7260_0002 Jay Livingston (playing piano) and Ray Evans playing themselves in "Sunset Blvd." 1950 Paramount

7592_0002 Harry Babbitt circa 1950s Photo by Gabi Rona

7516_0070 Henry Mancini (photographed a few months before he passed away) 1994 © 1994 Michael Jones

7674_0004 Oscar Peterson at a rehearsal 1962 © 1978 Ken Whitmore

7674_0002 Oscar Peterson performing at a nightclub in Los Angeles, CA circa 1957 © 1978 Ken Whitmore

7674_0003 Oscar Peterson performing at a nightclub in Los Angeles, CA circa 1957 © 1978 Ken Whitmore

7289_0039 Eddie Fisher with Nelson Riddle 1966 © 1978 Ken Whitmore

7260_0001 Jay Livingston (playing piano) and Ray Evans with Lucille Ball and Bob Hope during the making of "Fancy Pants" 1950 Paramount

7250_0050 "Island in the Sun" Harry Belafonte, Dorothy Dandridge 1957 20th Century Fox ** I.V.

7224_0022 Gracie Allen, c. 1943. © 1978 Laszlo Willinger

7431_0009 Bobby Womack with his brother, Cecil Womack 1977 © 1978 Bobby Holland

7434_0001 Guy Lombardo in Paramount's "Many Happy Returns" 1934

7516_0035 Henry Mancini at home 1979 © 1979 Gunther

7561_0002 Roger Williams at a Capitol Records recording session 1961 © 1978 Sid Avery

7560_0004 Irving Berlin C.1930 **I.V.

7434_0002 Guy Lombardo leads his brothers Carmen, Lebert and Victor in Paramount's "Many Happy Returns" 1934

7325_0075 Jayne Meadows and Steve Allen 1984 ** H.L.

7325_0038 Steve Allen, c. 1959.

7250_0009 Dorothy Dandridge circa 1949 © 1978 Ted Allan

7056_0007 Victor Borge c. 1945 © 1978 Maurice Seymour

7289_0037 Eddie Fisher with Nelson Riddle 1966 © 1978 Ken Whitmore

7039_0003 Les Brown June 1960 © 1978 Gerald Smith

6829_0001 Richard Long and Meg Randall during promotional tour for "Ma and Pa Kettle" 1949 Universal ** B.D.M.

6730_0010 "Love Nest" Frank Fay, Marilyn Monroe, June Haver and Jack Paar 1951 / 20th Century Fox **R.C.

5936_0033 Billy Dee Williams in "Scott Joplin" 1977 ** B.D.M.

5993_0066 "The Godfather: Part II" Director Francis Ford Coppola 1974 Paramount Pictures Photo by Bruce McBroom

5959_0011 "What Ever Happened To Baby Jane" Bette Davis 1962 / Warner

5936_0031 Billy Dee Williams in "Scott Joplin" 1977 ** B.D.M.

5810_0050 "New York, New York" Robert De Niro and Liza Minnelli. 1977/UA/Chartoff-Winkler © 1978 Bruce McBroom

5936_0032 Billy Dee Williams in "Scott Joplin" 1977 ** B.D.M.

5718_0038 Johnny Mathis circa 1964 © 1978 Wallace Seawell

5718_0078 Johnny Mathis 1964 © 1978 Eric Skipsey

5718_0029 Johnny Mathis 1958 © 1978 Gunther

5373_0054 Leonard Bernstein rehearsing with members of the stage cast of "West Side Story" (Stephen Sondheim is on the piano) 1957 Photo by Friedman-Abeles ** B.D.M.

5372_0058 "The Man Who Knew Too Much" Doris Day, director Alfred Hitchcock 1956 Paramount Pictures ** I.V.

5418_0036 "The Partridge Family" Shirley Jones 1973 ABC **H.L.

5078_0074 "All in the Family" Carroll O'Connor, Jean Stapleton C. 1976 CBS © 1978 Ken Whitmore

5372_0053 "The Man Who Knew Too Much" James Stewart 1956 Paramount Pictures ** I.V.

5048_0010 Little Richard, Ted Lange and Chip Fields 1992 © 2009 Bobby Holland

5078_0073 "All in the Family" Carroll O'Connor, Jean Stapleton C. 1976 CBS © 1978 Ken Whitmore

4960_0031 Elton John performing at the Fillmore East in New York City circa 1969 © 1978 Gary Legon

4960_0030 Elton John performing at the Fillmore East in New York City circa 1969 © 1978 Gary Legon

4950_0017 Andre Previn circa 1965 © 1978 Ken Whitmore

4991_0007 Stevie Wonder and Dizzy Gillespie recording "Do I Do" at Wonderland Studios 1979 © 1979 Michael Jones

5078_0083 "All in the Family" Carroll O'Connor, Jean Stapleton C. 1976 CBS © 1978 Ken Whitmore

4884_0016 Billy Preston performing live with Syreeta Wright at the Roxy in Hollywood 1979 © 1979 Bobby Holland

4804_0039 Stevie Wonder performing at the BRE Convention in Universal City, CA 1979 © 1979 Bobby Holland

4884_0015 Billy Preston performing live with Syreeta Wright at the Roxy in Hollywood 1979 © 1979 Bobby Holland

5062_0079 "New Orleans" Louis Armstrong 1947 United Artists ** I.V.

4804_0042 Stevie Wonder performing live in Los Angeles, CA circa 1975 © 1978 Bobby Holland

5077_0022 "Great Balls Of Fire" Steve Allen and Dennis Quaid © 1989 Orion Photo by Bob Marshak

5062_0080 "New Orleans" Louis Armstrong 1947 United Artists ** I.V.

