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[Autograph Album] Sinatra, Frank. (1915–1998) & Ellington, Duke. (1899–1974) & Calloway, Cab. (1907–1994) & Krupa, Gene. (1909–1973) & Adler, Larry. (1914–2001) & Dorsey, Jimmy. (1904–1957) & Dorsey, Tommy. (1905–1956) & Sullivan, Ed. (1901–1974) & Crosby, Bob. (1913–1993) & Cugat, Xavier. (1900–990) & Rogers, Roy. (1911–1998). 1940's Radio Host Autograph Album Signed by Dozens.
An interesting and attractive album of warm personal inscriptions and autograph signatures assembled in the 1940s by Dick Gilbert, a DJ on Arizona radio station KTYL who hosted on his show a veritable who's-who of popular music of the era. The leather album, embossed with Gilbert's name, contains signatures and personal inscriptions from jazz musicians, bandleaders, singers, actors, and Latin stars including Frank Sinatra, Duke Ellington, Cab Calloway, Gene Krupa, the Andrews Sisters, Ed Sullivan, Tito Guizar, Cab Calloway, Jimmy and Tommy Dorsey, Roy Rogers (and Trigger!) and many more. Most of the stars have written notes of thanks to Gilbert, some even adding sketches (the first page of the album has an amusing self-portrait caricature by Xavier Cugat). Frank Sinatra writes "It's kinda hard to think of the proper words to show my gratitude - so I'll just say thanx Dick - and you'll know what I mean," dated January 1943, and Krupa inscribes "To Dick - Thankz Ten Million For All The Fine Plugs." Included with the album in its original box are four brightly colored posters from Gilbert's show, each advertising a new record of the late 1940's and featuring a great caricature of Gilbert with a pile of records. Also included is a further unidentified signature on a brochure from an Arizona golf course.

The album, in very fine condition with decorative stamped endpapers, upper for˜edge in gilt and embossed leather cover, 6.5 x 8.75 inches (17.7 x 22.5 cm); posters have been trimmed to 14 x 8.5 inches (35.4 x 21.5 cm).

The signatures include: Xavier Cugat (with caricature); Carmen Cavallaro; Frank Sinatra; Duke Ellington; Larry Adler (with caricature of himself playing harmonica); Connee Boswell; Abe Lyman; Jimmy Dorsey; Joan Edwards; Bob Crosby; Dick Todd; Enrique Madriguera; Patricia Gilmore (a singer with Enrique Madriguera's orchestra); Bea Wain; Laverne, Maxine, and Patricia Andrews (the complete Andrews Sisters) on one page; Tito Guizar (two signatures); Johnny Long; Ed Sullivan; Allan Jones; Russ Morgan; Ted Fiorito; Frankie Carle; Vaughn Monroe; Lina Romay; Charlie Spivak; Cab Calloway; Eddie Howard; Les Brown; Gene Krupa; Johnnie Johnston; Andy Russell; Jo Stafford; Guy Lombardo; Louis Jordan; Erskine Hawkins; Tommy Dorsey; Roy Rogers & Trigger.

[Autograph Album] Sinatra, Frank. (1915–1998) & Ellington, Duke. (1899–1974) & Calloway, Cab. (1907–1994) & Krupa, Gene. (1909–1973) & Adler, Larry. (1914–2001) & Dorsey, Jimmy. (1904–1957) & Dorsey, Tommy. (1905–1956) & Sullivan, Ed. (1901–1974) & Crosby

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[Autograph Album] Sinatra, Frank. (1915–1998) & Ellington, Duke. (1899–1974) & Calloway, Cab. (1907–1994) & Krupa, Gene. (1909–1973) & Adler, Larry. (1914–2001) & Dorsey, Jimmy. (1904–1957) & Dorsey, Tommy. (1905–1956) & Sullivan, Ed. (1901–1974) & Crosby, Bob. (1913–1993) & Cugat, Xavier. (1900–990) & Rogers, Roy. (1911–1998). 1940's Radio Host Autograph Album Signed by Dozens.
An interesting and attractive album of warm personal inscriptions and autograph signatures assembled in the 1940s by Dick Gilbert, a DJ on Arizona radio station KTYL who hosted on his show a veritable who's-who of popular music of the era. The leather album, embossed with Gilbert's name, contains signatures and personal inscriptions from jazz musicians, bandleaders, singers, actors, and Latin stars including Frank Sinatra, Duke Ellington, Cab Calloway, Gene Krupa, the Andrews Sisters, Ed Sullivan, Tito Guizar, Cab Calloway, Jimmy and Tommy Dorsey, Roy Rogers (and Trigger!) and many more. Most of the stars have written notes of thanks to Gilbert, some even adding sketches (the first page of the album has an amusing self-portrait caricature by Xavier Cugat). Frank Sinatra writes "It's kinda hard to think of the proper words to show my gratitude - so I'll just say thanx Dick - and you'll know what I mean," dated January 1943, and Krupa inscribes "To Dick - Thankz Ten Million For All The Fine Plugs." Included with the album in its original box are four brightly colored posters from Gilbert's show, each advertising a new record of the late 1940's and featuring a great caricature of Gilbert with a pile of records. Also included is a further unidentified signature on a brochure from an Arizona golf course.

The album, in very fine condition with decorative stamped endpapers, upper for˜edge in gilt and embossed leather cover, 6.5 x 8.75 inches (17.7 x 22.5 cm); posters have been trimmed to 14 x 8.5 inches (35.4 x 21.5 cm).

The signatures include: Xavier Cugat (with caricature); Carmen Cavallaro; Frank Sinatra; Duke Ellington; Larry Adler (with caricature of himself playing harmonica); Connee Boswell; Abe Lyman; Jimmy Dorsey; Joan Edwards; Bob Crosby; Dick Todd; Enrique Madriguera; Patricia Gilmore (a singer with Enrique Madriguera's orchestra); Bea Wain; Laverne, Maxine, and Patricia Andrews (the complete Andrews Sisters) on one page; Tito Guizar (two signatures); Johnny Long; Ed Sullivan; Allan Jones; Russ Morgan; Ted Fiorito; Frankie Carle; Vaughn Monroe; Lina Romay; Charlie Spivak; Cab Calloway; Eddie Howard; Les Brown; Gene Krupa; Johnnie Johnston; Andy Russell; Jo Stafford; Guy Lombardo; Louis Jordan; Erskine Hawkins; Tommy Dorsey; Roy Rogers & Trigger.