Another “soundie.”
But one well worth listening to.
I first read about her in Life magazine.
A multi-page spread.
A dazzling newcomer taking the Broadway theater by storm.
Nineteen years old.
Singing two songs that nightly bring down the house.
Not a great show.
A minor musical,
With a pulsating, Semitic beat.
“BUMP bah BUMP bah-BUMP-bump
BUMP bah BUMP bah-BUMP-bump…”
But then there’s that girl.
In a star-making debut.
I saw that show
when I was seventeen.
The featured performance:
As advertised and more so.
The range.
The clarity.
The attack.
It was like nothing I had ever experienced before.
Or since.
Listen and you’ll see.
Or at least hear.
Ladies and gentlemen,
Presenting…
No need.
You'll recognize the voice.
You'll recognize the voice.
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