{"id":15945,"date":"2024-12-25T22:05:46","date_gmt":"2024-12-25T21:05:46","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/?p=15945"},"modified":"2024-12-25T22:11:12","modified_gmt":"2024-12-25T21:11:12","slug":"episode-319-leslie-uggams-1965-1975","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/index.php\/2024\/12\/25\/episode-319-leslie-uggams-1965-1975\/","title":{"rendered":"Episode 319. Leslie Uggams 1965\u20131975"},"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-label=\"Menu\" class=\"mega-toggle-animated mega-toggle-animated-slider\" type=\"button\" aria-haspopup=\"true\" aria-expanded=\"false\" aria-controls=\"mega-menu-primary\">\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\" data-hover-intent-timeout=\"300\" data-hover-intent-interval=\"100\"><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 319. Leslie Uggams 1965\u20131975<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" width=\"340\" height=\"50\" src=\"https:\/\/countermelody.blubrry.net\/?powerpress_embed=1370-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\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-buttons is-horizontal is-content-justification-left is-layout-flex wp-container-core-buttons-is-layout-7e5fce0a wp-block-buttons-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-button\"><a class=\"wp-block-button__link no-border-radius wp-element-button\" href=\"https:\/\/countermelody.blubrry.net\/\">SUBSCRIBE VIA YOUR FAVORITE PODCAST PLATFORM<\/a><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\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=\"704\" height=\"1024\" src=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/Uggams-perfection-704x1024.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-16293\" srcset=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/Uggams-perfection-704x1024.jpg 704w, https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/Uggams-perfection-206x300.jpg 206w, https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/Uggams-perfection.jpg 736w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 704px) 100vw, 704px\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<div style=\"height:38px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p>Leslie Uggams\u2019 long-standing place in American pop culture matches that of any pop diva of similar longevity, going back all the way to her days as a child star on 1950s television variety and game shows. She won a Tony in 1967 for her performance in the musical <em>Hallelujah, Baby<\/em>, and she was the first African American woman to host her own variety show, the short-lived <em>Leslie Uggams Show<\/em>, which I, as a little homo-in-training, soaked up like a sponge! These days she\u2019s also celebrated for her participation in the <em>Deadpool <\/em>franchise and other high-profile projects. Today I\u2019ve decided to shed some light on her status as a pop icon in the late 1960s, focusing on her three albums for Atlantic Records and subsequent releases in the 1970s on Dionne Warwick\u2019s Sonday Records label and Motown Records, in other words, the period from <em>Hallelujah, Baby<\/em> leading up to her starring role in the earth-shattering 1977 miniseries <em>Roots<\/em>. Uggams reveals herself to be a versatile entertainer of the first order, performing songs by everyone from Holland-Dozier-Holland to Burt Bacharach, from Jimmy Webb to Waylon Jennings, from Jon Hendricks to Jackie DeShannon, including the very first official commercial release of the Leiber and Stoller song \u201cIs That All There Is,\u201d a year before it became a massive hit for Peggy Lee. The episode ends with a pair of protest songs recorded in 1968.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:47px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/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\"><\/div>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"532\" height=\"623\" src=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/Leslie-child-star.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-16299\" srcset=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/Leslie-child-star.jpg 532w, https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/Leslie-child-star-256x300.jpg 256w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 532px) 100vw, 532px\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p>Fred Barovick, Richard Rose: The Fat, Fat Man (With the White, White Beard). Leslie Uggams, Orchestra conducted by Fred Nerman [1954]<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:100px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p>All other tracks feature Leslie Uggams recorded in the period 1965-1975, including from these albums:<\/p>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"553\" height=\"563\" src=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/A-Time-to-Love.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-16294\" srcset=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/A-Time-to-Love.jpg 553w, https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/A-Time-to-Love-295x300.jpg 295w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 553px) 100vw, 553px\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center\"><strong>A Time to Love <\/strong>(Atlantic Records 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=\"600\" height=\"605\" src=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/Whats-An-Uggams.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-16295\" srcset=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/Whats-An-Uggams.jpg 600w, https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/Whats-An-Uggams-298x300.jpg 298w, https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/Whats-An-Uggams-150x150.jpg 150w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center\"><strong>What\u2019s an Uggams? <\/strong>(Atlantic Records 1968)<\/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 is-resized\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"500\" height=\"500\" src=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/Just-to-Satisfy-You.