{"id":10489,"date":"2022-09-30T23:54:30","date_gmt":"2022-09-30T21:54:30","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/?p=10489"},"modified":"2022-10-01T14:21:06","modified_gmt":"2022-10-01T12:21:06","slug":"episode-164-mabel-mercer","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/index.php\/2022\/09\/30\/episode-164-mabel-mercer\/","title":{"rendered":"Episode 164. Mabel Mercer"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"mega-menu-wrap-primary\" class=\"mega-menu-wrap\"><div class=\"mega-menu-toggle\"><div class=\"mega-toggle-blocks-left\"><\/div><div class=\"mega-toggle-blocks-center\"><\/div><div class=\"mega-toggle-blocks-right\"><div class='mega-toggle-block mega-menu-toggle-animated-block mega-toggle-block-1' id='mega-toggle-block-1'><button aria-controls=\"mega-menu-primary\" aria-expanded=\"false\" aria-haspopup=\"true\" aria-label=\"Menu\" class=\"mega-toggle-animated mega-toggle-animated-slider\" type=\"button\">\n                  <span class=\"mega-toggle-animated-box\">\n                    <span class=\"mega-toggle-animated-inner\"><\/span>\n                  <\/span>\n                <\/button><\/div><\/div><\/div><ul id=\"mega-menu-primary\" class=\"mega-menu max-mega-menu mega-menu-horizontal mega-no-js\" data-event=\"hover_intent\" data-effect=\"slide\" data-effect-speed=\"200\" data-effect-mobile=\"slide\" data-effect-speed-mobile=\"200\" data-mobile-force-width=\"body\" data-second-click=\"go\" data-document-click=\"collapse\" data-vertical-behaviour=\"standard\" data-breakpoint=\"600\" data-unbind=\"true\" data-mobile-state=\"collapse_all\" data-mobile-direction=\"vertical\"><li class=\"mega-menu-item mega-menu-item-type-post_type mega-menu-item-object-page mega-menu-item-home mega-align-bottom-left mega-menu-flyout mega-menu-item-19160\" id=\"mega-menu-item-19160\"><a class=\"mega-menu-link\" href=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/\">Home<\/a><\/li><li class=\"mega-menu-item mega-menu-item-type-post_type mega-menu-item-object-page mega-align-bottom-left mega-menu-flyout mega-menu-item-19161\" id=\"mega-menu-item-19161\"><a class=\"mega-menu-link\" href=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/index.php\/about-daniel\/\">About Daniel<\/a><\/li><li class=\"mega-menu-item mega-menu-item-type-post_type mega-menu-item-object-page mega-current_page_parent mega-align-bottom-left mega-menu-flyout mega-menu-item-19171\" id=\"mega-menu-item-19171\"><a class=\"mega-menu-link\" href=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/index.php\/all-episodes\/\">All Episodes<\/a><\/li><\/ul><\/div>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Episode 164.  Mabel Mercer (Season Four Premiere)<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" width=\"320\" height=\"30\" src=\"https:\/\/countermelody.blubrry.net\/?powerpress_embed=665-podcast&amp;powerpress_player=mediaelement-audio\" title=\"Blubrry Podcast Player\" frameborder=\"0\" scrolling=\"no\"><\/iframe>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-columns is-layout-flex wp-container-core-columns-is-layout-9d6595d7 wp-block-columns-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\">\n<p><strong>SOCIAL SHARE<\/strong><\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\">\n<p class=\"has-text-align-right\"><strong>SUBSCRIPTION PLATFORM<\/strong><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-columns is-layout-flex wp-container-core-columns-is-layout-9d6595d7 wp-block-columns-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\">\n<ul class=\"wp-block-social-links 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class=\"wp-image-10801\" srcset=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/09\/Mercer-in-her-chair-794x1024.jpg 794w, https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/09\/Mercer-in-her-chair-233x300.jpg 233w, https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/09\/Mercer-in-her-chair-768x991.jpg 768w, https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/09\/Mercer-in-her-chair.jpg 930w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 794px) 100vw, 794px\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<div style=\"height:38px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer advgb-dyn-5a996784\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p>Welcome to Season Four of <em>Countermelody<\/em>! My long-time listeners know a few things things about the podcast. First, the most important quality in a singer is not voice, but communicative skills. Second, I have posted episodes in the past on singers that I dub \u201cvoiceless wonders,\u201d artists whose primary virtue is exactly that ability to convey the meaning of the words. Third, though the music I play is primarily opera and so-called classical music, I often explore genres that move outside of those boundaries. Fourth, from the very beginning of my podcasting career, I have made it a point to highlight the careers of artists of color as well as queer artists. Throughout this season of the podcast, I will also be focusing on great singers in their later years. All these aspects are in evidence in today\u2019s subject: Mabel Mercer (1900-1984), the doyenne of cabaret. Born to a teenage mother of Welsh heritage whose father was an itinerant African American musician, Mercer first pursued a career in British music hall. From there, she made her way to Paris, where she soon became a fixture at a nightclub run by her pal Bricktop (AKA Ada Smith). As WWII loomed on the horizon, she made her way, with the help of her friend (and possible lover) the wealthy and eccentric lesbian Joe Carstairs, to New York, where she soon