, Martín Karadagian, Elvia Andreoli, Emilio Disi, Gustavo Garzón, Cást...http://booksllc.net/?id=51584 ... Read more

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Commentary (music and lyrics not included).Chapters: Imagination, the Complete Capitol Collection, Rain or Shine, Moondreams, Dick Haymes Comes Home!, Richard the Lion-Hearted - Dick Haymes That Is!, Look at Me Now!. Source: Wikipedia. Pages: 24. Not illustrated. Free updates online. Purchase includes a free trial membership in the publisher's book club where you can select from more than a million books without charge. Excerpt: Imagination is a compilation album from Dick Haymes released in 1982. Tracks 3, 7, 21-26 with the Carmen Dragon Orchestra (recorded in LA, 1949). Tracks 2, 4-6, 27 with Al Lerner and his Orchestra (recorded in LA 29.09, 1952). The CD version includes 14 additional tracks. ...http://booksllc.net/?id=9345875 ... Read more

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1930S SONG BOOK 10 SONGS: LOUISE, LOVER, OUT OF NOWHERE, COCKTAILS FOR TWO, TWILITE ON PHOTOS, MANY PHOTOS ... Read more

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I Wish I Knew Vintage 1945 Sheet Music from Billy Rose's "Diamond Horseshoe" with Betty Grable, Dick Haymes
Watch Video Here: http://www.amazon.com/review/RR0DBXPPK4W1Y Popular hits, Great performances by Dick Haymes:

Little White Lies (Cover photo of Dick Haymes)
How Blue The Night
The More I See You
You'll Never Know (sheet music) from HELLO FRISCO HELLO. Great Alice Faye cover
Laura
Wait for Me Mary - Words & Music
It Might As Well Be Spring (State Fair)
That's for Me: State Fair
- And Mimi
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