There was a time when no one would have left Dick Haymes (1918-1980) out of the top class of such contemporaries as Frank Sinatra and Perry Como. But now the Argentine-born baritone is known only to those ardent fans and music historians who still claim him as one of the most talented popular singers of the twentieth century.
Haymes worked with several great bandleaders, including Benny Goodman and Tommy Dorsey, before beginning a solo career that vaulted him to Hollywood stardom. In 1944, he worked with Twentieth Century-Fox, headlining such hit musicals as Billy Rose's Diamond Horseshoe and State Fair. Such popular recordings as "Little White Lies"; "The More I See You"; "How Blue the Night"; "For You, For Me, For Evermore"; "Speak Low"; and "Another Night Like This" made him a top draw at the box office.
In the 1950s, when television took over the media landscape and the appeal of musicals declined, Hayme
