Daddy Cool: Finding my father, the singer who swapped Hollywood fame for home in Australia

Darleen Bungey

Daddy Cool: Finding my father, the singer who swapped Hollywood fame for home in Australia
Format
Paperback
Publisher
ReadHowYouWant.com Ltd
Country
Canada
Published
19 May 2020
Pages
280
ISBN
9780369336835

Daddy Cool: Finding my father, the singer who swapped Hollywood fame for home in Australia

Darleen Bungey

Every family has secrets. Ours also has an award-winning biographer. My sister’s discoveries astonished me.‘ Geraldine BrooksWho can ever truly know their parents? He was a glamorous heart-throb, a famous American singer performing in front of Bette Davis, Katharine Hepburn, Clark Gable and other stars at the Academy Awards. In the 1930s, his recording of 'Hawaiian Paradise’ outsold those of Bing Crosby and Guy Lombardo.So how did he become an Australian infantryman, fighting alongside and performing for his fellow Diggers in Palestine, Beirut, Egypt and New Guinea? Why did he leave Hollywood and the ritziest hotels in America for a modest Californian bungalow in suburban Sydney? And what caused him to cease his endless drifting from one woman to another, one marriage to another, and settle with the love of his life? She was a strong Aussie woman, a talented radio broadcaster and publicity agent. Why did she take a chance on this reckless vagabond and notorious womaniser? Seeking answers, Darleen Bungey turns her biographical skills on her own family, exploring her father’s multi-layered and at times tempestuous life with a truthful eye and loving heart.

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