The Good Life (39 page)

“Antonia,”
217

Apocalypse Now
,
174

Apollo Theater,
88

Arison, Harold Lindsay “Lin,”
71
–72,
73
,
74
,
75
,
76

Arison, Janie,
74

Arkansas,
164

Arlen, Harold,
159
–60,
214
,
254

Armed Forces Network,
72

Armed Forces Radio Service,
75

Armstrong, Louis,
46
,
81
,
94
,
175
,
193
,
205

Army Air Force (AAF) Band,
71
–72,
74

Around the World
in
Jazz
(album),
148

Art of Excellence, The
(album),
240
–41

“Art of Excellence Tour, The,”
241

Arthur Godfrey’s Talent Scouts
,
91

Arts & Entertainment Network,
252

Asbury Park, New Jersey,
130

Ascher, Sid,
113

Associated Press,
47

Astaire, Fred,
39
,
218
–19,
222
,
227
,
247
,
251

Astoria, Queens,
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–24,
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–47,
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53
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114
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203
,
214
,
242

Astoria Park,
20

Astoria: Portrait of the

Artist
(album),
242
,
244

Austin, Texas,
226

Avakian, George,
133

B-G Bottomless Coffee (New York City),
83

Bacharach, Burt,
200

Bad Schwalbach,
72

Bailey, Mildred,
101

Bailey, Pearl,
92
–94,
97
,
98
,
216

Bal Masque (Miami),
201

Bal Tabarin (New York City),
81

Balliet, Whitney,
208

Band of Renown,
98

Bari, Joe,
48
,
74
,
93,
95
Barnes, George,
216

Barnicort, John,
213
,
243

Barrymore, Lionel,
176

Basie, Count,
48
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73
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82
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86
–87,
88
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94
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101
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104
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115
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127
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147
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–55,
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201
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,
217
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220
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224
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233
,
238
,
246
,
250

Basie Swings Bennett Sings
(album),
154

Basil, Louis,
175

Basin Street East (New York),
253

Batista, Fulgencio,
143
,
144

Battery Park,
10

Battle of the Bulge,
56
,
63

Baylin, Basil,
243

BBC,
148
,
192
,
208

BBC Radio and Television Orchestra,
77

Beech, Patricia

see Bennett, Patricia Beech

Beat of My Heart
(album),
150
,
151
,
152
,
155

“Beat of My Heart, The” (song),
150

“Beatlemania,”
179

Beatles,
37
,
179
,
199

“Because of You,”
109
,
113
,
114
,
116
,
117
,
134
,
195

Belafonte, Harry,
181
–82

Bellini, Vincenzo,
25

Bells Are Ringing
,
125

Bellson, Louis,
43
,
93
,
94
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189
,
203
,
215
,
216

Benedetto, Anna Suraci,
10
,
12

Benedetto, Antoinette,
11
–12

Benedetto, Dominica,
30

Benedetto, Dominick,
10
,
12
,
30
–31

Benedetto, Frances,
8
,
10

Benedetto, Giovanni,
7

Benedetto, Giovanni (John),
8
,
12

Benedetto, John, Jr.,
12
,
20
,
24
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25
–26,
32
,
51
,
62
,
256

Benedetto, Maria,
7
,
10
,
11
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16
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21
–22

Benedetto, Mary,
12
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20
,
27
,
32
,
116
–17,
137
,
169
,
190
,
236
,
255
,
256

Benedetto family,
7
,
8
,
10
,
11
–12,
217

Bennett, Antonia,
217
,
220
,
223
,
233
,
257

Bennett, Austin,
256

Bennett, Daegal,
140
,
151
,
222
,
233
,
253
,
256

Bennett, D’Andrea (Danny),
131
–32,
140
,
151
,
199
,
222
,
235–54
,
236
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237
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–40,
242
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–45,
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256

Bennett, Jared,
256

Bennett, Joanna,
203
–02,
205
,
212
,
213
,
220
,
223
,
233
,
257

Bennett, Kelsey,
256

Bennett, Patricia Beech,
119
–22,
129
,
130
,
131
–32,
140
,
141
,
142
–43,
144
–45,
151
,
154
–55,
158
–59,
166
,
170
,
185
,
189
,
200
,
203
,
205

Bennett, Rémy,
256
–59

Bennett, Sandra Grant,
185
–86,
190
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203
,
209
,
212
,
213
,
217
,
231
,
232
,
234