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-16296\" style=\"width:608px;height:auto\" srcset=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/Just-to-Satisfy-You.jpg 500w, https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/Just-to-Satisfy-You-300x300.jpg 300w, https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/Just-to-Satisfy-You-150x150.jpg 150w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 500px) 100vw, 500px\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center\"><strong>Just to Satisfy You <\/strong>(Atlantic Records 1969)<\/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 is-resized\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"599\" height=\"605\" src=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/Try-to-See-It-My-Way.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-16297\" style=\"width:626px;height:auto\" srcset=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/Try-to-See-It-My-Way.jpg 599w, https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/Try-to-See-It-My-Way-297x300.jpg 297w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 599px) 100vw, 599px\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center\"><strong>Try to See It My Way <\/strong>(Sonday\/Scepter Records 1972)<\/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 is-resized\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"600\" height=\"606\" src=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/AlbumArtSmall.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-16298\" style=\"width:628px;height:auto\" srcset=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/AlbumArtSmall.jpg 600w, https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/AlbumArtSmall-297x300.jpg 297w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center\"><strong>Leslie Uggams <\/strong>(Motown Records 1975)<\/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=\"433\" height=\"233\" data-id=\"16300\" src=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/Mineo-Teddy-Bear-Swimsuit.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-16300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/Mineo-Teddy-Bear-Swimsuit.jpg 433w, https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/Mineo-Teddy-Bear-Swimsuit-300x161.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 433px) 100vw, 433px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"618\" data-id=\"16301\" src=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/Mineo-Teddy-Bear-Workout-1024x618.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-16301\" srcset=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/Mineo-Teddy-Bear-Workout-1024x618.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/Mineo-Teddy-Bear-Workout-300x181.jpg 300w, https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/Mineo-Teddy-Bear-Workout-768x464.jpg 768w, https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/Mineo-Teddy-Bear-Workout.jpg 1179w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center\">Sal Mineo in two stills from the 1965 sexploitation film <em>Who Killed Teddy Bear?<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Al Kasha, Bob Gaudio: Who Killed Teddy Bear? Leslie Uggams, arranged by Bob Halley, produced by Bob Halley, Ted Cooper [1965 single]<\/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=\"1008\" height=\"749\" src=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/Uggams-TV-still.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-16302\" srcset=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/Uggams-TV-still.png 1008w, https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/Uggams-TV-still-300x223.png 300w, https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/Uggams-TV-still-768x571.png 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1008px) 100vw, 1008px\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p>Traditional Spiritual, arr. Leslie Uggams: He\u2019s Got the Whole World in His Hands. The Jimmy Bowen Orchestra and Chorus, arranged Glen D. Hardin [1969]<\/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=\"656\" height=\"832\" src=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/Leslie-Yellow.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-16303\" srcset=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/Leslie-Yellow.png 656w, https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/Leslie-Yellow-237x300.png 237w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 656px) 100vw, 656px\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p>Lamont Dozier, Eddie Holland, Brian Holland: I Hear a Symphony. Arranged and conducted by Peter Matz [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=\"819\" height=\"686\" src=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/Uggams-60s-wig.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-16304\" srcset=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/Uggams-60s-wig.png 819w, https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/Uggams-60s-wig-300x251.png 300w, https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/Uggams-60s-wig-768x643.png 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 819px) 100vw, 819px\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p>Tony Hatch: Call Me. Orchestra arranged and conducted by Peter Matz [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=\"759\" height=\"754\" src=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/Uggams-Mic.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-16305\" srcset=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/Uggams-Mic.png 759w, https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/Uggams-Mic-300x298.png 300w, https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/Uggams-Mic-150x150.png 150w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 759px) 100vw, 759px\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p>Jon Hendricks: I Want You To Be My Baby. Orchestra arranged and conducted by Peter Matz [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=\"970\" height=\"546\" src=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/Leslie-Uggams-in-Hallelujah-Baby.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-16306\" srcset=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/Leslie-Uggams-in-Hallelujah-Baby.jpg 970w, https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/Leslie-Uggams-in-Hallelujah-Baby-300x169.jpg 300w, https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/Leslie-Uggams-in-Hallelujah-Baby-768x432.