{"id":6168,"date":"2020-12-13T20:38:21","date_gmt":"2020-12-13T19:38:21","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/?p=6168"},"modified":"2026-02-06T00:10:57","modified_gmt":"2026-02-05T23:10:57","slug":"episode-65-1935-hb2u-mommie-dearest","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/index.php\/2020\/12\/13\/episode-65-1935-hb2u-mommie-dearest\/","title":{"rendered":"Episode 65. 1935 (HB2U, Mommie Dearest!)"},"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\" 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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=\"1024\" height=\"890\" src=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/Jane-on-Ferry-TRIMMED-1024x890.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-6329\" srcset=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/Jane-on-Ferry-TRIMMED-1024x890.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/Jane-on-Ferry-TRIMMED-300x261.jpg 300w, https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/Jane-on-Ferry-TRIMMED-768x668.jpg 768w, https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/Jane-on-Ferry-TRIMMED.jpg 1509w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<div style=\"height:38px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p>This coming Saturday, December 19, is an important day for my family: it\u2019s my mother Jane\u2019s 85th birthday. To pay tribute to this event, and to this very special woman, I\u2019m presenting a program focusing on the year 1935, and important milestones in film, musicals, and the hit parade. There was such a dizzying variety of musical material in this year that it was challenging to organize, but I focus on young artists who were just entering the scene (Judy Garland, Carmen Miranda, and \u00c9dith Piaf) to \u00e9migr\u00e9s to and from America (including Marlene Dietrich, Paul Robeson, Jos\u00e9phine Baker, Kurt Weill, Elisabeth Welch, and Erich Korngold), to Broadway shows that debuted in that year (in performances by, among others, Ethel Merman, Libby Holman, and Nat King Cole). Along the way I pay particular focus to what was, in retrospect, the most important Broadway event of the year, the premiere of <em>Porgy and Bess<\/em>. From that show, I present performances by Todd Duncan, Anne Brown, and Ruby Elzy, all of whom created their roles. I also examine the \u201cLatin\u201d influence on US culture from artists like Xavier Cugat, Carlos Gardel, and Miranda, and of the enormous cultural impact (in spite of repression and discrimination) that African American artists were making (Bessie Smith, Billie Holiday, Ella Fitzgerald, Alberta Hunter, Fats Wallter, and Adelaide Hall.) Finally I look at musicians who were also born in 1935 who made their mark in subsequent decades in a wide variety of styles (including Johnny Mathis, Julie Andrews, Diahann Carroll, Elvis Presley, Nancy Ford and Gretchen Cryer, and Jerry Orbach). This is not to forget figures ranging from Ruth Etting to Grace Moore to Fred Astaire to Patsy Montana to Allan Jones to No\u00ebl Coward to Benny Goodman to Lucienne Boyer to the Comedian Harmonists to Bette Davis. Please join me in celebrating all these artists, and in wishing my mother a very Happy Birthday!<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-gallery has-nested-images columns-2 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=\"1024\" height=\"762\" data-id=\"6333\" src=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/Jane-and-Dan-in-Kenosha-1024x762.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-6333\" srcset=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/Jane-and-Dan-in-Kenosha-1024x762.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/Jane-and-Dan-in-Kenosha-300x223.jpg 300w, https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/Jane-and-Dan-in-Kenosha-768x572.jpg 768w, https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/Jane-and-Dan-in-Kenosha.jpg 1080w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"768\" data-id=\"6334\" src=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/Jane-Walking-in-the-Woods-1024x768.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-6334\" srcset=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/Jane-Walking-in-the-Woods-1024x768.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/Jane-Walking-in-the-Woods-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/Jane-Walking-in-the-Woods-768x576.jpg 768w, https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/Jane-Walking-in-the-Woods.jpg 1080w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"640\" height=\"480\" data-id=\"6335\" src=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/Jane-and-Dan-Mothers-Day-2014.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-6335\" srcset=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/Jane-and-Dan-Mothers-Day-2014.jpg 640w, https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/Jane-and-Dan-Mothers-Day-2014-300x225.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"683\" data-id=\"6336\" src=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/Jane-and-Dan-at-Taliesen-1.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-6336\" srcset=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/Jane-and-Dan-at-Taliesen-1.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/Jane-and-Dan-at-Taliesen-1-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/Jane-and-Dan-at-Taliesen-1-768x512.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/figure>\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\n<p>All recordings made in 1935 unless otherwise noted<\/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=\"818\" src=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/Dan-and-Lloyd-1024x818.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-6341\" srcset=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/Dan-and-Lloyd-1024x818.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/Dan-and-Lloyd-300x240.jpg 300w, https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/Dan-and-Lloyd-768x614.jpg 768w, https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/Dan-and-Lloyd.jpg 1199w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p>Ned Washington, Leigh Harline: When You Wish upon a Star (<em>Pinocchio<\/em>). Daniel Gundlach; Lloyd Arriola [live New York 25 October 2015]<\/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=\"467\" height=\"700\" src=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/Marguerite-Monnot-Edith-Piaf.