by Charles McKay | Dec 16, 2016 | Song of the Day
For my last selection this week, I am spotlighting Eydie Gormé. A terrific entertainer and one of my all-time favorites.” I use the word entertainer as besides great vocals, she always seemed to deliver on all levels. She was born in Manhattan in August 1928 to...
by Charles McKay | Dec 15, 2016 | Song of the Day
I started watching tv in the late 1950’s. As I recall, we had two maybe three stations that we could get in our suburb outside the city of Durham, NC. And being the middle of seven (five boys and two girls), the tv got a lot of use. For just a few channels, the...
by Charles McKay | Dec 14, 2016 | Song of the Day
My first introduction to opera was through The Ed Sullivan Show in the late 50’s and through the 60’s. On Sunday nights I could hear Roberta Peters or Robert Merrill or Renata Tebaldi and many more. I didn’t really “get it” but I did enjoy it. It wasn’t until...
by Charles McKay | Dec 13, 2016 | Song of the Day
Another wonderful voice performing some terrific songs in another genre—Patsy Cline [1932–1963], one of the great singers of the 20th century. Born in Winchester, Virginia, on September 8, 1932, she got her big break in 1957 thanks to the Arthur Godfrey Talent...
by Charles McKay | Dec 12, 2016 | Song of the Day
About two months ago I told Claire I would finally do Song of the Day and she proposed the weeks of December 12–16 and 19–23. So you’ve got me for the next two weeks, or maybe that should be, I’ve got you. These blogs have really represented NYFOS’s motto, No Song Is...
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