Chapters in this book

1. Frontmatter i
2. Contents vii
3. Acknowledgments ix
4. Introduction 1
5. One. Putting Over a Song 37
6. Two. Crooning Goes Electric 74
7. Three. Falling in Love with a Voice 126
8. Four. “The Mouth of the Machine” 160
9. Five “A Supine Sinking into the Primeval Ooze” 208
10. Six “The Kind of Natural that Worked” 264
11. Conclusion 311
12. Notes 333
13. Bibliography 375
14. Index 411