At home in my teens, when I wasn’t harmonizing with 45 RPM
pop ballads I sang along with “Eydie (Gorme) Swings the Blues,” memorizing all
her arrangements. I still remember every song, every word. I was also hooked on
Olatunji’s “Drums of
Passion,” but the only word of that LP I remember is akiwowo. I had an eclectic musical life.
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My parents lived in Greenwich Village when I was born, but moved to Queens when I was still very young. They chose an apartment in Woodside ... -
1952, age 9: Newly motherless and too young to fully appreciate the effort it must have taken my dad to have a tree and gifts that year, I s...
I remember Eydie Gorme, at least I remember watching her on television. She had a wonderful voice based on the clips I heard on the Amazon link.
ReplyDeleteI can't imagine only ever listening to one genre. Eclectic is good!
ReplyDeleteWonderful!
ReplyDeleteOK, both those albums look great.
ReplyDeleteOh to be able to harmonize.
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