The inimitable Babs Gonzales, shown here with group in the mid-to-late ’40s. Image courtesy of William p. Gottlieb [Public domain], via ##http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Babs_Gonzales,_New_York,_between_1946_and_1948_%28William_P._Gottlieb_03401%29.jpg##Wikimedia Commons##