When swing was the thing : personality profiles of the big band era / John R. Tumpak.

The band leaders. Van Alexander ; Benny Goodman ; Horace Heidt ; Jonn Kirby ; Kay Kyser ; Billy May ; Ray McKinley ; Glenn Miller ; Alvino Rey and the King Sisters ; Jan Savitt ; Artie Shaw ; Orrin Tucker ; Chick Webb and Mario Bauza ; Gerald Wilson
The musicians. Ernani Bernardi ; Milt Bernhart ; Buddy Childers ; Jack Costanzo ; Rosalind Cron ; Alan Greenspan ; Jack Hanna ; Roc Hillman ; Legh Knowles ; John LaPorta ; Willie Schwartz and Peggy Clark ; Chico Sesma ; Butch Stone ; Paul Tanner ; Zeke Zarchy
The vocalists. Bob Eberly ; Herb Jeffries ; Jack Leonard ; Dolores O'Neill ; Andy Russell ; Jo Stafford ; Kay Starr ; Garry Stevens ; Martha Tilton ; Bea Wain ; Margaret Whiting
The arrangers. Frank Comstock ; Fletcher Henderson, Don Redman, and Sy Oliver ; Johnny Mandel
The contributors. Chuck Cecil ; Henry Holloway ; Tom Sheils ; George T. Simon.