established herself at the pinnacle of cabaret culture by virtue of her impeccable diction, intimacy of delivery, sense of story-telling, and unbounded repertoire of upwards of a thousand songs. Most of Mercer\u2019s recordings represent the artist well into her middle age, when her once beautiful soprano voice had become little more than a croak. And yet, perched regally on a chair at the Caf\u00e9 Carlyle and other nightclub venues, she gave definitive performances of nearly every song she touched. The episode offers a hint of the interpretive depth displayed in repertoire ranging from the traditional Great American Songbook (especially the songs of Cole Porter) through Joni Mitchell and Paul Simon. Guest artists heard include Kaye Ballard, Bobby Short, and Julie Wilson, as well as Bricktop and Madame Spivy, both nightclub hostesses and close friends of Mercer\u2019s who were celebrated performers themselves.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:47px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer advgb-dyn-3c7bf8da\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-custom-size\" style=\"font-size:30px\"><strong> RECORDINGS HEARD IN THIS EPISODE<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:55px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer advgb-dyn-13857eb0\"><\/div>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"623\" height=\"920\" src=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/10\/Mercer-video-cover.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-10808\" srcset=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/10\/Mercer-video-cover.jpg 623w, https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/10\/Mercer-video-cover-203x300.jpg 203w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 623px) 100vw, 623px\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p>Alec Wilder, William Engvick: While We\u2019re Young. Mabel Mercer, Cy Walter, Stan Freeman [1954]<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:100px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"400\" height=\"595\" src=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/10\/Mercer-by-Van-Vechten.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-10810\" srcset=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/10\/Mercer-by-Van-Vechten.jpg 400w, https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/10\/Mercer-by-Van-Vechten-202x300.jpg 202w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 400px) 100vw, 400px\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p>Cole Porter: Just One of Those Things. Mabel Mercer, unknown personnel [1951]<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:100px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"486\" height=\"720\" src=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/10\/Mercer-Van-Vechten-color.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-10848\" srcset=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/10\/Mercer-Van-Vechten-color.jpg 486w, https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/10\/Mercer-Van-Vechten-color-203x300.jpg 203w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 486px) 100vw, 486px\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p>Jerome Kern, Anne Caldwell: Once in a Blue Moon. Mabel Mercer, Orchestra arranged and conducted by George Cory [1958]<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:100px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"658\" src=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/10\/mercer-at-her-house-with-flowers-1024x658.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-10812\" srcset=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/10\/mercer-at-her-house-with-flowers-1024x658.png 1024w, https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/10\/mercer-at-her-house-with-flowers-300x193.png 300w, https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/10\/mercer-at-her-house-with-flowers-768x494.png 768w, https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/10\/mercer-at-her-house-with-flowers.png 1041w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p>Harvey Schmidt, Tom Jones: Try to Remember (<em>The Fantasticks<\/em>). Mabel Mercer, Orchestra conducted by Ralph Burns [1964]<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:100px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"462\" height=\"692\" src=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/10\/Marie-Lloyd.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-10813\" srcset=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/10\/Marie-Lloyd.jpg 462w, https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/10\/Marie-Lloyd-200x300.jpg 200w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 462px) 100vw, 462px\" \/><figcaption>Marie Lloyd (1870&nbsp;\u2013 1922)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<div style=\"height:11px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p>Bennett Scott, Arthur J. Mills: When I Take My Morning Promenade. Marie Lloyd [1913]<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:100px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"466\" height=\"642\" src=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/10\/Bricktop-Young.