{"id":5042,"date":"2020-07-26T22:24:12","date_gmt":"2020-07-26T20:24:12","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/?p=5042"},"modified":"2024-02-16T10:53:56","modified_gmt":"2024-02-16T09:53:56","slug":"episode-45-muriel-smith-crossover-classics-i","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/index.php\/2020\/07\/26\/episode-45-muriel-smith-crossover-classics-i\/","title":{"rendered":"Episode 45. Muriel Smith (Crossover Classics I)"},"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 45.  Muriel Smith (Crossover Classics I)<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" width=\"340\" height=\"50\" src=\"https:\/\/countermelody.blubrry.net\/?powerpress_embed=166-podcast&amp;powerpress_player=mediaelement-audio\" 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-content-justification-left is-layout-flex wp-container-core-buttons-is-layout-fdcfc74e wp-block-buttons-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-button alignright\"><a class=\"wp-block-button__link 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=\"758\" height=\"1024\" src=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/Muriel-Gorgeous-3-758x1024.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-5181\" srcset=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/Muriel-Gorgeous-3-758x1024.jpg 758w, https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/Muriel-Gorgeous-3-222x300.jpg 222w, https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/Muriel-Gorgeous-3-768x1037.jpg 768w, https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/Muriel-Gorgeous-3.jpg 896w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 758px) 100vw, 758px\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<div style=\"height:38px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p>For the first of my Black History Month episodes back in February, I did a program featuring the extraordinary artist Muriel Smith, who in 1943, while still a student at the Curtis Institute in Philadelphia, created the title role in Oscar Hammerstein II\u2019s <em>Carmen Jones<\/em>, which used George Bizet\u2019s opera as the springboard for a hybrid musical featuring an all-Black cast. After several other Broadway appearances (including in a revival of Marc Blitzstein\u2019s <em>The Cradle Will Rock<\/em>, Muriel Smith moved to London, where she was featured in the \u201cexotic\u201d roles in the London premieres Rodgers and Hammerstein\u2019s <em>South Pacific <\/em>and <em>The King and I<\/em>. For several years she was the toast of London, appearing on records, on radio, on television, and in concert, as well as singing Bizet\u2019s gypsy in performances of <em>Carmen <\/em>at Covent Garden in 1957. Most of the currently extant examples of Smith\u2019s singing are of popular music, which she performed with her unique blend of <em>bel canto <\/em>precision and pinpoint interpretive accuracy. I have recently gotten my hands on numerous rare 78s of Smith\u2019s mid-1950\u2019s pop records, as well as her 1953 EP, <em>I\u2019m in the Mood for Love<\/em>, all of which are featured on this episode. I also share examples of her famous turns in musicals, capped with a rare recording of her singing Hugo Wolf\u2019s \u201cNimmersatte Liebe.\u201d Two excerpts from her 1955 holiday EP render this episode a veritable Yuletide in July celebration! Musical guest stars include, among others, Marc Blitzstein, Georges Auric, Harvey Fuqua, Auyar Hosseini, Franz Waxman, Luther Saxon, Martin and Blane, Julian Bream, and the extraordinary Angela Morley.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:47px\" 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=\"294\" height=\"386\" data-id=\"5224\" src=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/Muriel-Carmen.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-5224\" srcset=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/Muriel-Carmen.png 294w, https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/Muriel-Carmen-228x300.png 228w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 294px) 100vw, 294px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"398\" height=\"546\" data-id=\"5225\" src=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/Muriel-and-Cigarette.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-5225\" srcset=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/Muriel-and-Cigarette.png 398w, https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/Muriel-and-Cigarette-219x300.png 219w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 398px) 100vw, 398px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"273\" height=\"393\" data-id=\"5228\" src=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/Muriel-Smith-Richard-Lewis-Covent-Garden-Carmen.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-5228\" srcset=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/Muriel-Smith-Richard-Lewis-Covent-Garden-Carmen.png 273w, https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/Muriel-Smith-Richard-Lewis-Covent-Garden-Carmen-208x300.png 208w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 273px) 100vw, 273px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"276\" height=\"387\" data-id=\"5231\" src=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/Smith-and-Lewis.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-5231\" srcset=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/Smith-and-Lewis.png 276w, https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/Smith-and-Lewis-214x300.png 214w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 276px) 100vw, 276px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"275\" height=\"396\" data-id=\"5232\" src=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/Smith-as-Carmen.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-5232\" srcset=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/Smith-as-Carmen.png 275w, https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/Smith-as-Carmen-208x300.png 208w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 275px) 100vw, 275px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"196\" height=\"257\" data-id=\"5226\" src=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/Muriel-Carmen-J-1.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-5226\"\/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"456\" height=\"638\" data-id=\"5227\" src=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/Muriel-Saucy.