5062_0064 Louis Armstrong with Jack Teagarden and Barney Bigard 1950 **I.V.

5062_0038 Duke Ellington and Louis Armstrong rehearsing for their first recorded collaboration 1946 ** I.V.

4531_0006 "Family Matters" JoMarie Payton, Reginald VelJohnson 1989 © 1989 Mario Casilli

4991_0006 Stevie Wonder and Dizzy Gillespie recording "Do I Do" at Wonderland Studios 1979 © 1979 Michael Jones

4960_0029 Elton John performing at the Fillmore East in New York City circa 1969 © 1978 Gary Legon

4960_0007 Elton John in concert 1974 © 1978 Bregman-Sutton

4960_0003 Elton John in concert 1974 © 1978 Bregman-Sutton

4884_0017 Billy Preston performing live with Syreeta Wright at the Roxy in Hollywood 1979 © 1979 Bobby Holland

4991_0009 Stevie Wonder and Dizzy Gillespie recording "Do I Do" at Wonderland Studios 1979 © 1979 Michael Jones

4868_0026 Louis Prima circa 1960s © 1978 Bud Gray

4960_0002 Elton John in concert 1974 © 1978 Bregman-Sutton

4884_0001 Billy Preston circa 1970 ** H.L.

4804_0046 Stevie Wonder performing live in Los Angeles, CA circa 1975 © 1978 Bobby Holland

4548_0002 "42nd Street" Ruby Keeler & George E. Stone 1933 Warner Bros. **I.V.

4531_0020 "Family Matters" Telma Hopkins, Darius McCrary, Regianld VelJohnson, Jo Marie Payton-Noble, Rosetta LeNoire, Kellie Williams © 1990 Mario Casilli

4606_0017 Coretta Scott King and her children Yolanda Denise, Bernice Albertine, Dexter Scott and Martin Luther III singing "freedom" songs of the integration movement in their Atlanta home 1964

4049_0001 Skitch Henderson circa 1950s

4002_0008 Richard Quine at the piano circa 1962 © 1978 Bob Willoughby

4327_0003 "Shindig" Jerry Lee Lewis 1965 © 1978 Kim Maydole Lynch

4001_0100 "Broadway Melody of 1936" Eleanor Powell, c. 1936. © 1978 Ted Allan

4027_0171 Caroline Kennedy and Jacqueline Kennedy at Hyannis Port 1959 © 2012 Mark Shaw

3910_0006 Deanna Durbin circa 1940s Photo by Roman Freulich

4049_0003 Skitch Henderson circa 1950s

3836_0106 "Young Girls of Rochefort" Catherine Deneuve and real life sister Francoise Dorleac 1967 Warner Brothers **I.V.

3817_0366 "Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf?" Mike Nichols, Andre Previn, Elizabeth Taylor, Richard Burton, Ernest Lehman 1965 Warner Brothers © 1978 Bob Willoughby

3891_0163 The Marx Brothers (Harpo, Chico and Groucho) circa 1936 © 1978 Ted Allan

3579_0010 "Marriage On The Rocks" Bill Miller & Frank Sinatra on the set. 1965 © 1978 Bob Willoughby

3604_0882 "My Fair Lady" Rex Harrison, Audrey Hepburn 1963 / Warner Brothers © 1978 Bob Willoughby

3579_0011 "Marriage On The Rocks" Bill Miller & Frank Sinatra on the set. 1965 © 1978 Bob Willoughby

3263_0001 "All This And Heaven Too" Bette Davis, Charles Boyer 1940 / Warner Photo by Bert Six

3339_0372 "Casablanca" Dooley Wilson, Humphrey Bogart 1942 Warner Brothers **I.V.

2930_0041 Peter Sellers 1965 © 1978 Chester Maydole

2995_0392 Barbra Streisand 1971 © 1978 Ed Thrasher

3101_0008 "A Song to Remember" Cornel Wilde 1945 © 1978 Ned Scott

2889_0156 Mickey Rooney circa 1950s Photo by Gabi Rona

2586_0195 Peggy Lee circa 1953 © 1978 Paul Hesse

2743_0005 Ricky Nelson circa 1959 © 1978 Ted Allan

2706_0001 Robert Mitchum, 1947 Photo by Mac Julian

24293_1330 Van Cliburn circa early 1960s Photo by Alfred Statler ** B.D.M.

24293_1049 Phil Regan, Maxine Doyle, Nacio Herb Brown and Arthur Freed during the making of "Student Tour" 1934 MGM Photo by Clarence Sinclair Bull ** B.D.M.

24302_0033 Pat Buckley and William F. Buckley at home in New York 1990 © 1990 Ken Shung

24302_0009 Daniel Stern at the Empire Diner in New York City 1993 © 1993 Ken Shung

24287_0142 "The Eddy Duchin Story" Tyrone Power, Kim Novak 1956 Columbia ** I.V.

2586_0278 Peggy Lee circa 1954 ** I.V. / M.T.

24302_0080 Harry Connick Jr. circa 1990s © 1990 Ken Shung

24262_0267 Cedar Walton at the New Mexico Jazz Festival 2006 © 2006 Paul Slaughter

24262_0197 Hampton Hawes at the Monterey Jazz Festival 1970 © 1978 Paul Slaughter

24262_0114 Thelonious Monk playing piano at the Monterey Jazz Festival 1972 © 1978 Paul Slaughter