[78-L] When Liberace winks

[David Lennick]

Definitely not Libby Morris, whose voice was lower. Her recording was for 
Alvina, a Canadian label (also issued on a US pressing with a yellow label).

dl

On 9/10/2010 8:50 AM, Ray Kilcoyne wrote:
> It looks like Peggy King to me.  Sounds like her too.  Here's a not very
> good photo of her on Wikipedia......
> http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Peggy_King
> RayK
>
> From: "Kristjan Saag"
>> There's a video on youtube, from a BBC (?) documentary, where a girl
>> sings "When Liberace Winks At Me" - taken from an early 1950's Liberace
>> Show.
>> http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lMg83t9mej0
>> I haven't been able to trace the singer, though, although the recording
>> is available on some Liberace compilation albums. I know Libby Morris
>> recorded the song for a Canadian label in 1954 (before she moved to
>> Britain - there was a version on Parlophone issued in 1956, probably the
>> same), but pictures of her don't really fit the face in the movie clip.
>> Could it be a dub? Or a completely unknown, forgotten young singer?
>
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