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-10814\" srcset=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/10\/Bricktop-Young.jpg 466w, https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/10\/Bricktop-Young-218x300.jpg 218w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 466px) 100vw, 466px\" \/><figcaption>Ada \u201cBricktop\u201d Smith (1894 \u2013 1984)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<div style=\"height:11px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p>W.C. Handy: St. Louis Blues. Ada \u201cBricktop\u201d Smith, unknown pianist evidently named Charley [Italian television, 1970]<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:100px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"849\" height=\"630\" src=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/10\/Joe-Carstairs.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-10815\" srcset=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/10\/Joe-Carstairs.png 849w, https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/10\/Joe-Carstairs-300x223.png 300w, https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/10\/Joe-Carstairs-768x570.png 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 849px) 100vw, 849px\" \/><figcaption>Joe Carstairs (1900 \u2013 1993)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:11px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p>Johnny Green, Edward Heyman: Hello, My Lover, Goodbye (<em>Here Goes the Bride<\/em>). Mabel Mercer, Orchestra conducted by Ralph Burns [1964]<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:100px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"482\" height=\"644\" src=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/10\/Mercer-cover-of-Porgy-record.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-10816\" srcset=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/10\/Mercer-cover-of-Porgy-record.png 482w, https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/10\/Mercer-cover-of-Porgy-record-225x300.png 225w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 482px) 100vw, 482px\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p>George Gershwin, DuBose Heyward, Ira Gershwin: I Loves You, Porgy (<em>Porgy and Bess<\/em>). Mabel Mercer, Cy Walter [1942]<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:100px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"510\" height=\"658\" src=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/10\/Spivy.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-10817\" srcset=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/10\/Spivy.jpg 510w, https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/10\/Spivy-233x300.jpg 233w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 510px) 100vw, 510px\" \/><figcaption>Spivy [n\u00e9e Bertha Levine] (1906 \u2013 1971)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<div style=\"height:11px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p>Guy Monypenny: Auntie\u2019s Face. Spivy [n\u00e9e Bertha Levine] [1947]<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:100px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"527\" height=\"671\" src=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/10\/Mercer-in-gown-with-corsage.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-10818\" srcset=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/10\/Mercer-in-gown-with-corsage.png 527w, https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/10\/Mercer-in-gown-with-corsage-236x300.png 236w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 527px) 100vw, 527px\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p>Austin C. Johnson, Clarence Moore: Thank You for the Flowers. Mabel Mercer, Cy Walter [1954]<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:100px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"916\" height=\"579\" src=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/10\/Ballard-Mercer-Syms-Bennett.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-10819\" srcset=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/10\/Ballard-Mercer-Syms-Bennett.png 916w, https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/10\/Ballard-Mercer-Syms-Bennett-300x190.png 300w, https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/10\/Ballard-Mercer-Syms-Bennett-768x485.png 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 916px) 100vw, 916px\" \/><figcaption>Kaye Ballard, Mabel Mercer, Sylvia Syms, Tony Bennett<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<div style=\"height:11px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p>Cole Porter: Down in the Depths (On the 90th Floor). Mabel Mercer, Buddy Barnes [live Town Hall 18.V.69]; Kaye Ballard [as Mabel Mercer], arranged and conducted by Skip Redwine [1966]<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:100px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"465\" height=\"607\" src=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/10\/Wilson-and-Gardenia.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-10850\" srcset=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/10\/Wilson-and-Gardenia.png 465w, https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/10\/Wilson-and-Gardenia-230x300.png 230w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 465px) 100vw, 465px\" \/><figcaption>Julie Wilson (1924 \u2013 2015)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<div style=\"height:10px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p>Cole Porter: The Tale of the Oyster. Julie Wilson, William Roy [1989]<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:100px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"569\" height=\"800\" src=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/10\/Mercer-and-musical-family.