0337_2379 Frank Sinatra "September of My Years" Recording Session April (4) 1965 © 1978 Ed Thrasher

0337_1479 Frank Sinatra at a Capitol Records recording session in Los Angeles for the album "Look To Your Heart" (photo appears on album's cover) 1959 © 1978 Sid Avery

0312_0068 Jimmy Durante c. 1966 © 1978 Ed Thrasher

0022_1483 Dean Martin at a recording session 1961 © 1978 Sid Avery

0022_1454 Deana Martin at a recording session with her father Dean August 1966 © 1978 Ed Thrasher

0022_1391 Dean Martin at a United Record Recording Session December 1964 © 1978 Ed Thrasher

0022_1458 Dean Martin with daughter Deana at a recording session August 1966 © 1978 Ed Thrasher

0022_1451 Dean Martin 1964 © 1978 Ed Thrasher

0022_1456 Dean Martin with daughter Deana at a recording session August 1966 © 1978 Ed Thrasher

0022_1455 Dean Martin with daughter Deana at a recording session August 1966 © 1978 Ed Thrasher

0022_1457 Deana Martin at a recording session with her father Dean August 1966 © 1978 Ed Thrasher

0009_2225 Sammy Davis Jr. c. 1973 © 1978 Ed Thrasher

5704_103 Chet Baker at a recording session, Los Angeles, CA, 1953. © 1978 Bob Willoughby / MPTV

4029_0001 Julian B. Goodman (President, National Broadcasting Company) circa 1960s

2995_0294 Barbra Streisand May 1971 © 1978 Ed Thrasher

24302_0127 Merce Cunningham photographed at his dance company's New York City location on Bethune Street 1996 © 1996 Ken Shung

5881_0027 Linda Ronstadt, Dolly Parton and Emmylou Harris February, 1978 © 1978 Ed Thrasher

5881_0021 Linda Ronstadt, Dolly Parton with Emmylou Harris February 1978 © 1978 Ed Thrasher

5881_0025 Linda Ronstadt, Dolly Parton and Emmylou Harris February, 1978 © 1978 Ed Thrasher

5881_0024 Linda Ronstadt, Dolly Parton and Emmylou Harris February, 1978 © 1978 Ed Thrasher

5881_0026 Linda Ronstadt, Dolly Parton and Emmylou Harris February, 1978 © 1978 Ed Thrasher

5881_0022 Linda Ronstadt, Dolly Parton and Emmylou Harris February 1978 © 1978 Ed Thrasher

5451_0010 Louis B. Mayer circa 1939

5426_0001 Richard Zanuck (Vice President in Charge of Production) 1968 20th Century-Fox Film Corporation

5451_0065 Louis B. Mayer circa 1939

5451_0063 Louis B. Mayer and Lewis Stone circa 1936

5451_0064 Louis B. Mayer with Lana Turner and Tony Martin circa 1941

5181_0026 John Travolta September 1976 © 1978 Gene Trindl

5418_0053 "The Partridge Family" Susan Dey, Danny Bonaduce, David Cassidy, Shirley Jones & Dave Madden C. 1972 **I.V.

4947_0003 Vilma Banky c. 1926 Godeyn Studio Photo **I.V.

4836_0003 Mahalia Jackson circa 1956 © 1978 Bud Gray

4836_0002 Mahalia Jackson circa 1956 © 1978 Bud Gray

4043_0008 Noel Harrison at a recording session 1967 © 1978 Ed Thrasher

3870_0001 Trumpeter Harry 'Sweets' Edison playing during a Frank Sinatra recording session 1965 © 1978 Ted Allan

3985_0091 Paul Hesse Studios (La Cienega & Sunset Blvd.) circa 1950s © 1978 Paul Hesse

3870_0002 Count Basie during a Frank Sinatra recording session 1965 © 1978 Ted Allan

