{"id":8964,"date":"2022-02-08T17:45:04","date_gmt":"2022-02-08T16:45:04","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/?p=8964"},"modified":"2022-02-09T23:01:04","modified_gmt":"2022-02-09T22:01:04","slug":"episode-128-leslie-uggams","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/index.php\/2022\/02\/08\/episode-128-leslie-uggams\/","title":{"rendered":"Episode 128. Leslie Uggams"},"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\" id=\"episode-128-leslie-uggams-black-history-month-2022\">Episode 128.  Leslie Uggams (Black History Month 2022)<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" width=\"340\" height=\"50\" src=\"https:\/\/countermelody.blubrry.net\/?powerpress_embed=506-podcast&amp;powerpress_player=mediaelement-audio\" title=\"Blubrry Podcast Player\" frameborder=\"0\" scrolling=\"no\"><\/iframe>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-columns is-layout-flex wp-container-core-columns-is-layout-9d6595d7 wp-block-columns-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\">\n<p><strong>SOCIAL SHARE<\/strong><\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\">\n<p class=\"has-text-align-right\"><strong>SUBSCRIPTION PLATFORM<\/strong><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-columns is-layout-flex wp-container-core-columns-is-layout-9d6595d7 wp-block-columns-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\">\n<ul class=\"wp-block-social-links 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srcset=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/Uggams-perfection-704x1024.jpg 704w, https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/Uggams-perfection-206x300.jpg 206w, https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/Uggams-perfection.jpg 736w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 704px) 100vw, 704px\" \/><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:38px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p><em>I wo<\/em>uld bet (though I can\u2019t guarantee it) that I was one of a very small number of white 8-year-old Wisconsin boys who, on Sunday nights in the summer of 1969, tuned in faithfully to watch every single episode of the short-lived variety series, <em>The Leslie Uggams Show. <\/em>Ever since encountering her on that groundbreaking show, I have loved Ms. Uggams: her combination of vivacious high spirits, powerhouse vocalism, and personal style and beauty has always enchanted me. Her performing career began long before I was born, when she appeared as a child star on various television competitions and series, later creating television history in the early sixties as a star of <em>Sing Along with Mitch. <\/em>Later she starred in a central role in 1977\u2019s <em>Roots, <\/em>the miniseries that changed the face of television. Her popularity continues to the present day, with her appearances in such series as <em>Empire <\/em>and such films as the <em>Deadpool <\/em>franchise. Some of her more recent fans may not realize that she was also a vital performer in musicals and theatre, including her Tony-Award-winning performance in <em>Hallelujah, Baby!<\/em> in 1968 and performances in regional theatre of some of the most iconic female starring roles, including Mama Rose, Dolly Levi, and Mame Dennis. In this episode feature her in sung performances over the course of more than 60 years with special focus on her recorded work in the late 1960s. Whether you are an old or a new fan, I hope that you will be as beguiled by Leslie Uggams as I always have been.<\/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\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\"><figure class=\"aligncenter size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"736\" height=\"983\" src=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/Uggams-Ebony.jpeg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-9150\" srcset=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/Uggams-Ebony.jpeg 736w, https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/Uggams-Ebony-225x300.jpeg 225w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 736px) 100vw, 736px\" \/><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p>Jackie DeShannon, Jimmy Holiday, Randy Myers, arr. Glen D. Hardin: Put a Little Love in Your Heart. Leslie Uggams, The Jimmy Bowen Orchestra and Chorus [1969]<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:100px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\"><figure class=\"aligncenter size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"769\" src=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/Uggams-Uptown-Downtown-1024x769.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-9163\" srcset=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/Uggams-Uptown-Downtown-1024x769.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/Uggams-Uptown-Downtown-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/Uggams-Uptown-Downtown-768x577.jpg 768w, https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/Uggams-Uptown-Downtown.jpg 1200w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p>Carole King, Gerry Goffin: Up on the Roof. Leslie Uggams, Steve Bargonetti [2012]<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:100px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\"><figure class=\"aligncenter size-full is-resized\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/Jerrys-Girls.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-9164\" width=\"422\" height=\"593\" srcset=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/Jerrys-Girls.jpg 356w, https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/Jerrys-Girls-214x300.jpg 214w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 422px) 100vw, 422px\" \/><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p>Jerry Herman: I Am What I Am (<em>La Cage aux Folles<\/em>). Leslie Uggams, Orchestra conducted by Donald Pippin [1984]<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:100px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\"><figure class=\"aligncenter size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"620\" height=\"350\" src=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/June-June-June.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-9166\" srcset=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/June-June-June.jpg 620w, https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/June-June-June-300x169.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 620px) 100vw, 620px\" \/><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p>Richard Rodgers, Oscar Hammerstein II: June Is Bustin\u2019 Out All Over (<em>Carousel<\/em>). Leslie Uggams [live Fourth of July Celebration, Washington DC 4.VII.1984]<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:100px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\"><figure class=\"aligncenter size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"532\" height=\"623\" src=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/Leslie-child-star.