[78-L] Doris Day

[David Lennick]

I seem to have been misinterpreted here..I was piling it on Doris Day, not 
Clooney. Clooney was great no matter what she sang, including Mambo Italiano 
and Botch-a-Me. Meanwhile, let's add Anita O'Day to my list of singers who 
could do no wrong.

dl

On 9/12/2011 9:11 PM, Andrea Walsh wrote:
> Say what you like about Rosemary Clooney, but I met her several times, and
> she was one of the sweetest ladies I ever met. She owned a piano once owned
> by George Gershwin, which I marveled at, and lived in the house that Russ
> Columbo owned until his death. She loved to tell stories, and showed me all
> around her home. I was lucky to have met her.
>
> Andrea Walsh
> On Sep 12, 2011 6:05 PM, "Mark Bardenwerper"<citrogsa at charter.net>  wrote:
>> On 9/12/2011 7:53, David Lennick wrote:
>>> Clooney was mentioned early on, in a context like "if she hadn't been
> forced at
>>> gunpoint by Mitch Miller to record crap, she could have done good stuff
> later
>>> on". But someone would have had to force her at gunpoint to get rid of
> that
>>> elongated "l" in every word and that phony cheek-paralyzing smile. Phony
> phony
>>> phony phony phony. Sorry.
>>>
>>>
>> You gotta admit though she could do white soul. I was not big on her
>> acting. She sure had her day and she had her songs. Italian mombo...
>> Day could act. Versatile moreso than the others.
>> They all brought home the bacon.
>>
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