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Audio cassette including Paul Lavern Cummings with "Jimmie" and "George" in candid conversations about female singers who inspired and influenced Lavern Cummings; discussions of Cumming's professional career, past performances, the Jewel Box Revue; comments on other female impersonators; side A ends with the recording of an appearance by female impersonator Jim Bailey on Johnny Carson's Tonight Show, recorded at Cummings' apartment at 470 Collingwood Street, San Francisco, California; and at 58 Helen (?) Street, San Francisco, California; side B also includes Cummings' studio recording of the songs, "Almost in Your Arms;" "Wrap Your Troubles in Dreams;" "That Rainy Day is Here;" " and "Love Me With All Your Heart;" Cummings' June 1973 live performance at the Thousand and One Nights nightclub on Eddy Street in San Francisco, California; and a 1978 performance at Finocchio's when Cummings sang, "What I Did for Love", approximately 1970 to 1979

Level of Description

Item

Identifier

MS_00971_037

Date

1970 to 1979

Extent

13 digital_files

Container

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Collection Number: MS-00971
Collection Name: Paul Lavern Cummings Papers
Box/Folder: Digital File 00
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