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-5227\" srcset=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/Muriel-Saucy.jpg 456w, https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/Muriel-Saucy-214x300.jpg 214w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 456px) 100vw, 456px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"678\" height=\"767\" data-id=\"5229\" src=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/Muriel-Spirituals-photo.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-5229\" srcset=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/Muriel-Spirituals-photo.png 678w, https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/Muriel-Spirituals-photo-265x300.png 265w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 678px) 100vw, 678px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"176\" height=\"286\" data-id=\"5230\" src=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/Philips-Postcard.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-5230\"\/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"680\" height=\"443\" data-id=\"5207\" src=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/BBC.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-5207\" srcset=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/BBC.png 680w, https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/BBC-300x195.png 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 680px) 100vw, 680px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"300\" height=\"476\" data-id=\"5249\" src=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/Muriel-again-1.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-5249\" srcset=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/Muriel-again-1.jpg 300w, https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/Muriel-again-1-189x300.jpg 189w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/figure>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:67px\" 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-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"341\" height=\"497\" src=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/Muriel-Article-and-Photo.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-5203\" srcset=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/Muriel-Article-and-Photo.png 341w, https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/Muriel-Article-and-Photo-206x300.png 206w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 341px) 100vw, 341px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\"><br><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p>Richard Rodgers, Oscar Hammerstein II: Bali Hai (<em>South Pacific<\/em>). With The Drury Lane Theatre Orchestra conducted by Reginald Burston<\/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=\"711\" height=\"550\" src=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/Carmen-Jones-Theatre-Still.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-5204\" srcset=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/Carmen-Jones-Theatre-Still.jpg 711w, https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/Carmen-Jones-Theatre-Still-300x232.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 711px) 100vw, 711px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">A still from the original 1943 Broadway production of <em>Carmen Jones<\/em>. I suspect that the two women in the photo are June Hawkins and Jessica Russell and that the two men are Dick Montgomery and Randall Steplight,<br>who all appear in the cast recording.<br><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>Georges Bizet, Oscar Hammerstein II: The Cards Don&#8217;t Lie (<em>Carmen Jones<\/em>). With June Hawkins, Jessica Russell, Urylee Leonardos, Ethel White, Sibol Cain; Joseph Littau, conductor<\/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=\"605\" height=\"602\" data-id=\"5205\" src=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/Luther-Saxon-and-Carlotta-Franzell.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-5205\" srcset=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/Luther-Saxon-and-Carlotta-Franzell.png 605w, https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/Luther-Saxon-and-Carlotta-Franzell-300x300.png 300w, https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/Luther-Saxon-and-Carlotta-Franzell-150x150.png 150w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 605px) 100vw, 605px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Luther Saxon as Joe and Carlotta Franzell as Cindy Lou in the original <em>Carmen Jones<\/em>.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"381\" height=\"550\" data-id=\"5206\" src=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/Muriel-as-Carmen.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-5206\" srcset=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/Muriel-as-Carmen.jpg 381w, https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/Muriel-as-Carmen-208x300.jpg 208w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 381px) 100vw, 381px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Muriel Smith as Carmen Jones.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>Georges Bizet, Oscar Hammerstein II: Final Scene (<em>Carmen Jones<\/em>). With Luther Saxon (Joe); Orchestra conducted by Lynn Murray (Ford Theater radio broadcast 16 November 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-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"638\" height=\"510\" src=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/Da-Silva-Smith-and-Bernstein-1.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-5200\" srcset=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/Da-Silva-Smith-and-Bernstein-1.png 638w, https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/Da-Silva-Smith-and-Bernstein-1-300x240.png 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 638px) 100vw, 638px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">(L to R): Howard Da Silva, Muriel Spark, and Leonard Bernstein, in a publicity shot for the<br>1947 revival of Marc Blitzstein&#8217;s <em>The Cradle Will Rock<\/em>.