[78-L] Lena Zavaroni [was Race observations]
Julian Vein
julianvein at blueyonder.co.uk
Fri Jan 23 15:12:51 PST 2009
King Daevid MacKenzie wrote:
> julianvein at blueyonder.co.uk quotes fnarf at comcast.net 'n sez:
>>> There was a vogue for '20s stuff in the seventies, which explains the Zavaroni. I'll bet she did "Ma, He's Makin' Eyes At Me" too.> ====================> She did--I believe she made her reputation on it, but it wasn't nearly > as good as Mary Ann Mercer's version with Mitchell Ayres.
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> ...Zavaroni was also saddled with some hideously inappropriate material as well. Who was the idiot at Philips who felt there was a sizeable market for records of an 11-year-old girl singing "Help Me Make It Through the Night"??!?...
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> kdm
> http://kingdaevid.podbean.com
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Seems she was used like Judy Garland and suffered a similar fate.
Julian Vein
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