{"id":18133,"date":"2025-08-01T22:18:33","date_gmt":"2025-08-01T20:18:33","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/?p=18133"},"modified":"2025-08-01T22:18:34","modified_gmt":"2025-08-01T20:18:34","slug":"episode-381-i-got-a-name-pride-edition","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/index.php\/2025\/08\/01\/episode-381-i-got-a-name-pride-edition\/","title":{"rendered":"Episode 381. I Got a Name (Pride Edition)"},"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 381. I Got a Name (Pride Edition)<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" width=\"340\" height=\"60\" src=\"https:\/\/countermelody.blubrry.net\/?powerpress_embed=1630-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-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"616\" height=\"882\" src=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/Jean-Glamorous.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-18483\" srcset=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/Jean-Glamorous.jpg 616w, https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/Jean-Glamorous-210x300.jpg 210w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 616px) 100vw, 616px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Mr. Jean Fredericks<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<div style=\"height:38px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p>At first blush, this episode may look a bit slapdash, but it actually reflects very much where I am at this moment. It\u2019s got a bit more of a narrative than most of my episodes do, and somehow in this story a number of different strands come together. The starting point was a Pride bonus episode I published in June 2024 exploring a rare and fascinating 1964 LP of a live recital by \u201cfemale impersonator\u201d (Mr.) Jean Fredericks that also somehow folded into the mix hidden family narratives, Gilbert Godfrey, Charles Fox, Jim Croce, and the song \u201cI Got a Name.\u201d I have taken that episode and both streamlined and expanded it, including memorial tributes to four significant artists who have died in the past several weeks: Connie Francis, Tom Lehrer, Cleo Laine, and (just yesterday) Robert Wilson. I talk much more about myself on this episode than I ever have before, including meditations on my conservative upbringing, my senior prom, and <em>The Muppet Show<\/em>! I\u2019ve also included two additional performances of \u201cI Got a Name\u201d by Lena Horne and Cher which drive home the importance of carrying your name and your dream with pride. If I\u2019ve ever published an artistic credo, this is it.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>If, as I have done, you wish to explore and\/or support J.D. Doyle and the Queer Music Heritage website, where I first discovered Jean Fredericks, you can find it (and him) at <a href=\"http:\/\/www.queermusicheritage.com\">www.queermusicheritage.com<\/a>.<\/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=\"554\" height=\"713\" src=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/Francis-2.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-18485\" srcset=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/Francis-2.png 554w, https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/Francis-2-233x300.png 233w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 554px) 100vw, 554px\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p>Neil Sedaka [French words by Robert Chabrier]: Je sais qu\u2019un gars. Connie Francis, arranged and conducted Stan Applebaum [1961]<\/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=\"684\" src=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/Francis-1978-1024x684.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-18487\" srcset=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/Francis-1978-1024x684.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/Francis-1978-300x201.jpg 300w, https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/Francis-1978-768x513.jpg 768w, https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/Francis-1978.jpg 1200w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p>Burt Bacharach, Hal David: Wanting Things. Connie Francis, arranged and conducted by Claus Ogerman [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=\"545\" height=\"710\" src=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/Francis-1.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-18488\" srcset=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/Francis-1.png 545w, https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/Francis-1-230x300.png 230w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 545px) 100vw, 545px\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p>Ramsete [Roberto] Ciampi: Ho bisogno di vederti. Connie Francis, Orchestra Gianfranco Intra [introduced by Mike Bongiorno, live San Remo 29.I.1965]<\/p>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter size-full is-resized\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"276\" height=\"375\" src=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/Francis-1970.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-18511\" style=\"width:548px;height:auto\" srcset=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/Francis-1970.jpg 276w, https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/Francis-1970-221x300.jpg 221w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 276px) 100vw, 276px\" \/><\/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=\"689\" height=\"706\" src=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/Lehrer-2.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-18489\" srcset=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/Lehrer-2.png 689w, https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/Lehrer-2-293x300.png 293w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 689px) 100vw, 689px\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p>Tom Lehrer: National Brotherhood Week [introduced by Tom Lehrer; as heard on <em>The Frost Report<\/em>, BBC-TV 1966]<\/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=\"879\" height=\"703\" src=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/Lehrer-3.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-18490\" srcset=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/Lehrer-3.png 879w, https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/Lehrer-3-300x240.png 300w, https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/Lehrer-3-768x614.png 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 879px) 100vw, 879px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>Tom Lehrer: So Long, Mom (A Song for World War III). Tom Lehrer [live Copenhagen IX.1967]<\/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=\"503\" src=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/Lehrer-1-1024x503.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-18491\" srcset=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/Lehrer-1-1024x503.png 1024w, https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/Lehrer-1-300x147.png 300w, https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/Lehrer-1-768x378.png 768w, https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/Lehrer-1.png 1070w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p>Tom Lehrer: I Got It from Agnes. Tom Lehrer [live London 06.VI.1998]<\/p>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"575\" src=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/Lehrer-Old-1024x575.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-18510\" srcset=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/Lehrer-Old-1024x575.png 1024w, https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/Lehrer-Old-300x169.png 300w, https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/Lehrer-Old-768x432.png 768w, https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/Lehrer-Old.png 1274w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/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=\"748\" src=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/Dank-Laine-1024x748.