<br><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p>Marc Blitzstein: Mamasha Goose (<em>Goloopchik<\/em>). With Marc Blitzstein, piano<\/p>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"805\" height=\"1024\" src=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/Marc-Blitzstein-2-805x1024.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-5245\" srcset=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/Marc-Blitzstein-2-805x1024.jpg 805w, https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/Marc-Blitzstein-2-236x300.jpg 236w, https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/Marc-Blitzstein-2-768x977.jpg 768w, https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/Marc-Blitzstein-2-1208x1536.jpg 1208w, https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/Marc-Blitzstein-2-1610x2048.jpg 1610w, https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/Marc-Blitzstein-2-1600x2035.jpg 1600w, https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/Marc-Blitzstein-2-scaled.jpg 2013w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 805px) 100vw, 805px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">The stunningly handsome Marc Blitzstein (1905-1964)<\/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-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"824\" src=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/Muriel-Smith-Peter-Grant-Betta-St.-John-South-Pacific-2-1024x824.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-5202\" srcset=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/Muriel-Smith-Peter-Grant-Betta-St.-John-South-Pacific-2-1024x824.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/Muriel-Smith-Peter-Grant-Betta-St.-John-South-Pacific-2-300x241.jpg 300w, https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/Muriel-Smith-Peter-Grant-Betta-St.-John-South-Pacific-2-768x618.jpg 768w, https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/Muriel-Smith-Peter-Grant-Betta-St.-John-South-Pacific-2.jpg 1360w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Betta St. John, Muriel Smith, and Peter Grant in <em>South Pacific <\/em>, London, Drury Lane Theatre, December 1951<br>(Photo by Kurt Hutton\/Picture Post\/Hulton Archive\/Getty Images)<br><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p>Richard Rodgers, Oscar Hammerstein II: Happy Talk (<em>South Pacific<\/em>). With Reginald Burston; The Drury Lane Theatre Orchestra<\/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=\"757\" height=\"1024\" src=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/Bet-Your-Life-program-757x1024.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-5242\" srcset=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/Bet-Your-Life-program-757x1024.jpg 757w, https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/Bet-Your-Life-program-222x300.jpg 222w, https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/Bet-Your-Life-program-768x1039.jpg 768w, https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/Bet-Your-Life-program.jpg 1109w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 757px) 100vw, 757px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">A souvenir program booklet from the West End production of <em>Bet Your Life<\/em>.<br><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p>Charles Zwar, Kenneth Leslie-Smith: I Love Him As He Is (<em>Bet Your Life<\/em>). With orchestra conducted by Frank Cordell. <em>Bet Your Life <\/em>was a 1952 musical which starred Julie Wilson and Sally Ann Howes.<\/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=\"1023\" height=\"696\" src=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/Walter-Crisham-Katherine-Kath-Tutte-Lemkow-and-Muriel-Smith-in-Moulin-Rouge-1952-1.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-5209\" srcset=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/Walter-Crisham-Katherine-Kath-Tutte-Lemkow-and-Muriel-Smith-in-Moulin-Rouge-1952-1.jpg 1023w, https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/Walter-Crisham-Katherine-Kath-Tutte-Lemkow-and-Muriel-Smith-in-Moulin-Rouge-1952-1-300x204.jpg 300w, https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/Walter-Crisham-Katherine-Kath-Tutte-Lemkow-and-Muriel-Smith-in-Moulin-Rouge-1952-1-768x523.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1023px) 100vw, 1023px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Walter Crisham, Katherine Kath, Tutte Lemkow, and Muriel Smith in <em>Moulin Rouge<\/em> (1952)<br><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p>Georges Auric, Jacques Larue, Paul Dehn: It\u2019s April Again (aka The Song from <em>Moulin Rouge<\/em>). With orchestra conducted by Lambert Williamson<\/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=\"544\" src=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/April-Olrich-1-1024x544.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-5240\" srcset=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/April-Olrich-1-1024x544.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/April-Olrich-1-300x160.jpg 300w, https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/April-Olrich-1-768x408.jpg 768w, https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/April-Olrich-1-1536x817.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/April-Olrich-1-2048x1089.jpg 2048w, https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/April-Olrich-1-1600x851.jpg 1600w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">April Olrich, photographed by the Australian photographer David Moore (1927-2003), London 1952.<br><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>Excerpt from <em>The Battle of the River Plate<\/em> (1956, Michael Powell and Emeric Pressburger). The film stars Anthony Quayle, Ian Hunter, and Peter Finch, as well as various warships that were listed as actors at the beginning of the film. The movie is dreary beyond belief, but features on at-shore moment in which Muriel Smith&#8217;s voice is dubbed into the body of a sultry (and light-skinned) lounge singer named Dolores, played by April Olrich (1931-2014), who is sexually harassed by one of the patrons as she attempts to sing her song.<\/p>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"571\" src=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/Powell-and-Pressburger-1-1024x571.