2995_0296 Barbra Streisand's hands May 1971 © 1978 Ed Thrasher

2995_0295 Barbra Streisand May 1971 © 1978 Ed Thrasher

18323_0002 "Our Family Honor" Eli Wallach 1985 © 1985 Mario Casilli

18323_0001 "Our Family Honor" Eli Wallach 1985 © 1985 Mario Casilli

17546_0002 Wifredo Lam in Cuba 1950 © 2000 Mark Shaw

17546_0004 Wifredo Lam in Cuba 1950 © 2000 Mark Shaw

16836_0004 "Foul-Ups, Bleeps & Blunders" Steve Lawrence 1984 © 1984 Mario Casilli

16836_0003 "Foul-Ups, Bleeps & Blunders" Don Rickles, Steve Lawrence 1984 © 1984 Mario Casilli

16836_0002 "Foul-Ups, Bleeps & Blunders" Don Rickles 1984 © 1984 Mario Casilli

16836_0001 "Foul-Ups, Bleeps & Blunders" Don Rickles 1984 © 1984 Mario Casilli

1491_0023 "Mary Tyler Moore Show, The" Mary Tyler Moore 1970 CBS © 1978 Gene Trindl MPTV

14346_0008 "Fame" Lori Singer 1982 © 1982 Gene Trindl

12746_0006 The Electric Prunes during a recording session 1967 © 1978 Ed Thrasher

12410_0008 Joan Miro 1955 © 2000 Mark Shaw

12410_0010 Joan Miro in his Barcelona studio 1955 © 2000 Mark Shaw

12406_0007 Marc Chagall in his studio in Vence, France 1955 © 2001 Mark Shaw

12052_0007 Fernand Leger with British model Anne Gunning in his Paris studio 1955 © 2001 Mark Shaw

10894_0044 "The Cosby Show" Bill Cosby, Tempestt Bledsoe 1984 © 1984 Mario Casilli

24383_2130 "Network" Peter Finch 1976 ** I.V.

2995_0533 Karl Richardson, Albhy Galuten, Barbra Streisand, Charles Koppelman and Barry Gibb during the recording session for the album, "Guilty" 1980 © 1980 Mario Casilli

24302_0214 Dwayne McDuffie, Denys Cowan and Andrew Burrell 1994 © Ken Shung

24302_0215 Derek Dingle, Dwayne McDuffie, Denys Cowan and Andrew Burrell 1994 © Ken Shung

0337_3015 Frank Sinatra with George Harrison and Pattie Boyd at a Reprise recording session (Jilly Rizzo, Mo Ostin and Don Costa in background) 1968 © 1978 Ed Thrasher

24331_0344 Wah Wah Watson (aka Melvin M. Ragin) recording music for "Car Wash: The Musical" 2013 © 2013 Bobby Holland

24331_0343 Wah Wah Watson (aka Melvin M. Ragin) recording music for "Car Wash: The Musical" 2013 © 2013 Bobby Holland

24331_0345 Wah Wah Watson (aka Melvin M. Ragin) recording music for "Car Wash: The Musical" 2013 © 2013 Bobby Holland

24331_0347 Wah Wah Watson (aka Melvin M. Ragin) recording music for "Car Wash: The Musical" 2013 © 2013 Bobby Holland

24331_0346 Wah Wah Watson (aka Melvin M. Ragin) recording music for "Car Wash: The Musical" 2013 © 2013 Bobby Holland

24383_1270 Merle Haggard circa 1970s ** I.V.

24383_1269 Merle Haggard circa 1970s ** I.V.

2995_0530 Barbra Streisand and Barry Gibb during the recording session for the album, "Guilty" 1980 © 1980 Mario Casilli

0336_0213 Nancy Sinatra at a recording session 1967 © 1978 David Sutton

24383_1171 Louis Armstrong circa 1970s ** I.V.M.

4956_0075 The Everly Brothers (Don Everly) 1965 © 1978 Ed Thrasher

24383_0933 Peggy Lee recording the album "The Man I Love" 1957 ** I.V.