Bennett and Baste Together!
(TV special),
238

Bennett/Berlin
(album),
242

Bennett on Holiday
(album),
252
,
253

“Bennett Tones, The” (fan club),
116

Berger’s disease,
197

Bergman, Alan,
200
,
209
,
240

Bergman, Marilyn,
200
,
209
,
240

Berkeley, Busby,
175

Berklee School of” Music,
257

Berle, Milton,
87
,
175
,
185

Berlin, Germany,
61

Berlin, Irving,
242

Bernstein, Leonard,
104
,
182

Berry, Chuck,
161

Bertocini, Gene,
195

“Best Is Yet to Come, The,”
172
–73,
246

Beverly Hills,
217
,
234

Bible Belt,
111

Billboard
magazine,
109
,
110
,
177
,
253

Birdland,
86
,
219

Bishop, Joey,
140
,
158

Black, Herbert,
59

Black Orchid (club, Chicago),
155
–56

Black Orpheus
,
187

“Black Rock,”
12
,
234

Blackpool, England,
51

Blakey, Art,
151

Bloom, Rube,
87
–88

“Blue Moon,”
87
–88

“Blue Velvet,”
110
,
112
,
219

“Blues in the Night,”
67

“Body and Soul,”
76

Bogart, Humphrey,
23

Bolger, Ray,
164

Bonfa, Luiz,
187

Bonnie
and Clyde
(film),
68

Bono,
246

Borgnine, Ernest,
185

Boston,
202

Bottom Line (club, New York),
238

“Boulevard of Broken Dreams, The,”
95
,
99
,
102
,
104
,
108
,
109

Boulton, Derek,
205
,
208
,
211
,
212
,
215
,
220

Bouvier, Jacqueline,
117

Boyd, Stephen,
185

Bracken, Eddie,
40

Braff, Ruby,
145
,
216
,
222

Brando, Marlon,
53
,
83
,
85

Briar Oaks apartment complex,
131

Brice, Fanny,
46

Bricusse, Leslie,
179
,
200
,
212

Brigham Young University,
77

Brill Building,
96
–97

Brines, Judy,
74

“British invasion, the,”
179

Broadway,
45
,
46
,
83
,
126
,
157

Broadway shows,
102
,
124
,
125

Broadway Theatre,
35
,
84

Bronx,
27
,
47

Brooklyn,
47
,
90
,
114
,
115
–16,
152
,
194

Brown, Georgie,
106

Brown, James,
239

Brown, Les,
59
–60,
76
,
98
–99

Browning automatic rifles (BARs),
53
,
58

Brubeck, Dave,
104
,
224

Bruce, Lenny,
146
,
156
,
221
,
232

Buffalo, N.Y.,
117
,
221
,
222

Bullet Records,
108

Bunch, John,
196
,
197
,
212
,
213
,
214
,
215
,
224

Burns, George,
40

Burns, Ralph,
157
–58,
161
,
175
,
183
,
195

Burr, John,
235

Burrell, Kenny,
169

Butler Institute of American Art,
243

Buzz Bin
,
248

Byrd, Charlie,
222

Byrds (band),
179

C rations,
65
,
69

“Ça, C’est L‘Amour,”
142

Caesars Palace (Las Vegas),
126
–27

Cahn, Sammy,
200
,
220
,
233

Calabria, Italy,
7
,
8
,
10
,
11
,
48

Calandrelli, Jorge,
240
,
252

Calloway, Cab,
81

Cameron, Clayton,
197
,
203
,
214
,
247

Camp Van Dorn, Centreville, Mississippi,
63

Campbell, Alan,
67

Canadian Broadcasting Corporation,
225

“Canasta Song, The,”
123

Candido,
152
,
169
,
195

“Candy,”
75

Candy, John,
238

Cantor, Eddie,
18

Capital Lounge,
216

Capitol (label),
133

“Capitol City,”
239

Capitol Records,
192
–93

Capitol Theater (New York),
90

Capitol Theater (Washington),
117

Carmen Jones
,
39

Carnegie Hall,
156
–57,
167
–68,
169
–70,
206
–07,
225
,
237
,
238

Carney, Harry,
201

Carroll, Barbara,
87

Carson, Johnny,
218
,
227
,
238
,
243
,
253

Carter, Benny,
81
,
174

Carter, Jack,
122
,
158

Casino (Toronto),
197

Castro, Fidel,
143

Catch
22
,
55

CBS,
107
,
175

CBS radio,
101
,
105

CBS Records,
243

CBS/Sony
240

CBS-TV,
105

CDs,
240

Centreville, Mississippi,
63

Chaplin, Charlie,
95
–96,
206

Charles, Hughie,
41

Charles, Ray,
241

Charles, Teddy,
148

Charlie’s Tavern,
112

Cherico, Gene,
235