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 970px) 100vw, 970px\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p>Jule Styne, Betty Comden, Adolph Green: My Own Morning; Hallelujah, Baby (<em>Hallelujah, Baby<\/em>). Leslie Uggams, arranged and conducted by Peter Matz [1967 single]<\/p>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter size-full is-resized\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"679\" height=\"1024\" src=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/Hallelujay-Baby-Playbill.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-16307\" style=\"width:548px;height:auto\" srcset=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/Hallelujay-Baby-Playbill.jpg 679w, https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/Hallelujay-Baby-Playbill-199x300.jpg 199w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 679px) 100vw, 679px\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/div>\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 is-resized\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"334\" height=\"500\" src=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/Her-First-Roman-Playbill-ALT.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-16309\" style=\"width:569px;height:auto\" srcset=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/Her-First-Roman-Playbill-ALT.jpg 334w, https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/Her-First-Roman-Playbill-ALT-200x300.jpg 200w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 334px) 100vw, 334px\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p>Ervin Drake: Just for Today (<em>Her First Roman<\/em>). Arranged by Peter Matz [1968]<\/p>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter size-full is-resized\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"560\" height=\"832\" src=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/Her-First-Roman-Playbill.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-16310\" style=\"width:580px;height:auto\" srcset=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/Her-First-Roman-Playbill.png 560w, https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/Her-First-Roman-Playbill-202x300.png 202w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 560px) 100vw, 560px\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/div>\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=\"599\" height=\"707\" src=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/Uggams-Curly-Over-Shoulder.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-16311\" srcset=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/Uggams-Curly-Over-Shoulder.png 599w, https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/Uggams-Curly-Over-Shoulder-254x300.png 254w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 599px) 100vw, 599px\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p>Jerry Leiber, Mike Stoller: Is That All There Is? Arranged by Pat Williams [1968]<\/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 is-resized\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"305\" height=\"370\" src=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/Leiber-and-Stoller.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-16312\" style=\"width:550px;height:auto\" srcset=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/Leiber-and-Stoller.jpg 305w, https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/Leiber-and-Stoller-247x300.jpg 247w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 305px) 100vw, 305px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Leiber and Stoller<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p>Jerry Leiber, Mike Stoller: Flying. Arranged by Pat Williams [1968]<\/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=\"600\" height=\"424\" src=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/Bart-Howard.jpeg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-16313\" srcset=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/Bart-Howard.jpeg 600w, https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/Bart-Howard-300x212.jpeg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Bart Howard<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p>Bart Howard: Fly Me to the Moon. The Jimmy Bowen Orchestra, arranged by Glen D. Hardin [1969]<\/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=\"832\" height=\"823\" src=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/Jimmy-Webb.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-16314\" srcset=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/Jimmy-Webb.png 832w, https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/Jimmy-Webb-300x297.png 300w, https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/Jimmy-Webb-768x760.png 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 832px) 100vw, 832px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Jimmy Webb<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p>Jimmy Webb: Someone Is Standing Outside. The Jimmy Bowen Orchestra, arranged by Glen D. Hardin [1969]<\/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=\"589\" height=\"816\" src=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/Uggams-Autographed-Baubles.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-16315\" srcset=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/Uggams-Autographed-Baubles.png 589w, https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/Uggams-Autographed-Baubles-217x300.png 217w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 589px) 100vw, 589px\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p>Joe Allison, Audrey Allison: She\u2019ll Have to Go. The Jimmy Bowen Orchestra and Chorus, arranged Clark Gassman [1969]<\/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=\"575\" height=\"724\" src=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/Uggams-Hallelujah-1.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-16316\" srcset=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/Uggams-Hallelujah-1.jpg 575w, https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/Uggams-Hallelujah-1-238x300.jpg 238w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 575px) 100vw, 575px\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p>Scott Davis: In the Ghetto. The Jimmy Bowen Orchestra and Chorus, arranged by Clark Gassman [1969]<\/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=\"768\" height=\"1024\" src=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/Waylon-Jennings-768x1024.