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-5253\" srcset=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/Powell-and-Pressburger-1-1024x571.png 1024w, https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/Powell-and-Pressburger-1-300x167.png 300w, https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/Powell-and-Pressburger-1-768x428.png 768w, https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/Powell-and-Pressburger-1.png 1119w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">April Olrich in a still from <em>The Battle of the River Plate<\/em>.<\/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-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"800\" height=\"600\" src=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/Harvey-Fuqua.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-5238\" srcset=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/Harvey-Fuqua.jpg 800w, https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/Harvey-Fuqua-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/Harvey-Fuqua-768x576.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Harvey Fuqua (1929-2010). Harvey Fuqua founded the seminal doo-wop group The Moonglows, was an executive at Motown Records in its early days, and recorded extensively, including with the magnetic Etta James.<br>He was also a vital figure in the career of Marvin Gaye.<br><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p>Harvey Fuqua, Alan Freed: Sincerely. With Wally Stott [Angela Morley] and His [Her] Orchestra<\/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 aligncenter has-nested-images columns-default 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=\"310\" height=\"440\" data-id=\"5219\" src=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/Angela-Morley.jpeg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-5219\" srcset=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/Angela-Morley.jpeg 310w, https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/Angela-Morley-211x300.jpeg 211w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 310px) 100vw, 310px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Angela Morley (n\u00e9e Wallace [Wally] Stott) [1924-2009]<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"313\" height=\"404\" data-id=\"5217\" src=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/Wally-Stott.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-5217\" srcset=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/Wally-Stott.jpg 313w, https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/Wally-Stott-232x300.jpg 232w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 313px) 100vw, 313px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Wally Stott in the 1950s, before transition<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>Johnny Green, Edward Heyman, Robert Sour, Frank Eyton: Body and Soul. Wally Stott [Angela Morley] and His [Her] Orchestra. Personnel for these sessions included Tommy Whittle, Bill Griffiths, Ted Thorne, Jack Goddard, Dave Stephenson, Alan Franks, Bill McGuffie, Joe Muddel, Tony Kinsey, and Bert Wheedon.<\/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 is-resized\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"304\" height=\"471\" src=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/In-Rehearsal-1949.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-5220\" style=\"width:356px;height:552px\" srcset=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/In-Rehearsal-1949.png 304w, https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/In-Rehearsal-1949-194x300.png 194w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 304px) 100vw, 304px\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p>Franz Waxman, Jay Livingston, Ray Evans: Tonight My Love. With Wally Stott [Angela Morley] and His [Her] Orchestra<\/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=\"732\" height=\"753\" src=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/Folder-Copy.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-5221\" srcset=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/Folder-Copy.jpg 732w, https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/Folder-Copy-292x300.jpg 292w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 732px) 100vw, 732px\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p>Hoagy Carmichael, Ned Washington: The Nearness of You. With Wally Stott [Angela Morley] and His [Her] Orchestra. (Same personnel as Body and Soul)<\/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=\"480\" height=\"360\" src=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/Angela-Morley2.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-5261\" srcset=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/Angela-Morley2.jpg 480w, https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/Angela-Morley2-300x225.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 480px) 100vw, 480px\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p><strong><a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=SEpZPryh9m8\" target=\"_blank\">Angela Morley: Reverie for Violin and Strings<\/a><\/strong>. Geoffrey Allen, violinist<\/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 is-resized\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"354\" height=\"458\" src=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/Climb-Up-the-Wall2.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-5236\" style=\"width:415px;height:537px\" srcset=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/Climb-Up-the-Wall2.png 354w, https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/Climb-Up-the-Wall2-232x300.png 232w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 354px) 100vw, 354px\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p>Auyar Hosseini, Norman Gimbel: Climb Up the Wall. With Wally Stott [Angela Morley] and His [Her] Orchestra. The song was first sung in 1954 by Eydie Gorme as the B-side to her recording of \u201cFrenesi\u201d before Muriel recorded it in 1955. It was a charting single on the British pop charts for Yana (n\u00e9e Pamela Guard) (1931-1989), a British-born singer, when the song was featured in the 1956 Columbia Pictures imperialist epic <em>Zarak<\/em>, which starred Victor Mature, Michael Wilding, and Anita Ekberg.<\/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 is-resized\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"309\" height=\"296\" src=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/Alternate-Cover.