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File with materials related to singer Johnny Bufano, a contemporary of Frank Sinatra.
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File with materials formerly belonging to or about singer Johnny Bufano, a contemporary of Frank Sinatra.
Newsclipping: The Bergen Record, June 20, 1980. "Sounds like Sinatra but he's his own man." Biographical article about Bufano with photo.
Newsclipping: captioned photo from Hudson Dispatch, August 25, 1960 of Bufano, with his father, Danny Glover (a semi-pro league baseball manager), and Joe DiMaggio (left) at the Copacabana night club in New York City. Johnny Bufano was performing there.
Photocopied photo of Bufano at a piano, no date, circa 1960's.
Holographic song lyrics for "The Lady is a Tramp" re-written by Bufana and incorporating Jersey City into them. No date, circa late 1930's or 1940's. (Original song was written in 1937.)
Two leaves from a Standard Dance Music Guide for musicians, copyright 1941 used in conjunction with a separate "Fake List." Leaf with cover & page 1 (shown) plus leaf with pages 18-19 are present (page 19 would appear to be the back cover from the table of contents); other contents referred to are not present.
A card from a pay telephone booth with lyrics written in pencil on the reverse by Bufano. Phone card is 7" x 10-1/4" wide. New Jersey Bell Telephone Company, no date circa 1950's- mid 1960's: "Deposit coin and Wait for the Dial Tone Before You Dial. Otherwise, you'll get a wrong number or no number at all. These days the dial tone may be delayed when the equipment is overloaded." "The dial tone means 'Number Please?'"
2007.062.0010
2007.062
McNamara, John
Gift
Gift of John McNamara
1940 - 1965
Date(s) Created: 1940-1965 Date(s): 1940-1965
Fair
Status: OK Status By: dw Status Date: 2007-10-01