Sigh. Another weekend over - and, despite the mildness of Saturday, yesterday's drizzle has turned into rain so the commute's going to be a miserable affair...
Never mind all that. I have a treat in store this Tacky Music Monday; a wannabee-diva that Madam Arcati flagged up to me a while back.
Possessor of probably the biggest hair in showbiz (it makes even Dolly Parton's look like a modest bob!), let's wallow in the - ahem - talents of a lady once dubbed the "Polish Yma Sumac" for her vocal range, Miss Violetta Villas (and her safety gays)!
Have a good week, dear reader...
Tacky. You aren’t kidding! She looked like she was performing in porn. And she had to hold her wig on at the end. How bizarre!
ReplyDeleteUtterly bizarre! Even more bizarre, according to Wikipedia she apparently had a long Vegas residency in the 60s - and duetted with Frank Sinatra, Paul Anka, Barbra Streisand, Charles Aznavour, Sammy Davis Jr., Eartha Kitt, and Dean Martin... Imagine. Jx
DeleteThe communist government in Poland at that time allowed entertainers and circus acts to perform in the West: ie Paris, London, New York, Chicago, Las Vegas, to earn hard currency, the entertainers then had to give a good portion of their earnings back to the government. A few were sent abroad as intelligence agents and informants.
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In Miss Villas's case, it would appear to be the opposite; for after her success in America she returned to Poland to care for her sick mother - and the communist government confiscated her passport so she couldn't leave again for years! Jx
DeleteBoy, that was huh something. And her dancing. My lands where did she get the energy? But now, we are warm and sunny. Did we pass the weather off or something??? High 50's all week and sun. WHAT?
ReplyDeleteMiss Villas was evidently a triumph of art over nature! Jx
DeletePS I'd cheerfully swap you more sunny weather for the grey mizzle we have here. At least it's staying fairly mild...
"I simply couldn't be bad "
ReplyDeleteI beg to differ !
Oh, we've both certainly "been bad" in our day, dear! Jx
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