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-9151\" srcset=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/Leslie-child-star.jpg 532w, https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/Leslie-child-star-256x300.jpg 256w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 532px) 100vw, 532px\" \/><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p>Traditional: Rock-a-Bye-Baby. Leslie Uggams [Paul Whiteman\u2019s TV Teen Club 09.II.52]<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:100px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\"><figure class=\"aligncenter size-full is-resized\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/Waters.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-9152\" width=\"406\" height=\"525\" srcset=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/Waters.jpg 371w, https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/Waters-232x300.jpg 232w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 406px) 100vw, 406px\" \/><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p>Tom Delaney: Down Home Blues. Ethel Waters [1921]<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:100px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\"><figure class=\"aligncenter size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"438\" height=\"641\" src=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/Uggams-Child-Star.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-9158\" srcset=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/Uggams-Child-Star.jpg 438w, https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/Uggams-Child-Star-205x300.jpg 205w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 438px) 100vw, 438px\" \/><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p>Fred Barovick, Richard Rose: The Fat, Fat Man (With the White, White Beard). Leslie Uggams, Orchestra conducted by Fred Nerman [1954]<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:100px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\"><figure class=\"aligncenter size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1011\" height=\"1024\" src=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/Gli-occhi-di-dio-1011x1024.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-9160\" srcset=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/Gli-occhi-di-dio-1011x1024.jpg 1011w, https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/Gli-occhi-di-dio-296x300.jpg 296w, https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/Gli-occhi-di-dio-768x778.jpg 768w, https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/Gli-occhi-di-dio-1517x1536.jpg 1517w, https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/Gli-occhi-di-dio-2023x2048.jpg 2023w, https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/Gli-occhi-di-dio-1600x1620.jpg 1600w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1011px) 100vw, 1011px\" \/><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p>Ervin Drake, Irwin Graham, Jimmy Shirl, Al Stillman: I Believe. Leslie Uggams, Orchestra and chorus conducted by Glenn Osser [1959]<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:100px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\"><figure class=\"aligncenter size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1008\" height=\"749\" src=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/Uggams-TV-still.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-9178\" srcset=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/Uggams-TV-still.png 1008w, https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/Uggams-TV-still-300x223.png 300w, https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/Uggams-TV-still-768x571.png 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1008px) 100vw, 1008px\" \/><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p>Peter Moesser, Noel Sherman: One More Sunrise [Morgen]. Leslie Uggams [1959]<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:100px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\"><figure class=\"aligncenter size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"770\" height=\"1007\" src=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/Ivo-Robic.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-9153\" srcset=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/Ivo-Robic.jpg 770w, https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/Ivo-Robic-229x300.jpg 229w, https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/Ivo-Robic-768x1004.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 770px) 100vw, 770px\" \/><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p>Peter Moesser: Morgen. Ivo Robi\u0107, Die Song-Masters [1959]<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:100px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\"><figure class=\"aligncenter size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"697\" height=\"900\" src=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/Uggams-in-60s-fancy-dress.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-9179\" srcset=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/Uggams-in-60s-fancy-dress.jpg 697w, https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/Uggams-in-60s-fancy-dress-232x300.jpg 232w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 697px) 100vw, 697px\" \/><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p>Richard Rodgers, Oscar Hammerstein II: Sixteen Going on Seventeen (<em>The Sound of Music<\/em>). Leslie Uggams, Orchestra conducted by Frank DeVol [1959]<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:100px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\"><figure class=\"aligncenter size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"400\" height=\"600\" src=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/Uggams-54-below.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-9161\" srcset=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/Uggams-54-below.jpg 400w, https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/Uggams-54-below-200x300.jpg 200w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 400px) 100vw, 400px\" \/><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p>Richard Rodgers, Oscar Hammerstein II: Hello, Young Lovers (<em>The King and I<\/em>). Leslie Uggams [live at 54 Below, 2014]<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:100px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\"><figure class=\"aligncenter size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"767\" src=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/Leslie-Uggams-Mitch-Miller-1024x767.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-9154\" srcset=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/Leslie-Uggams-Mitch-Miller-1024x767.