Mea culpa, mea culpa...
Only nine months too late - I only just realised the shameful fact that I missed Our Patron Saint of Whiskey Elaine Stritch's centenary in February!
We adored the great dame so much, too, for her legendary performance as "Joanne" in Sondheim's Company, her chutzpah and her uncompromising personality, and even her appearances on British telly in Two's Company (with Donald Sinden) - and thankfully we got to see her one woman show Elaine Stritch at Liberty at The Old Vic way back in 2002.
The obsession with all things "Stritchy" really began for me, however, when the CD version of her 1956 album Stritch [that The Madam had on vinyl for years] was released in 1995. I bought a copy in HMV in around 1999/2000 - and we played it to death!
Here, for your delectation, dear reader, is the whole thing, track-by-track:
Fan-bloody-tastic!
All hail.
Well! You can bet your boots I'm saving this to savour!
ReplyDeleteIt is one of our favourite albums - you'll love it! Jx
DeleteI loved her in everything.
DeleteWe did, too - although we have yet to see her Elaine Stritch: Shoot Me documentary film. Jx
DeleteWe don't see enough of her repeats on TV, and she was a big character when I was growing up.
ReplyDeleteI think you've made up your wrong with this post, Jon!
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She was a big character, full stop! I think it helped that she was a huge Anglophile, probably thanks to her long friendship with Noel Coward, and lived in the Savoy Hotel for years, so that's why she was on the West End stage and on telly here so much. Jx
DeleteOoh, this is ll going to be fun to listen to. She was an incredible talent.
ReplyDeleteYou'll love it! Jx
DeleteThere was and only ever could be one Stritchy.
ReplyDeleteShe was bigger than life and I adore her beyond words
She's embedded into our lives, completely... Jx
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