Among another oddly-matched list of "names" including Joan Rivers, Bonnie Tyler, Robert Preston, Tim Berners-Lee, Robert Schumann, Mick Hucknall, John Everett Millais, Nancy Sinatra, Tomaso Albinoni, Jerry Stiller, Boz Scaggs, Barbara Bush, James Darren, Colin Baker, Frank Lloyd Wright, Scott Adams, Alexis Smith, Francis Crick and - erm - Kanye West...
...it's Millie Martin's birthday today (and thankfully she's still with us, aged 92). Most famous as the regular singer on That Was The Week That Was in the Swinging 60s, she's had a remarkable career, on telly and on stage - not least as a Sondheimite, nominated for a Tony award for her part in the original cast of Side By Side By Sondheim
And, on this Tacky Music Monday, here she is as part of an estimable ensemble of West End luminaries [in Hey, Mr. Producer!, June 1998], singing one of the great man's funniest "patter songs"...
Love it!
Have a good week, dear reader.
Thanks for the song. I’ll be singing it the rest of the day!
ReplyDeleteIt's not as easy to sing as you might imagine... 😎 Jx
DeleteYou haven’t heard me sing it (and you never will). I’m incredible (and you’ll have to take my word for it).
DeleteHa! Proper little Julie Andrews, aren't you? Jx
DeleteIf I was watching the above performance on a cruise ship I would see it as the perfect opportunity to nip to the toilet.
ReplyDeletePhilistine! Jx
DeleteThere were some great musicals back then; as well as some flops!
ReplyDeleteAs it ever was, Dinah. Not forgetting, of course, that musicals such as The Rocky Horror Show, Chicago, Merrily We Roll Along and Sunset Boulevard were all "flops" in their early years - but just look at them now! Jx
DeleteThat is an odd combination of names! All born on the same day? Kind of works for Gemini though!!
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Pick any day in a year, and the combination of individuals born on that day appears utterly strange. And no, I don't believe in astrology. Jx
DeleteLove the song love her. So pleased that she is still alive at 92 !
ReplyDeleteMe, too! Jx
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