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-5222\" style=\"width:464px;height:444px\" srcset=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/Alternate-Cover.jpg 309w, https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/Alternate-Cover-300x287.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 309px) 100vw, 309px\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p>Paul Mann, Stephan Weiss, Kim Gannon: Make Love to Me. With Wally Stott [Angela Morley] and His [Her] Orchestra (same personnel as Body and Soul)<\/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 aligncenter has-nested-images columns-default is-cropped wp-block-gallery-4 is-layout-flex wp-block-gallery-is-layout-flex\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"711\" height=\"1024\" data-id=\"5255\" src=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/Muriel-Smith-Jet-Mag1-711x1024.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-5255\" srcset=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/Muriel-Smith-Jet-Mag1-711x1024.jpg 711w, https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/Muriel-Smith-Jet-Mag1-208x300.jpg 208w, https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/Muriel-Smith-Jet-Mag1-768x1106.jpg 768w, https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/Muriel-Smith-Jet-Mag1.jpg 826w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 711px) 100vw, 711px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"355\" height=\"482\" data-id=\"5223\" src=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/Muriel-Smith-Jet-Magazine.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-5223\" srcset=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/Muriel-Smith-Jet-Magazine.jpg 355w, https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/Muriel-Smith-Jet-Magazine-221x300.jpg 221w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 355px) 100vw, 355px\" \/><\/figure>\n<figcaption class=\"blocks-gallery-caption wp-element-caption\"><br>Muriel Smith on two <em>Jet <\/em>magazine covers.<br><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>Hugh Martin, Ralph Blane: Love. With Wally Stott [Angela Morley] and His [Her] Orchestra<\/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=\"500\" height=\"390\" src=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/51KB-btAdcL._AC_SY400_.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-5216\" srcset=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/51KB-btAdcL._AC_SY400_.jpg 500w, https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/51KB-btAdcL._AC_SY400_-300x234.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 500px) 100vw, 500px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Muriel Smith and John Constable, with whom she concertized in the UK in the 1950s<br><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p>Hugo Wolf: Nimmersatte Liebe (<em>M\u00f6rike-Lieder<\/em>). Accompanist and performance details unknown<\/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=\"599\" height=\"601\" src=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/World-45.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-5214\" srcset=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/World-45.jpg 599w, https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/World-45-300x300.jpg 300w, https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/World-45-150x150.jpg 150w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 599px) 100vw, 599px\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p>George M. Fraser, Peter Howard: The World Walked into My Heart (<em>The Crowning Achievement<\/em>). With orchestra conducted by Paul Dunlap<\/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=\"700\" height=\"695\" src=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/Songs-of-Christmas.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-5210\" srcset=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/Songs-of-Christmas.jpg 700w, https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/Songs-of-Christmas-300x298.jpg 300w, https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/Songs-of-Christmas-150x150.jpg 150w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 700px) 100vw, 700px\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p>Traditional: Away in a Manger. With Wally Stott [Angela Morley] and His [Her] Orchestra<\/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=\"325\" height=\"397\" src=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/Bream.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-5215\" srcset=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/Bream.jpg 325w, https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/Bream-246x300.jpg 246w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 325px) 100vw, 325px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Julian Bream<br><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p>Robert MacGimsey: Sweet Little Jesus Boy. With Julian Bream, guitar<\/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=\"600\" height=\"600\" src=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/The-Glory-of-Christmas-II.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-5211\" srcset=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/The-Glory-of-Christmas-II.jpg 600w, https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/The-Glory-of-Christmas-II-300x300.jpg 300w, https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/The-Glory-of-Christmas-II-150x150.jpg 150w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p>Traditional Spiritual, arr. Roland Hayes: Li&#8217;l Boy. With Peter Knight and His Orchestra<\/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=\"579\" height=\"596\" src=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/Glory-of-Christmas-Reissue-1.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-5213\" srcset=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/Glory-of-Christmas-Reissue-1.jpg 579w, https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/Glory-of-Christmas-Reissue-1-291x300.jpg 291w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 579px) 100vw, 579px\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p>Johannes Brahms: Wiegenlied. With Peter Knight and His Orchestra<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Episode 45. 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