4956_0073 The Everly Brothers (Don Everly) 1965 © 1978 Ed Thrasher

3747_0116 "A Star Is Born" Judy Garland, director George Cukor 1954 © 1978 Bob Willoughby

0337_2028 Frank Sinatra at the Reprise recording session of "L.A. Is My Lady" at A&R Studios, New York 1984 © 1984 Ed Thrasher

2995_0512 Barbra Streisand in the studio at a recording session for the album "Barbra Joan Streisand" 1971 © 1978 Ed Thrasher

2995_0511 Barbra Streisand in the studio at a recording session for the album "Barbra Joan Streisand" 1971 © 1978 Ed Thrasher

2995_0513 Barbra Streisand in the studio at a recording session for the album "Barbra Joan Streisand" 1971 © 1978 Ed Thrasher

10589_0008 Samuel Goldwyn Studios fire May 6, 1974 © 1978 Sid Avery

0337_2079 Frank Sinatra with daughter Nancy at a recording session 1967 © 1978 Ed Thrasher

4836_0007 Mahalia Jackson circa 1956 © 1978 Bud Gray

9495_0001 "Good Times" Esther Rolle, John Amos, Jimmie Walker 1975 Photo By Gabi Rona

24383_0804 Art Pepper, Med Flory, Bill Perkins, Bud Shank, Bob Enevoldsen and Mel Lewis at the session for "Art Pepper + Eleven" 1960 © 1978 Roger Marshutz ** I.V.M.

2995_0507 Billy Preston at the Barbra Streisand recording session for the album "Barbra Joan Streisand" 1971 © 1978 Ed Thrasher

2995_0508 Billy Preston, Richard Perry and Barbra Streisand at the Barbra Streisand recording session for the album "Barbra Joan Streisand" 1971 © 1978 Ed Thrasher

2995_0505 Billy Preston at the Barbra Streisand recording session for the album "Barbra Joan Streisand" 1971 © 1978 Ed Thrasher

2995_506 Billy Preston at the Barbra Streisand recording session for the album "Barbra Joan Streisand" 1971 © 1978 Ed Thrasher

0733_2504 Judy Garland at E.M.I. Studios, St. Johns Wood, London during a recording session for "I Could Go on Singing" 1962 © 1978 Bob Willoughby

0733_2501 Judy Garland, producer Lawrence Turman and Saul Chaplin at E.M.I. Studios, St. Johns Wood, London in the playback room listening to the takes from "I Could Go on Singing" 1962 © 1978 Bob Willoughby

0733_2503 Judy Garland with her children, Lorna Luft, Joey Luft and Liza Minnelli, at E.M.I. Studios, St. Johns Wood, London during a recording session for "I Could Go on Singing" 1962 © 1978 Bob Willoughby

24388_0065 Messenger Vee Carson at MGM Studios 1943 © 1978 Ruth Orkin

24388_0067 Messenger Vee Carson at MGM Studios 1943 © 1978 Ruth Orkin

24388_0066 Messenger Vee Carson at MGM Studios 1943 © 1978 Ruth Orkin

24383_0444 Director Sidney Lumet, Rob Cohen and Quincy Jones during the making of "The Wiz" 1978 ** I.V.

23751_0103 Berry Gordy at Motown Records Recording Studios in Hollywood circa mid 1970s © 1978 Bobby Holland

23751_0102 Berry Gordy at Motown Records Recording Studios in Hollywood circa mid 1970s © 1978 Bobby Holland

23742_0126 Rick James circa 1978 © 1978 Bobby Holland

12492_0015 George Benson at the recording session for Frank Sinatra's album "L.A. Is My Lady" 1984 © 1984 Ed Thrasher

12492_0014 George Benson at the recording session for Frank Sinatra's album "L.A. Is My Lady" 1984 © 1984 Ed Thrasher

12492_0013 George Benson at the recording session for Frank Sinatra's album "L.A. Is My Lady" 1984 © 1984 Ed Thrasher

24388_0047 Jane Russell 1950 © 1978 Ruth Orkin