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-10820\" srcset=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/10\/Mercer-and-musical-family.jpg 569w, https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/10\/Mercer-and-musical-family-213x300.jpg 213w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 569px) 100vw, 569px\" \/><figcaption>Mabel Mercer and her musical family, 1972. (first row): Buddy Barnes, Mabel Mercer, William Roy; <br>(second row, standing): Bobby Short; <br>(third row, standing): George Frazier, Alec Wilder, Bart Howard, Willa Dean Mustin<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:10px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p>Richard Rodgers, Lorenz Hart: Wait Till You See Her (cut from <em>Simple Simon<\/em>). Mabel Mercer, Loonis McGlohon [1976]<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:100px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"764\" height=\"656\" src=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/10\/mercer-with-harry-beard.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-10821\" srcset=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/10\/mercer-with-harry-beard.png 764w, https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/10\/mercer-with-harry-beard-300x258.png 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 764px) 100vw, 764px\" \/><figcaption>Harry Beard with Mabel Mercer<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<div style=\"height:10px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p>Cy Coleman, Joe McCarthy: Isn\u2019t He Adorable? Mabel Mercer, Jimmy Lyon [live Town Hall 19.V.68]<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:100px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"445\" height=\"650\" src=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/10\/mercer-in-spring.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-10825\" srcset=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/10\/mercer-in-spring.png 445w, https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/10\/mercer-in-spring-205x300.png 205w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 445px) 100vw, 445px\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p>Cy Coleman, Carolyn Leigh: When In Rome. Mabel Mercer, Loonis McGlohon, Terry Lassiter, Jim Lackey [1976]<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:100px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-gallery has-nested-images columns-default is-cropped wp-block-gallery-1 is-layout-flex wp-block-gallery-is-layout-flex\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"414\" height=\"635\" data-id=\"10828\" src=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/10\/Mercer-emoting-3.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-10828\" srcset=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/10\/Mercer-emoting-3.png 414w, https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/10\/Mercer-emoting-3-196x300.png 196w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 414px) 100vw, 414px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"500\" height=\"633\" data-id=\"10827\" src=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/10\/Mercer-emoting-2-1.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-10827\" srcset=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/10\/Mercer-emoting-2-1.png 500w, https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/10\/Mercer-emoting-2-1-237x300.png 237w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 500px) 100vw, 500px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"495\" height=\"630\" data-id=\"10829\" src=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/10\/Mercer-emoting.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-10829\" srcset=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/10\/Mercer-emoting.png 495w, https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/10\/Mercer-emoting-236x300.png 236w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 495px) 100vw, 495px\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>Bob Russell, John B. Brooks: You Came a Long Way from St. Louis. Mabel Mercer, Loonis McGlohon, Terry Lassiter, Jim Lackey [1976]<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:100px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"707\" src=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/10\/Mercer-sitting-and-singing-1024x707.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-10830\" srcset=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/10\/Mercer-sitting-and-singing-1024x707.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/10\/Mercer-sitting-and-singing-300x207.jpg 300w, https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/10\/Mercer-sitting-and-singing-768x530.jpg 768w, https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/10\/Mercer-sitting-and-singing-1536x1061.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/10\/Mercer-sitting-and-singing-1600x1105.jpg 1600w, https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/10\/Mercer-sitting-and-singing.jpg 2000w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p>Leonard Bernstein, Betty Comden, Adolph Green: Some Other Time (<em>On the Town<\/em>). Mabel Mercer, George Cory, Sam Hamilton, Milton Hinton [1956]<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:100px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"616\" height=\"795\" src=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/10\/Mercer-performing.