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Eliane Elias performance, Sept 14, 2024
Francesca and I heard Eliane Elias in performance on Sept 14, 2024 at Birdland. I'd never heard of her but my brother Howard tells me...
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ladiesvoices
- 5 days ago
- 1 min
Fabulous Friday: Ken Nordine
My brother Howard recently told me about Ken Nordine. I’ll call him a voice artist. He worked in radio, he did jazz albums, commercials,...
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ladiesvoices
- 6 days ago
- 3 min
Mimmi Fulmer and Friends recital, Sept 7 2024
Mimmi Fulmer organized a Finnish women creative artists concert on September 7, 2024. It was held in Madison WI but through the wonders...
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ladiesvoices
- 7 days ago
- 1 min
Diva/Mensch pair for Sept 11, 2024
The 1963 Grammy for Best Classical Performance for a Soloist with Orchestra went to Arthur Rubinstein, Erich Leinsdorf, and the Boston...
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ladiesvoices
- Sep 10
- 2 min
CDA: James Earl Jones
James Earl Jones died yesterday at the age of 93. He had a major, major career onstage, on television, in films. He was best known for...
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ladiesvoices
- Sep 7
- 2 min
CDA: Sergio Mendes
My brother Howard alerted me to the death of Sergio Mendes, who died yesterday at the age of 83. It was fitting that Howard told me about...
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ladiesvoices
- Sep 6
- 1 min
Fabulous Friday: Anthony Newley
Here's a live video of Anthony Newley singing "What Kind of Fool Am I?" He co-wrote the song with Leslie Bricusse. I thought Sammy Davis...
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ladiesvoices
- Sep 4
- 1 min
Diva/Mensch pair for Sept 4, 2024
Two 1962 Grammy winners: Diva: Song of the Year - - "What Kind of Fool Am I?," Sammy Davis Jr. Mensch: Record of the Year - - "I Left My...
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ladiesvoices
- Aug 30
- 1 min
Fabulous Friday: LH&R, Playboy After Dark
I recently discovered Playboy After Dark on YouTube. I know that two "best of" compilations have been released on DVD but I want a...
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ladiesvoices
- Aug 28
- 1 min
Diva/Mensch pair for Aug 28, 2024
The 1961 winners of Best Performance by a Vocal Group were Lambert, Hendricks, and Ross for High Flying. I went full tilt boogie nutso...
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ladiesvoices
- Aug 23
- 1 min
Fabulous Friday: the Criterion Closet
Are you familiar with the Criterion Collection? They're a media company that planted in the 1980s distributing the work of Janus Films on...
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ladiesvoices
- Aug 21
- 1 min
Diva/Mensch pair for Aug 21, 2024
The Song of the Year for 1960 was "Theme of Exodus. " Why do you suppose it was "of" and not "from"? I find that slightly puzzling. The...
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ladiesvoices
- Aug 20
- 2 min
Rock My Soul, Aug 16, 2024
Debbie, Bob, and I saw Rock My Soul at the Dance Hall in Kittery, Maine on Aug 16, 2024. They're a choir of about 20 singers aided by a...
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ladiesvoices
- Aug 19
- 2 min
CDA x 4: Delon, Donahue, Marshall, Rowlands
They're coming fast and furious! My brother Howard told me about the two cinematic icons on the list, Alain Delon and Gena Rowlands - - I...
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ladiesvoices
- Aug 16
- 1 min
Fabulous Friday: M O'Hara and J Candy on J Carson
This is so sweet. Miss O'Hara is priceless. I love her old school precise way of speaking.
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ladiesvoices
- Aug 14
- 1 min
Diva/Mensch pair for Aug 14, 2024
Frank Sinatra's Come Dance With Me won Album of the Year in 1959. Billy May won the Grammy for Best Arrangement. Diva: Sinatra Mensch:...
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ladiesvoices
- Aug 9
- 2 min
Fabulous Friday: "I Didn't Know About You"
The Diva this week is Ella Fitzgerald and Duke Ellington's recording of a song Ellington wrote with lyricist Bob Russell, "I Didn't Know...
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ladiesvoices
- Aug 7
- 1 min
Diva/Mensch pair for Aug 7, 2024
I'm starting a new long-term theme. I looked at movies and the Oscars in my last theme - - now I'm going to look at music and the...
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ladiesvoices
- Aug 2
- 2 min
Fabulous Friday: "Invitation"
Do you know the movie and/or the song "Invitation"? The movie Invitation is a slight 1952 drama directed by Gottfried Reinhardt. I only...
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ladiesvoices
- Aug 1
- 3 min
*Oh, Mary!* July 29, 2024
David Jay and I saw Oh, Mary! on Broadway on July 29, 2024. It's a play written by and starring Cole Escola. I saw them (they use the...
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ladiesvoices
- 2 days ago
- 3 min
Eliane Elias performance, Sept 14, 2024
Francesca and I heard Eliane Elias in performance on Sept 14, 2024 at Birdland. I'd never heard of her but my brother Howard tells me...
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ladiesvoices
- 5 days ago
- 1 min
Fabulous Friday: Ken Nordine
My brother Howard recently told me about Ken Nordine. I’ll call him a voice artist. He worked in radio, he did jazz albums, commercials,...
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