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/Leslie-Uggams-Mitch-Miller-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/Leslie-Uggams-Mitch-Miller-768x575.jpg 768w, https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/Leslie-Uggams-Mitch-Miller.jpg 1280w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p>Harry Warren, Johnny Mercer: The Atchison, Topeka and the Santa Fe. Leslie Uggams, Mitch Miller and the Gang [<em>Sing Along with Mitch<\/em>, 1961]<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:100px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\"><figure class=\"aligncenter size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"819\" height=\"686\" src=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/Uggams-60s-wig.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-9180\" srcset=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/Uggams-60s-wig.png 819w, https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/Uggams-60s-wig-300x251.png 300w, https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/Uggams-60s-wig-768x643.png 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 819px) 100vw, 819px\" \/><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p>Dale Hawkins: Little Bird. Leslie Uggams, arranged and conducted by Belford C. Hendricks [1964]<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:100px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\"><figure class=\"aligncenter size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"600\" height=\"598\" src=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/AlbumArtSmall-Copy-1.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-9167\" srcset=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/AlbumArtSmall-Copy-1.jpg 600w, https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/AlbumArtSmall-Copy-1-300x300.jpg 300w, https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/AlbumArtSmall-Copy-1-150x150.jpg 150w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\" \/><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p>Charles Strouse, Lee Adams: Once upon a Time. Leslie Uggams, Orchestra conducted by Glenn Osser [1963]<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:100px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\"><figure class=\"aligncenter size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"813\" height=\"1019\" src=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/Uggams-Charisse.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-9155\" srcset=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/Uggams-Charisse.jpg 813w, https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/Uggams-Charisse-239x300.jpg 239w, https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/Uggams-Charisse-768x963.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 813px) 100vw, 813px\" \/><figcaption>Cyd Charisse and Leslie Uggams during the filming of <em>Two Weeks in Another Town<\/em><\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:9px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p>Jimmy McHugh, Dorothy Fields: Don\u2019t Blame Me (as heard in <em>Two Weeks in Another Town<\/em>). Leslie Uggams [1962]<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:100px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\"><figure class=\"aligncenter size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"970\" height=\"546\" src=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/Leslie-Uggams-in-Hallelujah-Baby.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-9157\" srcset=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/Leslie-Uggams-in-Hallelujah-Baby.jpg 970w, https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/Leslie-Uggams-in-Hallelujah-Baby-300x169.jpg 300w, https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/Leslie-Uggams-in-Hallelujah-Baby-768x432.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 970px) 100vw, 970px\" \/><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p>Jule Styne, Betty Comden, Adolph Green, orchestrated by Peter Matz: My Own Morning (<em>Hallelujah, Baby!<\/em>). Leslie Uggams, Orchestra conducted by Buster Davis [1967]<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:100px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\"><figure class=\"aligncenter size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"427\" height=\"639\" src=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/Kiley-Uggams.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-9156\" srcset=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/Kiley-Uggams.png 427w, https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/Kiley-Uggams-200x300.png 200w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 427px) 100vw, 427px\" \/><figcaption>Leslie Uggams and Richard Kiley rehearsing <em>Her First Roman<\/em><\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:11px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p>Ervin Drake: Many Young Men from Now (<em>Her First Roman<\/em>). Leslie Uggams, Orchestra conducted by Wayne Moore [1993]<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:100px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\"><figure class=\"aligncenter size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"600\" height=\"605\" src=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/AlbumArtSmall-Copy-2.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-9168\" srcset=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/AlbumArtSmall-Copy-2.jpg 600w, https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/AlbumArtSmall-Copy-2-298x300.jpg 298w, https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/AlbumArtSmall-Copy-2-150x150.jpg 150w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\" \/><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p>Ervin Drake: The Wrong Man (<em>Her First Roman<\/em>). Leslie Uggams, Orchestra arranged and conducted by Peter Matz [1968]<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:100px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\"><figure class=\"aligncenter size-full is-resized\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/Uggams-in-60s.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-9181\" width=\"453\" height=\"566\" srcset=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/Uggams-in-60s.jpg 360w, https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/Uggams-in-60s-240x300.jpg 240w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 453px) 100vw, 453px\" \/><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p>Jerry Leiber, Mike Stoller, arr. Pat Williams: Some Cats Know. Leslie Uggams [1968]<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:100px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\"><figure class=\"aligncenter size-full is-resized\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/AlbumArtSmall-Copy-3.