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Photos of Hartman and Friends

1940 DuSable High School photo

March 1944, at Camp Lee, Virginia

1946, Hartman at the El Grotto

Jan. 1947 El Grotto advertisement

Hines-Hartman Advertisement

Hartman with Dinah Washington and Joe Carroll

1948 gig with Dizzy

Congratulated by Arthur Godfrey

1949 with Lena Horne

Stars gather for opening of Shalimar nightclub

With Louis Jordan

1952 Recording Session

1952 RCA-Victor recording session

1954, Hartman with LaFawn

1954 Backstage

1956 Recording Session

1960 at Robert's Showroom in Chicago

1964 with wife Tedi

Hartman Promotes Scotch

1972 on TV show "Emergency"

1972 Recording session

Live performance

1982 with Tony Bennett

April 1983 with Margaret Whiting and Jonathan Schwartz

1983 Hartman's business card

1983 benefit flyer

1983 telegram from Frank Sinatra

Hartman's chart for Billy Strayhorn's "Lush Life"

Photos of Rare Hartman Records

1946-Sunbeam 108 "The Song You Sing"

1947-Sunbeam 108-"Always Together"

1949, "I Should Care" with the Dizzy Gillespie

1949, "That Old Black Magic" with the Dizzy Gillespie

1949, "Close Your Eyes"

1949, "S'posin'"

1949, "September in the Rain" with Eroll Garner

1949, "Remember" with Eroll Garner

1950, "Six P.M."

1950, "Nightingale"

1951, "Worry Bird"

1951, "Out of the Night"

1951, "I Ran All the Way Home"

1951, "Lemme Go"

1952, "Wheel of Fortune"

1952, "I'm Afraid"

1952, "Wild"

1952, "I Feel Like Crying"

1952, "Black Shadows"

1952, "Battle Hymn of the Republic"

1952, "My Task"

1953, "When I Dream of You"

1953, "A Pretty Girl Is Like A Melody"

1955, "The World Was Mine"

1955, "I'll Step Aside"

1957, "Bye, Baby, Bye"

1957, "Teach Me How to Cry"

1958, "No Tears Tomorrow"

1958, "You Gotta Believe"

Circa 1960, "The Debonair Mr. Hartman" EP

1965, "I Can't Help It"

1965, "(I'm Afraid) The Masquerade Is Over"

1965 "Yesterday's Roses" ABC-Paramount 10714

1965 "Let Me Love You in My Own Quiet Way" ABC-Paramount 10714

Recorded 1976, "'S Gonna Be A Cold, Cold Day"

Please note: Images of any Johnny Hartman singles from Mercury, Apollo, or RCA-Victor not pictured above would be welcomed. Please send an e-mail through the Contact page describing what you have.

Photos from Media Events

Akkerman at Rutgers University November 14, 2012

Akkerman speaking at Rutgers University November 14, 2012

Akkerman at Clemson University

Book Signing in San Diego

San Diego Book Signing

San Diego Book Signing

San Diego Book Signing

San Diego Book Signing

Video of radio interview:

Spartanburg, SC Booksigning

Spartanburg, SC Booksigning

Spartanburg, SC Booksigning

Spartanburg Book Signing

Spartanburg Booksigning

Spartanburg Booksigning

Johnny Hartman fans in the classroom

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