CONNIE HAINES #1 SIGNED 3X5 INDEX CARD

Description

Offered here is a 3X5 index card signed by the late Connie Haines.
I am selling my collection of autographs that I have purchased several years ago from an array of sources – from eBay sellers, from dealers with professional credentials, and from the signers themselves via the mail.  Some came with COA’s; most did not.  When I obtained these signatures, I believed them to be genuine and I believed that they were genuine when I posted them on Ebay.
I have received opinions from others, including PSA/DNA whose opinion I sought, indicating that some of the signatures that I have posted were not likely to be genuine.  I have pulled those questionable signatures, and will not post them for sale again in the future.  It is not my intention to sell autographs that are not authentic, and I will continue do my best to try to ensure that the signatures that I am offering are genuine.  As indicated below, all signatures that I sell come with a money-back guarantee if they are judged to be of doubtful authenticity.
If the signature or signatures is/are determined to be inauthentic by a well-recognized autograph expert, this item may be returned for a full refund.
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Short Bio:
Often appearing next to Frank Sinatra
while with The Tommy Dorsey Orchestra during the early '40s, Connie Haines
delivered a few of
Dorsey's chart hits and recorded on her own during the '50s and '60s. Born Yvonne Marie Antoinette Ja Mais in Savannah in 1922, she learned the art of vocals quite early; her mother was both a voice and dance teacher. Living in Jacksonville after her parents divorced, she began airing over the radio before the age of ten. In 1931, she appeared over NBC radio as Baby Yvonne Marie, the Little Princess of the Air, sang with Paul Whiteman’s Orchestra
one year later, and in 1934 won a vocal contest on The Fred Allen Show.
Haines
’
first big band contract was with Howard Lally, though by the age of 16 she was singing with Harry James’ band (her first professional gig with Frank Sinatra). Financial problems forced
James to fire both
Sinatra and (later)
Haines, though both found work with the same leader: Tommy Dorsey. Beginning in 1940,
Haines,
Sinatra, and the later addition of the Pied Pipers
made
Dorsey's one of the strongest bands from a pop standpoint, and
Haines appeared on several hits: "Two Dreams Met," "Oh, Look at Me Now," "Kiss the Boys Goodbye," and "What Is This Thing Called Love?"
After leaving
Dorsey's band,
Connie Haines
sang with the Bing Crosby Orchestra
during 1941. As a solo singer, she recorded singles and LPs for a variety of labels (Coral, Capitol, Mercury, Columbia, and Dot) during the next few decades. She continued performing into the '90s, but passed away in 2008 of the neuromuscular disease myasthenia gravis.
by
John Bush