Authors’ Note

As indicated by the title, Hollywood Songsters includes performers who have had success both as singers and as film stars of American-made movies. In compiling this volume, we have tried to include a variety of personalities who have been popular since the introduction of sound to movies in the late 1920s. Naturally, some of those included have had more success than others and some are associated more with singing than acting, or vice versa, but all have had an impact...