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-6342\" srcset=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/Marguerite-Monnot-Edith-Piaf.jpg 467w, https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/Marguerite-Monnot-Edith-Piaf-200x300.jpg 200w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 467px) 100vw, 467px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Edith Piaf and Marguerite Monnot<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<div style=\"height:5px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p>Marguerite Monnot, Robert Malleron: L&#8217;\u00c9tranger. \u00c9dith Piaf<\/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=\"417\" height=\"495\" src=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/Lucienne-Boyer2.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-6349\" srcset=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/Lucienne-Boyer2.png 417w, https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/Lucienne-Boyer2-253x300.png 253w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 417px) 100vw, 417px\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p>Paul Misraki, Jean F\u00e9line: Chez moi. Lucienne Boyer; Orchestra conducted by Iza Volpin<\/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=\"960\" height=\"691\" src=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/Jo-and-ComHarm.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-6344\" srcset=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/Jo-and-ComHarm.jpg 960w, https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/Jo-and-ComHarm-300x216.jpg 300w, https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/Jo-and-ComHarm-768x553.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 960px) 100vw, 960px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Jos\u00e9phine Baker and The Comedian Harmonists<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:11px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p>Jacques Dalin, Andr\u00e9 de Badet: Sous le ciel d&#8217;Afrique (<em>Princesse Tam-Tam<\/em>). Jos\u00e9phine Baker, The Comedian Harmonists<\/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=\"604\" height=\"470\" src=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/Elisabeth-Welch-and-Paul-Robeson.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-6345\" srcset=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/Elisabeth-Welch-and-Paul-Robeson.png 604w, https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/Elisabeth-Welch-and-Paul-Robeson-300x233.png 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 604px) 100vw, 604px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Elisabeth Welch and Paul Robeson<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<div style=\"height:11px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p>Mischa Spoliansky, Arthur Wimperis: Love Song (<em>Sanders of the River<\/em>). Paul Robeson; Muir Matheson, New Mayfair 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=\"635\" height=\"476\" src=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/Dietrich-in-The-Devil-Is-a-Woman.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-6346\" srcset=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/Dietrich-in-The-Devil-Is-a-Woman.png 635w, https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/Dietrich-in-The-Devil-Is-a-Woman-300x225.png 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 635px) 100vw, 635px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Marlene Dietrich in <em>The Devil Is a Woman <\/em>(1935)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<div style=\"height:10px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p>Ralph Rainger, Leo Robin: If It Isn&#8217;t Pain (cut from <em>The Devil Is a Woman<\/em>). Marlene Dietrich<\/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=\"512\" height=\"384\" src=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/Weill.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-6347\" srcset=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/Weill.jpg 512w, https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/Weill-300x225.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 512px) 100vw, 512px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Kurt Weill<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<div style=\"height:10px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p>Kurt Weill, Robert Vambery: Seit ich in diese Stadt gekommen bin (<em>Der Kuhhandel<\/em>). Eberhard B\u00fcchner; Jan-Latham K\u00f6nig, K\u00f6lner Rundfunkorchester [1992]<\/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=\"640\" height=\"464\" src=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/Titania-and-the-Donkey.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-6348\" srcset=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/Titania-and-the-Donkey.jpg 640w, https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/Titania-and-the-Donkey-300x218.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Anita Louise as Titania in Max Reinhardt&#8217;s <em>A Midsummer Night&#8217;s Dream<\/em><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<div style=\"height:10px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p>Erich Wolfgang Korngold: Titania&#8217;s Slumber Song (from Max Reinhardt\u2019s <em>A Midsummer Night&#8217;s Dream<\/em>). Celina Lindsley; Gerd Albrecht, Deutsches Sinfonie-Orchester Berlin [1999]<\/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=\"745\" height=\"841\" src=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/Connee.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-6350\" style=\"width:538px;height:607px\" srcset=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/Connee.jpg 745w, https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/Connee-266x300.jpg 266w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 745px) 100vw, 745px\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p>Nacio Herb Brown, Arthur Freed: You Are My Lucky Star (<em>Broadway Melody of 1936<\/em>). Connee Boswell; Orchestra conducted by Victor Young<\/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=\"431\" height=\"690\" src=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/Rudy-Vallee.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-6351\" srcset=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/Rudy-Vallee.jpg 431w, https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/Rudy-Vallee-187x300.jpg 187w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 431px) 100vw, 431px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Rudy Vallee<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<div style=\"height:10px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p>Richard Whiting, Sidney Clare: On the Good Ship Lollipop (<em>Bright Eyes<\/em>). The Stewart Sisters; Orchestra conducted by Rudy Vallee<\/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=\"576\" height=\"720\" src=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/Astaire.