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Spade Cooley: a Novel Ellen Melinkoff
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Spade Cooley: a Novel
Ellen Melinkoff
"In the 1940s and ?50s Spade Cooley, the King of Western Swing, played to sellout crowds at the Santa Monica Ballroom. He charmed audiences with his fine fiddling, self-deprecating manner, and bounce-all-over-the-stage exuberance. Adapting his ballroom show for live television, The Spade Cooley Show, began broadcasting in 1948 and made Cooley the top local television entertainer for several years.
He married one of his band singers, Ella Mae Evans. Their fifteen-year marriage was plagued with Cooley?s drunk and jealous rage and ended with Cooley beating his wife to death. The front-page trial ended with Cooley?s conviction.
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| Media | Books Paperback Book (Book with soft cover and glued back) |
| Released | September 9, 2010 |
| ISBN13 | 9781453531129 |
| Publishers | Xlibris, Corp. |
| Pages | 266 |
| Dimensions | 15 × 152 × 229 mm · 394 g |
| Language | English |
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