Ms. Peggy Judy, entertainment celebrity on the cover of SHOWBIZ, PIONEERS, BEST SINGERS, MUSICIANS AND ENTERTAINERS FROM 1606 TO THE PRESENT.

American Federation of Musicians, Singers and Performing Artists (FAMSPA) newVolume IV  of the World Who's Who in Jazz, Cabaret, Music and Entertainment is here! Ladies and gentlemen of the music and entertainment industry, run to the bookstores and secure your copy! The Who’s Who in Jazz, Cabaret, Music and Entertainment made huge waves in the industry already with the previous three volumes, with divas fighting to be on the covers and legends begging to be included, but this one is the biggest and the best of the series. You have to hand it to American publishing – they know how to create glitz and glamour – the cover will take your breath away. Volume IV has 8 divas on the cover. On the front, Peggy Judy, a well seasoned entertainer and published author bursts in absolute splendour. She looks as if she stepped out of Moulin Rouge, waving her perfect legs under the can-can dress. On the back cover a bouquet of  seven accomplished singers includes Zola, Antoinette Montague, Irene Soderberg, Maria Gentile, Stephanie Jordan, Nichaud Fitzgibbon and Katie Bull. Two of them, I am thankful to say, are our own, one from New Zealand and the other from Australia, and they glow with elegance. The lucky author, who has his picture modestly placed right under this bevy of beauties, must be having a good time associating with such an entourage... Carol Lexter, associate editor of the World Who’s Who commented as follows: “They were chosen because they are among the best in the business. They have class, originality and style.”

The supreme scholarship and deep understanding of the music and entertainment industry and its history did not surprise me, since I know the author, Maximillien de Lafayette, who is an international authority on this subject; I have come to expect it.

Divas appearing on the cover of Volume IV of the World Who's Who in Jazz, Cabaret, Music and Entertainment; Antoinette Montague, Maria Gentile, Zola, Irene Soderberg, Stephanie Jordan, Nichaud Fitzgibbon, Katie Bull.

But he never ceases to surprise me with the amount of information and fun he can squeeze into a single volume. The legends of the industry come to life, unknown and bizarre facts are shared, secrets never hinted before are revealed. Who would expect to find, in one single volume, stories about the song writing talents of Benjamin Franklin and the Cleopatra-style milk bath of the diva Anna Held, and at the same time to get all the lists of anything you can possibly imagine so that the amount of information you can have at your fingertips will be almost overwhelming? This is a great book on its own, and a part of a marvellous series. It should not be missed by anyone who has an interest in the subject, and I cannot wait for rest of it.