@article{1395801,
      recid = {1395801},
      author = {Propst, Andy, and Ruffalo, Mark,},
      title = {You fascinate me so : the life and times of Cy Coleman /},
      pages = {1 online resource (xviii, 487 pages, 20 unnumbered pages  of plates) :},
      abstract = {He penned songs such as Witchcraft and The Best Is Yet to  Come (signature tunes for Frank Sinatra and Tony Bennett,  respectively) and wrote such musicals as Sweet Charity, I  Love My Wife, On the Twentieth Century, and The Will Rogers  Follies yet his life has gone entirely unexplored until  now. You Fascinate Me So takes readers into the world and  work of Tony, Grammy, and Emmy Award winning  composer/performer Cy Coleman, exploring his days as a  child prodigy in the 1930s, his time as a hot jazz pianist  and early television celebrity in the 1950s, and his life  as one of Broadways preeminent composers. This first-time  biography of Coleman has been written with the full  cooperation of his estate, and it is filled with previously  unknown details about his body of work. Additionally,  interviews with colleagues and friends, including Marilyn  and Alan Bergman, Ken Howard, Michele Lee, James Naughton,  Bebe Neuwirth, Hal Prince, Chita Rivera, and Tommy Tune,  provide insight into Colemans personality and career.  Advance Praise for You Fascinate Me So "The great composer  Cy Coleman deserves this comprehensive, well-written, and  fascinating account of an important career in the musical  theater."--Hal Prince, Tony Award-winning producer and  director "Cy Coleman is my idol! Although his music was  always unmistakably from the fingers and heart of Coleman,  Cy could write in any style and always make it both  entertaining for the masses yet tasty to we musicians.  Reading Andy Propst's book is a wonderful way to relive all  the pleasures of Cy Coleman's work." --Marc Shaiman, Tony  Award-winning lyricist/composer "Cy did everything his  'own' way. He was unique. Unorthodox. I worked with and was  friends with him. I thought I knew pretty much everything  about him. Boy, was I wrong. This book is 'one hell of a  ride.'" --Michele Lee, actress.},
      url = {http://library.usi.edu/record/1395801},
}