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-9169\" width=\"596\" height=\"596\" srcset=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/AlbumArtSmall-Copy-3.jpg 500w, https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/AlbumArtSmall-Copy-3-300x300.jpg 300w, https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/AlbumArtSmall-Copy-3-150x150.jpg 150w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 596px) 100vw, 596px\" \/><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p>Carole King, Gerry Goffin, arranged Glen D. Hardin: That Old Sweet Roll [Hi-De-Ho]. Leslie Uggams, The Jimmy Bowen Orchestra and Chorus [1969]<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:100px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\"><figure class=\"aligncenter size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"553\" height=\"563\" src=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/AlbumArtSmall-Copy-4.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-9170\" srcset=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/AlbumArtSmall-Copy-4.jpg 553w, https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/AlbumArtSmall-Copy-4-295x300.jpg 295w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 553px) 100vw, 553px\" \/><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p>Cy Coleman, Dorothy Fields: If My Friends Could See Me Now (<em>Sweet Charity<\/em>). Leslie Uggams, Arranged and conducted by Peter Matz [1966]<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:100px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\"><figure class=\"aligncenter size-full is-resized\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/Uggams-70s-elegance.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-9182\" width=\"500\" height=\"597\" srcset=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/Uggams-70s-elegance.jpg 440w, https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/Uggams-70s-elegance-251x300.jpg 251w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 500px) 100vw, 500px\" \/><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p>Harold Arlen, Ted Koehler: Between the Devil and the Deep Blue Sea. Leslie Uggams, Orchestra arranged and conducted by Peter Matz [1966]<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:100px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\"><figure class=\"aligncenter size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"600\" height=\"600\" src=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/Leslie-album.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-9172\" srcset=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/Leslie-album.jpg 600w, https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/Leslie-album-300x300.jpg 300w, https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/Leslie-album-150x150.jpg 150w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\" \/><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p>Paul McCartney, John Lennon: And I Love [Him]. Leslie Uggams [1970]<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:100px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\"><figure class=\"aligncenter size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"599\" height=\"605\" src=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/Try-to-see-it-my-way.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-9173\" srcset=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/Try-to-see-it-my-way.jpg 599w, https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/Try-to-see-it-my-way-297x300.jpg 297w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 599px) 100vw, 599px\" \/><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p>Ivy Hunter, Stevie Wonder: Loving You Is Sweeter Than Ever. Leslie Uggams [1972]<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:100px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\"><figure class=\"aligncenter size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"553\" height=\"706\" src=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/Uggams-70s-black-elegance.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-9183\" srcset=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/Uggams-70s-black-elegance.jpg 553w, https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/Uggams-70s-black-elegance-235x300.jpg 235w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 553px) 100vw, 553px\" \/><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p>Bee Gees: Rest Your Love On Me. Leslie Uggams, Andy Gibb [<em>Salute!: Andy Gibb<\/em> 1983, television special]<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:100px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\"><figure class=\"aligncenter size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"575\" height=\"724\" src=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/Uggams-Hallelujah-1.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-9185\" srcset=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/Uggams-Hallelujah-1.jpg 575w, https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/Uggams-Hallelujah-1-238x300.jpg 238w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 575px) 100vw, 575px\" \/><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p>Scott Davis, Larry Collins, arr. Jimmie Haskell: Home. Leslie Uggams, The Jimmie Bowen Orchestra and Chorus [1968]<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:100px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\"><figure class=\"aligncenter size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"790\" height=\"1024\" src=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/Leslie-and-frills-790x1024.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-9186\" srcset=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/Leslie-and-frills-790x1024.jpg 790w, https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/Leslie-and-frills-231x300.jpg 231w, https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/Leslie-and-frills-768x996.jpg 768w, https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/Leslie-and-frills.jpg 800w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 790px) 100vw, 790px\" \/><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p>Jerry Herman: Love, Look In My Window (<em>Hello, Dolly!<\/em>). Leslie Uggams [live, Houston, 2008]<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:100px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\"><figure class=\"aligncenter size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"620\" height=\"468\" src=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/Uggams-older-smiling.webp\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-9187\" srcset=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/Uggams-older-smiling.webp 620w, https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/Uggams-older-smiling-300x226.webp 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 620px) 100vw, 620px\" \/><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p>Michel Legrand, Marilyn Bergman, Alan Bergman: On My Way to You. Leslie Uggams [2003]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Episode 128. 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