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-10831\" srcset=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/10\/Mercer-performing.jpg 616w, https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/10\/Mercer-performing-232x300.jpg 232w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 616px) 100vw, 616px\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p>Kurt Weill, Maxwell Anderson: Trouble Man (<em>Lost in the Stars<\/em>). Mabel Mercer, Cy Walter, Stan Freeman [1954]<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:100px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-gallery has-nested-images columns-default is-cropped wp-block-gallery-2 is-layout-flex wp-block-gallery-is-layout-flex\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"423\" height=\"660\" data-id=\"10833\" src=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/10\/Mercer-simple-polka-dots-1.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-10833\" srcset=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/10\/Mercer-simple-polka-dots-1.png 423w, https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/10\/Mercer-simple-polka-dots-1-192x300.png 192w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 423px) 100vw, 423px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"451\" height=\"652\" data-id=\"10832\" src=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/10\/Mercer-simple-polka-dots-2.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-10832\" srcset=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/10\/Mercer-simple-polka-dots-2.png 451w, https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/10\/Mercer-simple-polka-dots-2-208x300.png 208w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 451px) 100vw, 451px\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>Willard Robison, Ray Mayer: Guess I\u2019ll Go Back Home (This Summer). Mabel Mercer, Orchestra arranged and conducted by George Cory [1958]<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:100px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"705\" height=\"960\" src=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/10\/Painting-of-Mercer.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-10834\" srcset=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/10\/Painting-of-Mercer.jpg 705w, https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/10\/Painting-of-Mercer-220x300.jpg 220w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 705px) 100vw, 705px\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p>Oscar Levant, Edward Heyman: Blame It on My Youth. Mabel Mercer, George Cory [1956]<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:100px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"487\" height=\"638\" src=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/10\/Mercer-elderly.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-10835\" srcset=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/10\/Mercer-elderly.png 487w, https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/10\/Mercer-elderly-229x300.png 229w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 487px) 100vw, 487px\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p>Marvin Hamlisch, Marilyn and Alan Bergman: The Way We Were. Mabel Mercer, unidentified pianist [The Mark of Jazz, Philadelphia PBS program 1976]<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:100px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"518\" height=\"677\" src=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/10\/mercer-1950s.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-10836\" srcset=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/10\/mercer-1950s.png 518w, https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/10\/mercer-1950s-230x300.png 230w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 518px) 100vw, 518px\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p>Joni Mitchell: Both Sides Now. Mabel Mercer, Buddy Barnes [live Town Hall 18.V.69]<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:100px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"555\" height=\"455\" src=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/10\/Mercer-and-Short.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-10837\" srcset=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/10\/Mercer-and-Short.jpg 555w, https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/10\/Mercer-and-Short-300x246.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 555px) 100vw, 555px\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p>Paul Simon: The 59th Street Bridge Song (Feelin\u2019 Groovy). Mabel Mercer, Bobby Short, Jimmy Lyon, Beverly Peer, Dick Sheridan [live Town Hall 19.V.68]<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:100px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"450\" height=\"648\" src=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/10\/mercer-seated-in-repose.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-10838\" srcset=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/10\/mercer-seated-in-repose.png 450w, https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/10\/mercer-seated-in-repose-208x300.png 208w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 450px) 100vw, 450px\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p>Jerry Herman: Time Heals Everything (<em>Mack and Mabel<\/em>). Mabel Mercer, Loonis McGlohon, Terry Lassiter, Jim Lackey [1976]<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:100px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-gallery has-nested-images columns-2 is-cropped wp-block-gallery-3 is-layout-flex wp-block-gallery-is-layout-flex\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"509\" height=\"664\" data-id=\"10840\" src=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/10\/ellington-mercer-waters.