Here is the amazing untold story of Hollywood singing legend Russ Columbo, his life and unusual death on the street of dreams. Told against a backdrop of the volatile entertainment industry of the 1920's and 30's, when movies began to talk and radio broadcasting was rapidly approaching its zenith, author Lou Miano thoroughly explores Russ Columbo's extraordinary career in great detail and within the historic context of those uncertain times of the Great Depression.

• Columbo's spectacular rise to fame after a fateful meeting with a future Academy Award winning composer.
• His reign as most popular new crooner on network radio.
• A string of hit records in the Top 10
• Fan hysteria
• Attempts to sabotage his success.
• The truth behind his rivalry with Bing Crosby.
• The rise and fall of his own dance band.
• A run-in with gangsters.
• A highly publicized romance with Greta Garbo.
• His real life engagement to Carole Lombard.
• His successful Hollywood comeback.
• His lasting influence on popular singers Frank Sinatra, Perry Como, Nat King Cole, Jerry Vale and many others.
• An in-depth exploration of his mysterious and untimely death, kept secret from his frail mother for ten years while his family fought to preserve his legacy.