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-6352\" srcset=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/Astaire.jpg 576w, https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/Astaire-240x300.jpg 240w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 576px) 100vw, 576px\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p>Irving Berlin: Cheek to Cheek (<em>Top Hat<\/em>). Fred Astaire; Orchestra conducted by Leo Reisman<\/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=\"751\" height=\"881\" src=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/Allan-Jones.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-6353\" style=\"width:558px;height:654px\" srcset=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/Allan-Jones.jpg 751w, https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/Allan-Jones-256x300.jpg 256w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 751px) 100vw, 751px\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p>Nacio Herb Brown, Arthur Freed: Alone (<em>A Night at the Opera<\/em>). Allan Jones; Orchestra conducted by Harry Richman<\/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=\"721\" height=\"928\" src=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/Grace-Moore.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-6354\" style=\"width:567px;height:730px\" srcset=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/Grace-Moore.jpg 721w, https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/Grace-Moore-233x300.jpg 233w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 721px) 100vw, 721px\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p>Victor Schertzinger, Gus Kahn: Love Me Forever (from the film of the same title). Grace Moore; Orchestra conducted by Josef Pasternak<\/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=\"1024\" height=\"828\" src=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/Baby-Jane-1024x828.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-6357\" style=\"width:640px;height:517px\" srcset=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/Baby-Jane-1024x828.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/Baby-Jane-300x243.jpg 300w, https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/Baby-Jane-768x621.jpg 768w, https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/Baby-Jane-1536x1242.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/Baby-Jane-2048x1656.jpg 2048w, https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/Baby-Jane-1600x1294.jpg 1600w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Bette Davis and Victor Buono in <em>Whatever Happened to Baby Jane <\/em>(1962)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<div style=\"height:10px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p>Frank De Vol, Bob Merrill: I&#8217;ve Written a Letter to Daddy (<em>What Ever Happened to Baby Jane?<\/em>). Bette Davis; Orchestra conducted by Roger Webb [1976]<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:100px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"534\" height=\"677\" src=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/Judy-Youngster.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-6356\" srcset=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/Judy-Youngster.jpg 534w, https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/Judy-Youngster-237x300.jpg 237w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 534px) 100vw, 534px\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p>Jerome Kern, P.G. Wodehouse, Oscar Hammerstein II: Bill (<em>Show Boat<\/em>). Judy Garland; Ethel Gumm<\/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=\"706\" height=\"503\" src=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/Carmen-Miranda-in-Estudiantes.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-6355\" srcset=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/Carmen-Miranda-in-Estudiantes.png 706w, https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/Carmen-Miranda-in-Estudiantes-300x214.png 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 706px) 100vw, 706px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">, Mesquitinha, Carmen Miranda,&nbsp;Barbosa J\u00fanior, and&nbsp;&nbsp;in&nbsp;<em>Estudantes <\/em>(1935)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:10px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p>Alberto Ribeiro, Jo\u00e3o de Barro: Sonho de Papel (<em>Estudiantes<\/em>). Carmen Miranda; Orchestra conducted by Simon Bountman<\/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=\"420\" height=\"420\" src=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/Xavier-Cugat.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-6358\" srcset=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/Xavier-Cugat.jpg 420w, https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/Xavier-Cugat-300x300.jpg 300w, https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/Xavier-Cugat-150x150.jpg 150w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 420px) 100vw, 420px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Xavier Cugat<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<div style=\"height:10px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p>Allie Wrubel, Mort Dixon: The Lady in Red (<em>In Caliente<\/em>). Don Reid; Xavier Cugat and His Waldorf-Astoria 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 is-resized\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"563\" height=\"806\" src=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/Gardel.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-6359\" style=\"width:511px;height:732px\" srcset=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/Gardel.jpg 563w, https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/Gardel-210x300.jpg 210w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 563px) 100vw, 563px\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p>Carlos Gardel, Alfredo Le Pera: El d\u00eda que me quieras (from the film of the same title). Carlos Gardel<\/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=\"564\" height=\"681\" src=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/Benny-Goodman.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-6360\" srcset=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/Benny-Goodman.jpg 564w, https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/Benny-Goodman-248x300.jpg 248w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 564px) 100vw, 564px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Benny Goodman<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<div style=\"height:10px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p>Richard Rodgers, Lorenz Hart: Blue Moon. Helen Ward; Benny Goodman 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=\"384\" height=\"652\" src=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/Etting.