Download e-book for kindle: From Small Screen to Vinyl: A Guide to Television Stars Who by Bob Leszczak

By Bob Leszczak

ISBN-10: 1442242736

ISBN-13: 9781442242739

From its infancy, tv networks and studios discover others avenues to extend their sales. with ease adequate, a number of movie studios and construction companies—MGM, MTM, Columbia/Screen gemstones, expertise affiliates, Warner Brothers—had their very own list label divisions. the most obvious profit used to be go merchandising: a tv sequence will be plugged at the list and the checklist might be promoted at the television express. notwithstanding few and much among, numerous tv performers went directly to turn into significant recording stars. Ricky Nelson all started as a toddler actor on The Adventures of Ozzie and Harriet sooner than dominating rock and pa charts. Johnny Crawford of The Rifleman, Walter Brennan of The actual McCoys, or even Bruce Willis of Moonlighting all scored best Ten hit singles. yet those have been simply the standouts from the loads of television actors who recorded songs, and the tales at the back of their documents are easily fascinating.

In From Small display to Vinyl: A consultant to television Stars Who Made files 1950-2000, writer Bob Leszczak deals a glance at countless numbers of stars who played double responsibility: as a tv performer in addition to a recording artist. He seems to be not just on the express and the performer however the behind-the-scenes dramas that spread out as each one tried to take on the 2 various mediums. via his interviews with lots of those multitaskers, the writer has exposed new, and ordinarily by no means prior to recognized evidence approximately those that sought to beat the area of vinyl.

As Leszczak stresses, so much eagerly embraced the chance to list, whereas others observed it as an important evil—the results of contractual duties or pressures. Entries are indexed alphabetically from Nick Adams (of The Rebel) to Efrem Zimbalist, Jr. (of 77 sundown Strip). additionally incorporated are over eighty images of those infrequent releases taken from the author’s deepest assortment. For a brand new examine your previous favorites, From Small monitor to Vinyl, permit you to see that simply because one is a television famous person doesn't suggest that she or he doesn't be able to extend past their appearing prowess.

Baby boomers, enthusiasts of vintage hits radio, and devotees of vintage television courses will locate From Small display to Vinyl a treasure trove of television and list trivia—and no television or tune library might be thought of entire with out it.

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