Divamensch

I've been listening to a lot of Les Paul and Mary Ford lately. Les Paul was a major innovator in two areas: he's one of the pioneers of the solid-body electric guitar. And he was among the first to really go to town with multi-track recording. He said it was a money-saving thing at first - - he didn't want to hire backup singers for his wife Mary Ford so he had her record her own backup vocals and laid them on top of each other. Patti Page was the first artist to hit the big

The 1977 Tonys had another showdown between Julie Harris and Colleen Dewhurst: Diva: Colleen Dewhurst, Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf? Mensch: Julie Harris, The Belle of Amherst Once again Harris was the winner. Don't feel too bad for Dewhurst, she did win two Tonys. Though Harris won FIVE.