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-6361\" srcset=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/Etting.jpg 384w, https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/Etting-177x300.jpg 177w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 384px) 100vw, 384px\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p>Fred E. Ahlert, Joe Young: Life Is a Song (Let&#8217;s Sing It Together). Ruth Etting<\/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=\"564\" height=\"1009\" src=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/Patsy-Montana-1.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-6363\" style=\"width:426px;height:762px\" srcset=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/Patsy-Montana-1.jpg 564w, https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/Patsy-Montana-1-168x300.jpg 168w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 564px) 100vw, 564px\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p>Ruby Blevins [AKA Patsy Montana]. I Want To Be a Cowboy&#8217;s Sweetheart. Patsy Montana<\/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=\"507\" height=\"640\" src=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/Coward.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-6364\" srcset=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/Coward.jpg 507w, https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/Coward-238x300.jpg 238w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 507px) 100vw, 507px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">No\u00ebl Coward by Edward Steichen (1932)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<div style=\"height:10px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p>No\u00ebl Coward: Mrs. Worthington. No\u00ebl Coward<\/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=\"454\" height=\"631\" src=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/Libby-Holman.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-6365\" srcset=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/Libby-Holman.jpg 454w, https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/Libby-Holman-216x300.jpg 216w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 454px) 100vw, 454px\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p>Arthur Schwartz, Howard Dietz: You and the Night and the Music (<em>Revenge in Music<\/em>). Libby Holman; Richard Himber 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=\"344\" height=\"480\" src=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/Ethel.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-6370\" srcset=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/Ethel.jpg 344w, https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/Ethel-215x300.jpg 215w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 344px) 100vw, 344px\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p>Harold Arlen, Yip Harburg, Ira Gershwin: You&#8217;re a Builder Upper (<em>Life Begins at 8:40<\/em>). Ethel Merman; Johnny Green 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=\"392\" height=\"470\" src=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/Elisabeth-Welch.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-6367\" srcset=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/Elisabeth-Welch.png 392w, https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/Elisabeth-Welch-250x300.png 250w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 392px) 100vw, 392px\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p>Ivor Novello, Christopher Hassall: The Girl I Knew (<em>Glamorous Night<\/em>). Elisabeth Welch; Charles Prentice, 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=\"500\" height=\"494\" src=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/Nat-King-Cole.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-6368\" srcset=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/Nat-King-Cole.jpg 500w, https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/Nat-King-Cole-300x296.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 500px) 100vw, 500px\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p>Cole Porter: Just One of Those Things (<em>Jubilee<\/em>). Nat King Cole; Orchestra conducted by Billy May [1957]<\/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=\"485\" height=\"496\" src=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/Johnny-Mathis.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-6372\" srcset=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/Johnny-Mathis.png 485w, https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/Johnny-Mathis-293x300.png 293w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 485px) 100vw, 485px\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p>Richard Rodgers, Lorenz Hart: The Most Beautiful Girl in the World (<em>Billy Rose&#8217;s Jumbo<\/em>). Johnny Mathis; Orchestra conducted by Don Costa [1963]<\/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=\"803\" src=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/Porgy-Premiere-1024x803.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-6404\" srcset=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/Porgy-Premiere-1024x803.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/Porgy-Premiere-300x235.jpg 300w, https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/Porgy-Premiere-768x602.jpg 768w, https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/Porgy-Premiere-1536x1205.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/Porgy-Premiere-2048x1606.jpg 2048w, https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/Porgy-Premiere-1600x1255.jpg 1600w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">World premiere of <em>Porgy and Bess<\/em>, 10 October 1935.<br>From L to R: Ruby Elzy, Todd Duncan, Anne Brown, Ira Gershwin, George Gershwin<\/figcaption><\/figure>\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=\"297\" height=\"438\" src=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/Martha-Flowers2.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-6374\" style=\"width:351px;height:518px\" srcset=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/Martha-Flowers2.png 297w, https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/Martha-Flowers2-203x300.png 203w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 297px) 100vw, 297px\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p>George Gershwin, Ira Gershwin, DuBose Heyward: Summertime (<em>Porgy and Bess<\/em>). Martha Flowers; Lorenzo Fuller, Symphony Orchestra &#8220;Concerthall Haarlem&#8221; [1956]<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:100px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"391\" height=\"500\" src=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/Brown-Duncan.