3. Steve Lawrence and Eydie Gormé, Black Hole Sun In 1997 Hollywood Records released Loungeapalooza, an uneven attempt to breath some ironic energy into lounge music (or maybe it was to make fun of…
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Stargayzing Mix Tape: The Most Unbelievable Cover Songs of All-Time! #2: Shirley Bassey’s Version of the Police’s Every Breath You Take
2. Shirley Bassey, Every Breath You Take Naturally I’m a huge Bassey fan and understand that being gloriously dramatic is as vital a quality of the Bassey gestalt as beaded dresses and money notes, but…
Painful Corners: The Time I Was a Cabaret Singer For One Night
“We all have skeletons in our closet, but mine is belting Stephen Schwartz’ ‘West End Avenue’ in a cellar club on Bleecker Street.” I suppose desire for fame and fortune, to “make it big,” is…
Stargayzing Mix Tape: The Most Unbelievable Cover Songs of All-Time! #1: Rita Coolidge Covers Tempted by Squeeze
One of the regrettable consequences of the end of the Easy Listening/Middle-of-the-Road (M.O.R.) era and the reign of singers who rarely, if ever, wrote their own material, is the complete absence of incredible cover…
An Open Letter to Christina Aguilera Exposing the “Dirrty” Secret She Doesn’t Want You to Know
I will never forget the moment you turned to me and asked sincerely “have you ever heard of a singer named Blossom Dearie?” Dear Christina, How I hoped to never have to go public…
Psy-chosis! Will YouTube and the Rapacious 24-Hour News Cycle Make the One-Hit Wonder Obsolete?
On March 9 The Los Angeles Times ran a piece announcing the imminent release of K-Pop singer Psy’s follow-up to “Gangnam Style,” the novelty song that became the first YouTube video to be viewed…
Wonder Woman Lynda Carter’s “Rock ‘n Roll” Fantasy Tribute to Bette Midler, Tina Turner, and KISS!
When I found this clip of statuesque Lynda Carter, known to the world as Wonder Woman, performing a tribute to Bette Midler, Tina Turner, and KISS from her 1979 TV variety special I was…
Dorothy Squires’ “My Way”—From the Toast of London to “Vexatious Litigant”
Welsh songbird Dorothy Squires was once a big star in the U.K. whose sad story reads more like a romance novel by compatriot Jackie Collins. When I learned that she was born into her parent’s…
Stairway to Stardom Redux: “Hairdresser”— A Tribute to Lucille Cataldo
“Hairdresser would you set me up?/Make a little wave or two/Make me into something new/Cause I am so blue/I’ll give you a chance/Cause I wanna dance/And if you really would/It would be understood/I’ll make…
Bowie & Lennox “Under Pressure”- 1992
“This mesmerizing duet, originally recorded by Bowie and Queen, stands out as my favorite moment of that show and one of my all-time favorite live duet performances. In addition to sounding great together, Bowie and Lennox’s chemistry was so dynamic. It’s obvious they had tremendous regard for each other.”
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