But, in fairness to them, too, the popular song per se is really a pretty shallow medium to perform in.

I would be a liar if I said it wouldn't be lovely and soothing - that's the word - to have a hit single or a hit album.

As regards my feelings about drummers - there's Buddy Rich, and then there's everybody else.

To me, nostalgia is nothing more than a mindless plundering of the past for the commonplace.

As Buddy Rich, for instance, broke into the business at the age of three, I think it was, on drums, so indeed did I break into the business at the age of four as a singer.

I got into radio when I was eight, and I was one of the busiest child dramatic actors in America.

Since the advent of Benny Goodman, there have been too few clarinetists to fill the void that Goodman left. Ken Peplowski is most certainly one of those few. The man is magic.