Jazz, Blues, Bebop, Big Band

Martha Tilton on NBC radio (1941)

Martha Tilton - I’ll Walk Alone (1944)

Woody Guthrie with his guitar (1941)

Woody Guthrie - This Land Is Your Land (1944)

Nat King Cole with his daughter Natalie Cole at Christmas time (1955)

Nat King Cole - Chestnuts Roasting on an Open Fire (1946)

Photograph by Gordon Parks for “Life” magazine

Eartha Kitt - Santa Baby (1953)

Frank Sinatra being admired by fans (1943)

Frank Sinatra- Have Yourself a Merry Little Christmas (1963)

Fred Astaire and Bing Crosby on the set of “Blue Skies” (1946)

Bing Crosby - White Christmas (1942)

Sammy Davis Jr being photographed by James Dean (1955)

Sammy Davis Jr and Judy Garland performing a medley of songs on the NBC broadcast of the Sammy Davis Jr Show (1966)

Lena Horne performing at the Waldorf-Astoria hotel (1957)

Lena Horne - Stormy Weather (1943)

Nat King Cole recording at Capitol Recordig Studios in Los Angeles (1963)