Monday 29 February 2016

I know a whoopee spot



One tends to feel a bit sorry for those who were born on 29th February. To only have a birthday only every four years must be very annoying. Needless to say, the very fact that a leap year only happens at intervals also means there aren't many famous names born on this date: Gioacchino Rossini, Jimmy Dorsey and Joss Ackland among them.

So, it is to yesterday's crop of birthdays we turn on this Tacky Music Monday for our pick-me-up; as we face the depressing prospect of another week in the office. Among a plethora of "names" that included Nijinsky, Zero Mostel, Vincente Minnelli, Stephen Spender, Harry H Corbett, Jeanne Mas, Stephanie Beacham, Tommy Tune and Cindy Wilson of the B52s, Miss Bernadette Peters celebrated her 68th yesterday! Gulp.

Here she is, in her very best "boop-boop-i-doop" mode, and a marvellous rendition of All That Jazz:


Start the car
I know a whoopee spot
Where the gin is cold
But the piano's hot!

It's just a noisy hall
Where there's a nightly brawl
And all that jazz!


Indeed.

Have a good week, dearies...

Bernadette Peters (born Bernadette Lazzara, 28th February 1948)

6 comments:

  1. Aw I love the B-52's. Cindy is so sweet.

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    1. Did they ever sing with Bernadette Peters? Jx

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  2. I wish her albums Bernadette and Now Playing were available in their entirety.

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    1. Only vinyl versions... Jx

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    2. know that sucks. the whole first side of Now Playing could have been singles. 'Whole first side'... gee I'm old.

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