Ms. Flowers, 52, who has come to New Orleans to be a saloon singer, smiles her thanks.

Mr. Short likes to call himself a "saloon singer."

A beautiful saloon singer catches Haven's eye.

A saloon singer who would make any saloon into a salon.

He is the straight man for everyone else in the movie, most notably for Madonna, who plays a saloon singer and underworld moll.

"I'm just a saloon singer," he explained with uncharacteristic modesty.

Over the years, he lifted cabaret to the level of art, but he liked to call himself a saloon singer.

By a stroke of luck, a deputy knows Altar as a saloon singer from his past, though not her current whereabouts.

This week's video, "High Hopes," is not at all typical of the moody saloon singer.

Unlike those other teen-agers, Mr. Hoffman actually tried to fashion a career as a saloon singer.