Word: falsetto
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...strong definition of Lear's character quite naturally carries over into his directing. Each role is clearly outlined against the character of Lear. Within this fairly rigid framework some of the supporting players were outstanding. David Grimm's Fool didn't whine, mince his steps or sing in falsetto; in short he was masculine, a rarity in the role. Peter MacLean as Kent and Nicholas Kepros as Edgar had to sustain an air of good sense and authority through the play's anarchistic denouement. They did. The scenes during the storm when the disgusted Kent watches Lear...
...World War I jolted her into a realization that she herself might wield some power for good in public affairs. To keep pace with her deeds, Director Richard Kaplan had to resort to some familiar film, but he stresses the warmer glimpses of Eleanor, speechmaking in her uncertain falsetto or literally "running, flying, dancing" through election campaigns, the Depression, the White House years and World War II until her mileage became an American legend. Upon F.D.R.'s death in 1945, she told reporters, "the story is over," then went on to achieve mature distinction as a U.S. representative...
...SHAM AND THE PHARAOHS: WOOLY BULLY. Sam, who comes from Dallas, plays a jazzy organ and travels by hearse with his harum-scarum pharaohs, who sing falsetto or blow the sax. Wooly Bully is their runaway hit, but there are other lightheaded numbers like Gangster of Love and a Latin piece by Sam called Juimonos (meaning "Let's Went" in slangy Spanish...
Splash in Surf. Distinct from the brown-sound school are the Beach Boys from California: "We're not colored; we're white. And we sing white." They made their big splash with the "surf sound"?clean, breezy orchestration, a jerky, staccato beat and a high, falsetto quaver reminiscent of the Four Freshmen. The Beach Boys' tenor harmony goes so high that it sounds almost feminine, a fact that has all but locked out girl singers from the scores of surf groups performing on the West Coast. Beach Boys' songs, says Jack Good, producer of the rock 'n' roll...
Extrapolating the style, Jan and Dean (the "Father of Falsetto"), deliberately mix the sounds of surf and drag races into their records until the ear strains to grasp the lyrics. Explains Jan: "If the kids can hear the words, they'll turn their radio down. We want them to turn it up. It sort of relieves a kid's anxieties if he can drown out his parents...