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-16317\" srcset=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/Waylon-Jennings-768x1024.jpg 768w, https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/Waylon-Jennings-225x300.jpg 225w, https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/Waylon-Jennings.jpg 1080w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 768px) 100vw, 768px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Waylon Jennings<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p>Waylon Jennings, Don Bowman: Just to Satisfy You. The Jimmy Bowen Orchestra, arranged by Glen D. Hardin [1969]<\/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=\"700\" height=\"971\" src=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/Jackie-De-Shannon.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-16318\" srcset=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/Jackie-De-Shannon.jpg 700w, https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/Jackie-De-Shannon-216x300.jpg 216w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 700px) 100vw, 700px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Jackie DeShannon<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p>Jackie DeShannon, Jimmy Holiday, Randy Myers: Brighton Hill. Arranged by Don Sebesky; produced by Dionne Warwick [1972]<\/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=\"885\" height=\"875\" src=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/Leslie-Uggams-Try-to-See-It-My-Way-Insert.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-16319\" srcset=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/Leslie-Uggams-Try-to-See-It-My-Way-Insert.png 885w, https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/Leslie-Uggams-Try-to-See-It-My-Way-Insert-300x297.png 300w, https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/Leslie-Uggams-Try-to-See-It-My-Way-Insert-768x759.png 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 885px) 100vw, 885px\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p>Iran Koster, Teddy Randazzo, Victoria Pike: Don\u2019t You Know You Got Till You Lose It. Produced by Don Davis [1975]<\/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=\"701\" height=\"880\" src=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/Leslie-Turban-Uggams.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-16320\" srcset=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/Leslie-Turban-Uggams.png 701w, https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/Leslie-Turban-Uggams-239x300.png 239w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 701px) 100vw, 701px\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p>Norma Toney: I Was the Life of the Party. Produced by Don Davis [1975]<\/p>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"608\" height=\"863\" src=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/Uggams-Disco-Garb.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-16326\" srcset=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/Uggams-Disco-Garb.png 608w, https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/Uggams-Disco-Garb-211x300.png 211w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 608px) 100vw, 608px\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/div>\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=\"709\" src=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/Donny-Hathaway-1024x709.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-16321\" srcset=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/Donny-Hathaway-1024x709.png 1024w, https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/Donny-Hathaway-300x208.png 300w, https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/Donny-Hathaway-768x531.png 768w, https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/Donny-Hathaway.png 1188w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Donny Hathaway<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p>Donny Hathaway, Leroy Hutson, Edward Kennedy: Je vous aime oui je fais [sic]. Arranged by Don Sebesky; produced by Dionne Warwick [1972]<\/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-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"685\" src=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/Robbie-Robertson-1024x685.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-16322\" srcset=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/Robbie-Robertson-1024x685.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/Robbie-Robertson-300x201.jpg 300w, https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/Robbie-Robertson-768x513.jpg 768w, https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/Robbie-Robertson-1536x1027.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/Robbie-Robertson-1600x1070.jpg 1600w, https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/Robbie-Robertson.jpg 2048w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Robbie Robertson<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>Robbie Robertson, arranged by Don Sebesky, produced by Dionne Warwick: The Weight [1972]<\/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=\"713\" height=\"738\" src=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/Warwick.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-16323\" srcset=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/Warwick.png 713w, https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/Warwick-290x300.png 290w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 713px) 100vw, 713px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Dionne Warwick<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p>Burt Bacharach, Hal David: Try to See It My Way [Duet with Dionne Warwick]. Arranged by Don Sebesky, produced by Dionne Warwick [1972]<\/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=\"606\" height=\"854\" src=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/Bacharch-Hunky-1.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-16325\" srcset=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/Bacharch-Hunky-1.jpg 606w, https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/Bacharch-Hunky-1-213x300.jpg 213w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 606px) 100vw, 606px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Burt Bacharach<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p>Burt Bacharach, Hal David: Let the Music Play. Arranged by Jack Cortner [1968]<\/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=\"685\" height=\"871\" src=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/Uggams-1970s-hair.