Rowman & Littlefield Publishers
Pages: 494
Trim: 6⅜ x 9¼
978-1-4422-4273-9 • Hardback • June 2015 • $102.00 • (£78.00)
978-1-4422-4274-6 • eBook • June 2015 • $96.50 • (£74.00)
Bob Leszczak, author of Single Season Sitcoms, 1948-1979: A Complete Guide, The Odd Couple on Stage and Screen,, The Encyclopedia of Pop Music Aliases, 1950-2000, and the three volumes of Who Did It First? Great Cover Songs and Their Original Artists, was also the writer and producer of Solid Gold Scrapbook, a syndicated weekly five-hour music trivia radio show for the United Stations Radio Network. For more than three decades, he's been an oldies radio on-air personality at a variety of nationally recognized stations in New York, Boston, Washington, D.C., Denver, Tampa, Orlando, and San Bernardino. Now back in his home state of New Jersey, he is the afternoon drive announcer on Classic Hits WJRZ-FM. Bob sang and toured with the Duprees of "You Belong to Me" fame in the 1980s and has worked as an extra in motion pictures.
From Small Screen to Vinyl List
Preface
Acknowledgments
TV Stars Who Made Records
Appendix 1: Honorable Mentions
Appendix 2: Vinyl Releases from Animated and Costumed Character Shows
Further Reading
About the Author
This unique reference covers television actors who also had success (to any degree) as recording artists. Radio-personality Leszczak has interviewed dozens of these celebrities, and nearly 200 are profiled in this A-Z compilation, including Wayne Brady, Lynda Carter, Regis Philbin, Telly Savalas, and Tina Yothers. The brief entries contain biographical information, trivia about the stars' TV show(s), and details about he recording(s). Trivia hounds, television junkies, and music fans will get a kick out of this quirky volume, which is suitable for public and academic collections and could do well in the circulating stacks.
— Booklist