Cover -- Title Page -- Copyright -- Table of Contents -- ONE: From Street Kid to Wunderkind -- TWO: Falling in Love With Kay -- THREE: A Piano Concerto -- FOUR: Ira Takes a Wife -- FIVE: Porgy -- SIX: Paris -- SEVEN: "That Long Drip of Human Tears" -- EIGHT: The Losing Streak Begins -- NINE: "Something Big" -- TEN: "Don't Make It Too Good, George!" -- ELEVEN: Kay, Jimmy, and FDR -- TWELVE: The Heart of American Music -- THIRTEEN: Kay's Divorce -- FOURTEEN: Todd Duncan -- FIFTEEN: Casting, Rehearsals, and an Omen -- SIXTEEN: The Critics Have Their Say -- SEVENTEEN: Limbo -- EIGHTEEN: Hollywood Beckons -- NINETEEN: Pleasure Island -- TWENTY: Final Concert, Final Affair -- TWENTY-ONE: Last Songs -- TWENTY-TWO: Epilogue -- AUTHOR'S NOTE -- Notes -- Index.