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-18492\" srcset=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/Dank-Laine-1024x748.png 1024w, https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/Dank-Laine-300x219.png 300w, https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/Dank-Laine-768x561.png 768w, https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/Dank-Laine.png 1167w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">John Dankworth and Cleo Laine<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p>Anthony Newley, Leslie Bricusse: Feeling Good (<em>The Road of the Greasepaint \u2013 The Smell of the Crowd<\/em>). Cleo Laine, arranged and conducted John Dankworth [live BBC 1974]<\/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=\"617\" height=\"847\" src=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/Laine-Fro.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-18493\" srcset=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/Laine-Fro.png 617w, https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/Laine-Fro-219x300.png 219w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 617px) 100vw, 617px\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p>Arnold Schoenberg, Albert Giraud [translated into German by Otto Erich Hartleben; English language version by Cecil Gray: Red Mass [Rote Messe] (<em>Pierrot Lunaire<\/em>, Op. 21\/11) Cleo Laine, Elgar Howarth, Nash Ensemble [Marcia Crayford, Christopher van Kampen, Judith Pearce, Antony Pay, Clifford Benson] [1974]<\/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=\"922\" height=\"691\" src=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/Laine-Muppets.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-18494\" srcset=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/Laine-Muppets.png 922w, https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/Laine-Muppets-300x225.png 300w, https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/Laine-Muppets-768x576.png 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 922px) 100vw, 922px\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p>David Gates: If. Cleo Laine, Orchestra conducted by Jack Parnell [as seen on <em>The Muppet Show<\/em>, first telecast 13.V.1978]<\/p>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"440\" height=\"707\" src=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/Laine-3.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-18509\" srcset=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/Laine-3.png 440w, https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/Laine-3-187x300.png 187w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 440px) 100vw, 440px\" \/><\/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=\"511\" height=\"703\" src=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/Wilson.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-18495\" srcset=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/Wilson.png 511w, https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/Wilson-218x300.png 218w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 511px) 100vw, 511px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Robert Wilson<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p>Rufus Wainwright, William Shakespeare [translated Christa Schuenke]: All dessen m\u00fcd [Sonnet 66]. Christopher Nell, Rufus Wainwright, J\u00fcrgen Holtz, studio ensemble [2016]<\/p>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"558\" src=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/Sonnets-1024x558.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-18496\" srcset=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/Sonnets-1024x558.png 1024w, https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/Sonnets-300x163.png 300w, https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/Sonnets-768x418.png 768w, https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/Sonnets.png 1483w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\"><em>Shakespeare&#8217;s Sonnets<\/em>, [Robert Wilson production, Berliner Ensemble 2009]<\/figcaption><\/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=\"590\" height=\"714\" src=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/Jim-Croce.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-18497\" srcset=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/Jim-Croce.png 590w, https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/Jim-Croce-248x300.png 248w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 590px) 100vw, 590px\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p>Charles Fox, Norman Gimbel: I Got a Name. Jim Croce [live <em>The Midnight Special<\/em> 14.IX.73]<\/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=\"934\" height=\"701\" src=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/Horne-Muppett.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-18498\" srcset=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/Horne-Muppett.png 934w, https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/Horne-Muppett-300x225.png 300w, https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/Horne-Muppett-768x576.png 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 934px) 100vw, 934px\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p>Charles Fox, Norman Gimbel: I Got a Name. Lena Horne, conducted by Jack Parnell [as seen on <em>The Muppet Show<\/em>, first telecast 30.X.1976]<\/p>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter size-full is-resized\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"350\" height=\"486\" src=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/Horne-Lady-Music.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-18512\" style=\"width:545px;height:auto\" srcset=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/Horne-Lady-Music.jpg 350w, https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/Horne-Lady-Music-216x300.jpg 216w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 350px) 100vw, 350px\" \/><\/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=\"600\" height=\"590\" src=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/Drag-Cover.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-18499\" srcset=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/Drag-Cover.jpg 600w, https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/Drag-Cover-300x295.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p>Excerpts from <strong><em>Recitals Are a Drag<\/em><\/strong>. Mr. Jean Fredericks (countertenor, baritone, trombone), Brian Benedict (piano) [ca. 1964]<\/p>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"639\" height=\"900\" src=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/Jean-Fredericks-Cheesecake.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-18500\" srcset=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/Jean-Fredericks-Cheesecake.jpg 639w, https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/Jean-Fredericks-Cheesecake-213x300.jpg 213w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 639px) 100vw, 639px\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: Give Me Your Hand, My Darling (<em>Don Giovanni<\/em>)<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Arthur Sullivan, W.S. Gilbert: I\u2019m Called Little Buttercup (<em>H.M.S. Pinafore<\/em>)<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>George Frideric Handel: O sleep, why dost thou leave me? 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