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-10840\" srcset=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/10\/ellington-mercer-waters.png 509w, https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/10\/ellington-mercer-waters-230x300.png 230w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 509px) 100vw, 509px\" \/><figcaption>Duke Ellington, Mabel Mercer, Ethel Waters<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"649\" height=\"670\" data-id=\"10842\" src=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/10\/Horne-and-Mercer.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-10842\" srcset=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/10\/Horne-and-Mercer.png 649w, https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/10\/Horne-and-Mercer-291x300.png 291w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 649px) 100vw, 649px\" \/><figcaption>Lena Horne and Mabel Mercer<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"849\" height=\"1024\" data-id=\"10846\" src=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/10\/Mabel-Mercer-and-Steve-Ross-849x1024.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-10846\" srcset=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/10\/Mabel-Mercer-and-Steve-Ross-849x1024.jpg 849w, https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/10\/Mabel-Mercer-and-Steve-Ross-249x300.jpg 249w, https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/10\/Mabel-Mercer-and-Steve-Ross-768x926.jpg 768w, https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/10\/Mabel-Mercer-and-Steve-Ross-1274x1536.jpg 1274w, https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/10\/Mabel-Mercer-and-Steve-Ross.jpg 1509w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 849px) 100vw, 849px\" \/><figcaption>Steve Ross and Mabel Mercer<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"481\" height=\"619\" data-id=\"10841\" src=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/10\/Mercer-and-Bart-Howard.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-10841\" srcset=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/10\/Mercer-and-Bart-Howard.png 481w, https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/10\/Mercer-and-Bart-Howard-233x300.png 233w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 481px) 100vw, 481px\" \/><figcaption>Bart Howard and Mabel Mercer<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"517\" height=\"643\" data-id=\"10839\" src=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/10\/Mercer-and-Donald-Smith.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-10839\" srcset=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/10\/Mercer-and-Donald-Smith.png 517w, https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/10\/Mercer-and-Donald-Smith-241x300.png 241w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 517px) 100vw, 517px\" \/><figcaption>Donald F. Smith and Mabel Mercer<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"952\" height=\"672\" data-id=\"10843\" src=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/10\/Mercer-and-Farrell-trimmed.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-10843\" srcset=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/10\/Mercer-and-Farrell-trimmed.png 952w, https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/10\/Mercer-and-Farrell-trimmed-300x212.png 300w, https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/10\/Mercer-and-Farrell-trimmed-768x542.png 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 952px) 100vw, 952px\" \/><figcaption>Eileen Farrell and Mabel Mercer<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"896\" height=\"618\" data-id=\"10844\" src=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/10\/Mercer-Beatty-Nicholson.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-10844\" srcset=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/10\/Mercer-Beatty-Nicholson.png 896w, https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/10\/Mercer-Beatty-Nicholson-300x207.png 300w, https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/10\/Mercer-Beatty-Nicholson-768x530.png 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 896px) 100vw, 896px\" \/><figcaption>Jack Nicholson, Mabel Mercer, Warren Beatty<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"823\" height=\"1024\" data-id=\"10845\" src=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/10\/Mercer-outdoor-smiling-with-flowers-823x1024.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-10845\" srcset=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/10\/Mercer-outdoor-smiling-with-flowers-823x1024.jpg 823w, https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/10\/Mercer-outdoor-smiling-with-flowers-241x300.jpg 241w, https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/10\/Mercer-outdoor-smiling-with-flowers-768x956.jpg 768w, https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/10\/Mercer-outdoor-smiling-with-flowers.jpg 1137w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 823px) 100vw, 823px\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/figure>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Episode 164. Mabel Mercer (Season Four Premiere) SOCIAL SHARE SUBSCRIPTION PLATFORM Welcome to Season Four of Countermelody! My long-time