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-6393\" srcset=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/Brown-Duncan.jpg 391w, https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/Brown-Duncan-235x300.jpg 235w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 391px) 100vw, 391px\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p>George Gershwin, Ira Gershwin, DuBose Heyward: Bess, You Is My Woman Now (<em>Porgy and Bess<\/em>). Todd Duncan, Anne Brown; Orchestra conducted by Frank Black [The Golden Key radio program, 1 December 1935]<\/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=\"481\" height=\"621\" src=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/Ruby-Elzy-as-Serena-1.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-6396\" srcset=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/Ruby-Elzy-as-Serena-1.jpg 481w, https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/Ruby-Elzy-as-Serena-1-232x300.jpg 232w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 481px) 100vw, 481px\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p>George Gershwin, Ira Gershwin, DuBose Heyward: My Man&#8217;s Gone Now (<em>Porgy and Bess<\/em>). Ruby Elzy; Spoken introduction by George Gershwin<\/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=\"539\" height=\"438\" src=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/Brown-n-Duncan.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-6394\" srcset=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/Brown-n-Duncan.jpg 539w, https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/Brown-n-Duncan-300x244.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 539px) 100vw, 539px\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p>George Gershwin, Ira Gershwin, DuBose Heyward: I Loves You, Porgy (<em>Porgy and Bess<\/em>). Anne Brown, Todd Duncan; Orchestra conducted by Alexander Smallens [1942]<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:100px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"606\" height=\"422\" src=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/Diahann-Carroll.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-6375\" srcset=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/Diahann-Carroll.png 606w, https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/Diahann-Carroll-300x209.png 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 606px) 100vw, 606px\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p>George Gershwin, Ira Gershwin DuBose Heyward: It Ain&#8217;t Necessarily So (<em>Porgy and Bess<\/em>). Diahann Carroll; The Andr\u00e9 Previn Trio [Andr\u00e9 Previn, Joe Mandragon, Larry Bunker] [1959]<\/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=\"564\" height=\"840\" src=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/Adelaide-Hall.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-6392\" srcset=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/Adelaide-Hall.jpg 564w, https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/Adelaide-Hall-201x300.jpg 201w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 564px) 100vw, 564px\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p>Unknown Composer and Lyricist: To Love You Again (from <em>An All-Colored Vaudeville Show <\/em>[Vitaphone short]). Adelaide Hall<\/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=\"505\" height=\"612\" src=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/Ella.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-6388\" srcset=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/Ella.jpg 505w, https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/Ella-248x300.jpg 248w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 505px) 100vw, 505px\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p>Edgar Sampson, Ken Harrison: I&#8217;ll Chase the Blues Away. Ella Fitzgerald; Chick Webb 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=\"564\" height=\"894\" src=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/Waller.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-6387\" srcset=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/Waller.jpg 564w, https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/Waller-189x300.jpg 189w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 564px) 100vw, 564px\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p>Harry Warren, Al Dubin: Lulu&#8217;s Back in Town (<em>Broadway Gondolier<\/em>). 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Herb Alpert [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=\"800\" height=\"532\" src=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/Ford-Cryer.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-6379\" srcset=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/Ford-Cryer.jpg 800w, https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/Ford-Cryer-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/Ford-Cryer-768x511.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p>Nancy Ford, Gretchen Cryer: Old Friend (<em>I&#8217;m Getting My Act Together and Taking It on the Road<\/em>). 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Elvis Presley [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 is-resized\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"705\" height=\"894\" src=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/Jerry-Orbach.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-6378\" style=\"width:555px;height:703px\" srcset=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/Jerry-Orbach.jpg 705w, https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/Jerry-Orbach-237x300.jpg 237w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 705px) 100vw, 705px\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p>Tom Schmidt, Harvey Jones: Try to Remember (<em>The Fantasticks<\/em>). Jerry Orbach [from televised <em>Night of 100 Stars <\/em>extravaganza (Radio City Music Hall 19 February 1982)]<\/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=\"686\" height=\"553\" src=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/Screenshot-916.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-6468\" srcset=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/Screenshot-916.png 686w, https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/Screenshot-916-300x242.png 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 686px) 100vw, 686px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">The Birthday Girl!<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Episode 65. 1935 (HB2U, Mommie Dearest!) SOCIAL SHARE SUBSCRIPTION PLATFORM This coming Saturday, December 19, is an important day 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