Greetings from Toyland!
I never liked Gerald Bordman who was pompous, arrogant, and a lousy author. He lived in Bucks County, PA, and he would come into the Drama Book Shop on Saturdays before a matinee and play "author." I remember two things about him:
1. When Bill Tynes produced a 1985 centennial concert for Jerome Kern, for which I supplied several orchestrations, everyone involved got a "Jerome Kern Centennial" button, which I wore on my coat; Bordman jumped me in the theatre district one Saturday demanding to know wty I was wearing the button; he was the author of a Kern biography!
2. One day at the Drama Book Shop, I had a reference call about what one-acts were in Thornton Wilder's "Plays for Bleeker Street." I went to Bordman's book on American Theatre and discovered Wilder had only written five plays: THE SKIN OF OUR TEETH, OUR TOWN, THE MATCHMAKER, PULLMAN CAR HIAWATHA, and THE LONG CHRISTMAS DINNER; I was so pissed that I called his publisher, asked to speak to the editor and told him Bordman's books were worthless for reference!
GIRL GROUPS: The Boswell Sisters, The Andrews Sisters, The Dixie Cups, The Shirelles, Martha and the Vandellas
BOY GROUPS: The Drifters, JQ and the Bandits