5704_101 Chet Baker and Bud Shank at a recording session, 1953. © 1978 Bob Willoughby / MPTV

5062_110 Louis Armstrong and Velma Middleton, 1950. © 1978 Bob Willoughby / MPTV

5062_112 Louis Armstrong signing a record for a fan, 1950. © 1978 Bob Willoughby / MPTV

57_101 Stan Kenton in Balboa, 1950. © 1978 Bob Willoughby / MPTV

4867_105 Billy Eckstine and George Shearing in Los Angeles, CA, 1950. © 1978 Bob Willoughby / MPTV

5103_2 Composer Arturo Toscanini, circa 1940. © 1978 Laszlo Willinger MPTV

4867_101 Billy Eckstine in Los Angeles, CA, 1950. © 1978 Bob Willoughby / MPTV

4867_104 Billy Eckstine at home, 1950. © 1978 Bob Willoughby / MPTV

5372_0038 "Man Who Knew Too Much, The" Director Alfred Hitchcock on set. 1955/Paramount © 1978 Sanford Roth / AMPAS

5062_0002 Louis Armstrong, circa 1966. © 1978 Glenn Embree MPTV

4643_0026 The Beatles' Paul McCartney in performance, circa 1964 © 1978 Gunther MPTV

4991_2 Dizzy Gillespie in Los Angeles, CA, 1951. © 1978 Bob Willoughby / MPTV

4643_0025 The Beatles' Paul McCartney in performance circa 1964 © 1978 Gunther

4867_102 Billy Eckstine at home, 1950. © 1978 Bob Willoughby / MPTV

5062_104 Louis Armstrong and his wife, Lil, on the set of "High Society," MGM 1956. © 1978 Bob Willoughby / MPTV

5062_270 Louis Armstrong, 1950. © 1978 Bob Willoughby / MPTV

4865_21 The Supremes (Diana Ross, Cindy Birdsong, Mary Wilson) 1967 © 1978 Wallace Seawell

4867_103 Billy Eckstine at home, 1950. © 1978 Bob Willoughby / MPTV

4861_1 Billie Holiday at the Tiffany Club, Los Angeles, CA, 1951. © 1978 Bob Willoughby / MPTV

4000_110 Donald O'Connor, circa 1965. © 1978 Glenn Embree MPTV

4001_0011 Eleanor Powell in "Born to Dance," 1936. © 1978 Ted Allan MPTV

3747_110 Judy Garland and James Mason on the set of "A Star Is Born," 1954. © 1978 Sanford Roth, AMPAS MPTV

3604_702 "My Fair Lady," Warner Bros. 1963. Frederick Lowe (composer) visiting Audrey Hepburn on the set. © 1978 Bob Willoughby / MPTV

337_1719 Frank Sinatra and John Denver on the TV special, "Sinatra and Friends," 1977. © 1978 Bud Gray MPTV

289_325 Lee Liberace at home in his walk-in closet, circa 1960. © 1978 Eric Skipsey MPTV

337_1690 Frank Sinatra at "The Man with the Golden Arm" recording session, Hollywood, CA, 1955. © 1978 Bob Willoughby / MPTV

337_1138 Frank Sinatra and Count Basie at a recording session, 1963. © 1978 Ted Allan MPTV

289_314 Lee Liberace at home in his walk-in closet with his mirror reflection, circa 1960. © 1978 Eric Skipsey MPTV

2386_0022 Mitzi Gaynor, circa 1966. © 1978 Glenn Embree MPTV

289_297 Lee Liberace, circa 1964. © 1978 Glenn Embree MPTV

337_1689 Frank Sinatra at "The Man with the Golden Arm" recording session, Hollywood, CA, 1955. © 1978 Bob Willoughby / MPTV

30_7 Jascha Heifetz playing the violin circa 1937 Photo by George Hurrell

2326_301 Duke Ellington at the Shrine Auditorium for Gene Norman's "Just Jazz" concert, Los Angeles, CA, 1951. © 1978 Bob Willoughby / MPTV

2353_102 Ella Fitzgerald at the Shrine Auditorium for Norman Granz's "Jazz at the Philharmonic" concert, Los Angeles, CA, 1950. © 1978 Bob Willoughby / MPTV

2408_0017 Robert Goulet circa 1964 © 1978 Glenn Embree

2326_201 Duke Ellington backstage at the Shrine Auditorium for Gene Norman's "Just Jazz" concert, Los Angeles, CA, 1951. © 1978 Bob Willoughby / MPTV

2386_0023 Mitzi Gaynor, circa 1970. © 1978 Glenn Embree MPTV

2891_6 Diana Ross, circa 1967. © 1978 Glenn Embree MPTV

22_0197 Dean Martin raising a glass on "The Dean Martin Show," NBC, 1965. © 1978 Bud Gray MPTV

1987_101 Chico Hamilton, 1956. © 1978 Bob Willoughby / MPTV

2326_101 Duke Ellington at the Shrine Auditorium for Gene Norman's "Just Jazz" concert, Los Angeles, CA, 1951. © 1978 Bob Willoughby / MPTV

2353_101 Ella Fitzgerald at the Shrine Auditorium for Norman Granz's "Jazz at the Philharmonic" concert, Los Angeles, CA, 1950. © 1978 Bob Willoughby / MPTV

13399_8 David McMurrary at the "Jazz Gipfel" concert, Stuttgart, Germany, 1992. © 1978 Bob Willoughby / MPTV

13380_4 Chick Corea and Bob Berg (sax) at the sound check for the "Jazz Gipfel" concert, Stuttgart, Germany, 1992. © 1978 Bob Willoughby / MPTV

13402_1 Ornette Coleman at the "Jazz Gipfel" concert, Stuttgart, Germany, 1992. © 1978 Bob Willoughby / MPTV

13402_2 Ornette Coleman at the "Jazz Gipfel" concert, Stuttgart, Germany, 1992. © 1978 Bob Willoughby / MPTV

13360_301 Stan Kenton Orchestra: Stan Kenton and other members in Balboa 1950. © 1978 Bob Willoughby

13371_30 N.Y. Jazz Giants: Lew Tabackin, John Faddis, and Tom Harrell at the "Jazz Gipfel" concert, Stuttgart, Germany, 1992. © 1978 Bob Willoughby / MPTV

13407_13 Arthur Barrow of Band from Utopia at the "Jazz Gipfel" concert, Stuttgart, Germany, 1992. © 1978 Bob Willoughby / MPTV

13358_22 Russ Freeman, 1953. © 1978 Bob Willoughby / MPTV