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-16327\" srcset=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/Uggams-1970s-hair.png 685w, https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/Uggams-1970s-hair-236x300.png 236w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 685px) 100vw, 685px\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p>Burt Bacharach, Hal David: In the Land of Make Believe. Arranged by Pat Williams [1968]<\/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=\"440\" height=\"525\" src=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/Uggams-70s-elegance.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-16329\" srcset=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/Uggams-70s-elegance.jpg 440w, https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/Uggams-70s-elegance-251x300.jpg 251w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 440px) 100vw, 440px\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p>Burt Bacharach, Hal David: What the World Needs Now Is Love. Arranged by Pat Williams [1968]<\/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=\"761\" height=\"847\" src=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/Uggams-Cat-Eye-Makeup.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-16328\" srcset=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/Uggams-Cat-Eye-Makeup.png 761w, https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/Uggams-Cat-Eye-Makeup-270x300.png 270w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 761px) 100vw, 761px\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p>Scott Davis, Larry Collins, arr. Jimmie Haskell: Home. Leslie Uggams, The Jimmie Bowen Orchestra and Chorus [1968]<\/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=\"676\" src=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/Laura-Nyro-1024x676.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-16330\" srcset=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/Laura-Nyro-1024x676.png 1024w, https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/Laura-Nyro-300x198.png 300w, https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/Laura-Nyro-768x507.png 768w, https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/Laura-Nyro.png 1242w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Laura Nyro<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p>Laura Nyro, arr. Jimmie Haskell: Save the Country. Leslie Uggams, The Jimmy Bowen Orchestra and Chorus [1968]<\/p>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"553\" height=\"706\" src=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/Uggams-70s-black-elegance.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-16331\" srcset=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/Uggams-70s-black-elegance.jpg 553w, https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/Uggams-70s-black-elegance-235x300.jpg 235w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 553px) 100vw, 553px\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Episode 319. Leslie Uggams 1965\u20131975 SOCIAL SHARE SUBSCRIPTION PLATFORM Leslie Uggams\u2019 long-standing place in American pop culture matches that of&hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":16308,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"advgb_blocks_editor_width":"","advgb_blocks_columns_visual_guide":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[1626,5824,5823,1073,5806,2260,808,2755,6189,3272,6119,2806],"tags":[1958,3703,7140,3746,1957,3704,3705,4948,1559,7141,2849,7138,7135,7125,7127,4949,7130,3712,3709,3711,3700,3600,3727,7132,7131,2200,3701,7144,3699,3706,2168,7139,3295,1872,3296,3695,7143,7129,3691,3702,7128,7124,2821,7136,3710,7126,3694,7142,7133,3750,7134,7137],"class_list":["post-15945","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-african-american-singers","category-black-history-month-2024","category-forgotten-divas","category-holiday-music","category-listeners-favorites","category-music-for-a-world-in-crisis","category-needle-drop","category-pop-icons","category-rescue-mission","category-singers-of-color","category-spirituals","category-twentieth-century-music","tag-adolph-green","tag-al-kasha","tag-audrey-allison","tag-bart-howard","tag-betty-comden","tag-bob-gaudio","tag-bob-halley","tag-brian-holland","tag-burt-bacharach","tag-clark-gassman","tag-dionne-warwick","tag-don-bowman","tag-don-davis","tag-don-sebesky","tag-donny-hathaway","tag-eddie-holland","tag-edward-kennedy","tag-ervin-drake","tag-fred-barovick","tag-fred-nerman","tag-glen-d-hardin","tag-hal-david","tag-her-first-roman","tag-iran-koster","tag-jack-cortner","tag-jackie-deshannon","tag-jerry-leiber","tag-jimmie-haskell","tag-jimmy-bowen","tag-jimmy-holiday","tag-jimmy-webb","tag-joe-allison","tag-jon-hendricks","tag-jule-styne","tag-lamont-dozier","tag-larry-collins","tag-laura-nyro","tag-leroy-hutson","tag-leslie-uggams","tag-mike-stoller","tag-norma-toney","tag-pat-williams","tag-peter-matz","tag-randy-myers","tag-richard-rose","tag-robbie-robertson","tag-scott-davis","tag-ted-cooper","tag-teddy-randazzo","tag-tony-hatch","tag-victoria-pike","tag-waylon-jennings"],"author_meta":{"display_name":"admin","author_link":"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/index.php\/author\/admin\/"},"featured_img":"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/Uggams-CBS-Cover-TRIMMED-300x175.png","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\/black-history-month-2024\/\" class=\"advgb-post-tax-term\">Black History Month 2024<\/a>","<a href=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/index.php\/category\/forgotten-divas\/\" class=\"advgb-post-tax-term\">Forgotten Divas<\/a>","<a href=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/index.php\/category\/holiday-music\/\" class=\"advgb-post-tax-term\">Holiday Music<\/a>","<a href=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/index.php\/category\/listeners-favorites\/\" class=\"advgb-post-tax-term\">Listeners&#039; 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