listeners&hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":10803,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"advgb_blocks_editor_width":"","advgb_blocks_columns_visual_guide":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[1626,2109,1625,1263,2260,808,2755,3272,2806,2550],"tags":[3088,1958,1961,4514,4520,1957,4216,2136,4521,1937,2135,4228,2128,4513,3141,1396,4423,1397,1389,760,4522,4523,3443,2572,4061,972,1960,1524,2557,4519,4516,2763,4511,4512,1932,4515,4525,928,4524,3968,4518,2756,4517,4171,1962,3960],"class_list":["post-10489","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-african-american-singers","category-broadway-and-musicals","category-gay-pride","category-mezzo-madness","category-music-for-a-world-in-crisis","category-needle-drop","category-pop-icons","category-singers-of-color","category-twentieth-century-music","category-voiceless-wonders","tag-ada-bricktop-smith","tag-adolph-green","tag-alec-wilder","tag-anne-caldwell","tag-austin-c-johnson","tag-betty-comden","tag-buddy-barnes","tag-carolyn-leigh","tag-clarence-moore","tag-cole-porter","tag-cy-coleman","tag-cy-walter","tag-du-bose-heyward","tag-edward-heyman","tag-george-cory","tag-george-gershwin","tag-harvey-schmidt","tag-ira-gershwin","tag-jerome-kern","tag-jerry-herman","tag-jimmy-lyon","tag-joe-mccarthy","tag-johnny-green","tag-julie-wilson","tag-kaye-ballard","tag-leonard-bernstein","tag-loonis-mcglohon","tag-lorenz-hart","tag-mabel-mercer","tag-madame-spivy","tag-marie-lloyd","tag-marilyn-and-alan-bergman","tag-marvin-hamlisch","tag-oscar-levant","tag-paul-simon","tag-ralph-burns","tag-ray-mayer","tag-richard-rodgers","tag-sam-hamilton","tag-skip-redwine","tag-spivy","tag-tom-jones","tag-w-c-handy","tag-willard-robison","tag-william-engvick","tag-william-roy"],"author_meta":{"display_name":"admin","author_link":"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/index.php\/author\/admin\/"},"featured_img":"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/09\/Mercer-performing-TRIMMED-300x191.jpg","coauthors":[],"tax_additional":{"categories":{"linked":["<a href=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/index.php\/category\/african-american-singers\/\" class=\"advgb-post-tax-term\">African American Singers<\/a>","<a href=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/index.php\/category\/broadway-and-musicals\/\" class=\"advgb-post-tax-term\">Broadway and Musicals<\/a>","<a href=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/index.php\/category\/gay-pride\/\" class=\"advgb-post-tax-term\">Gay Pride<\/a>","<a href=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/index.php\/category\/mezzo-madness\/\" class=\"advgb-post-tax-term\">Mezzo Madness<\/a>","<a href=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/index.php\/category\/music-for-a-world-in-crisis\/\" class=\"advgb-post-tax-term\">Music for a World in Crisis<\/a>","<a href=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/index.php\/category\/needle-drop\/\" class=\"advgb-post-tax-term\">Needle Drop<\/a>","<a href=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/index.php\/category\/pop-icons\/\" class=\"advgb-post-tax-term\">Pop Icons<\/a>","<a href=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/index.php\/category\/singers-of-color\/\" class=\"advgb-post-tax-term\">Singers of Color<\/a>","<a href=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/index.php\/category\/twentieth-century-music\/\" class=\"advgb-post-tax-term\">Twentieth Century Music<\/a>","<a href=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/index.php\/category\/voiceless-wonders\/\" class=\"advgb-post-tax-term\">Voiceless Wonders<\/a>"],"unlinked":["<span class=\"advgb-post-tax-term\">African American Singers<\/span>","<span class=\"advgb-post-tax-term\">Broadway and Musicals<\/span>","<span class=\"advgb-post-tax-term\">Gay Pride<\/span>","<span class=\"advgb-post-tax-term\">Mezzo Madness<\/span>","<span class=\"advgb-post-tax-term\">Music for a World in Crisis<\/span>","<span class=\"advgb-post-tax-term\">Needle Drop<\/span>","<span class=\"advgb-post-tax-term\">Pop Icons<\/span>","<span class=\"advgb-post-tax-term\">Singers of Color<\/span>","<span class=\"advgb-post-tax-term\">Twentieth Century Music<\/span>","<span class=\"advgb-post-tax-term\">Voiceless Wonders<\/span>"]},"tags":{"linked":["<a href=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/index.php\/category\/voiceless-wonders\/\" class=\"advgb-post-tax-term\">Ada \u201cBricktop\u201d Smith<\/a>","<a href=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/index.php\/category\/voiceless-wonders\/\" class=\"advgb-post-tax-term\">Adolph Green<\/a>","<a href=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/index.php\/category\/voiceless-wonders\/\" class=\"advgb-post-tax-term\">Alec Wilder<\/a>","<a href=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/index.php\/category\/voiceless-wonders\/\" class=\"advgb-post-tax-term\">Anne Caldwell<\/a>","<a href=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/index.php\/category\/voiceless-wonders\/\" class=\"advgb-post-tax-term\">Austin C. 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Handy<\/a>","<a href=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/index.php\/category\/voiceless-wonders\/\" class=\"advgb-post-tax-term\">Willard Robison<\/a>","<a href=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/index.php\/category\/voiceless-wonders\/\" class=\"advgb-post-tax-term\">William Engvick<\/a>","<a href=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/index.php\/category\/voiceless-wonders\/\" class=\"advgb-post-tax-term\">William Roy<\/a>"],"unlinked":["<span class=\"advgb-post-tax-term\">Ada \u201cBricktop\u201d Smith<\/span>","<span class=\"advgb-post-tax-term\">Adolph Green<\/span>","<span class=\"advgb-post-tax-term\">Alec Wilder<\/span>","<span class=\"advgb-post-tax-term\">Anne Caldwell<\/span>","<span class=\"advgb-post-tax-term\">Austin C. 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