1.   Before anybody had any airs about pop singing, Fitzgerald was one of the best.

2.   After military service, which settled him down, he was unsure whether to aim for pop singing, acting or filmmaking.

3.   But pop singing pays little.

4.   Editor Steve Knopper has put together the most readable and informative reference book on pop singing in this century that you will ever see.

5.   He brought a sincerity to pop singing.

6.   Rosemary Clooney showed that nothing can beat artful simplicity in pop singing.

7.   There is a wonderful, innocent quality in his voice that makes his pop singing so attractive, and it works very well in the Verdi Requiem.