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...Felicia Sanders is a black-haired young vocalist with a poodle cut who got her big break after three years of trouping in the U.S.'s lesser nightspots. With a big voice (she can sing without a microphone) a handsome, expressive face and an adventurous spirit, she was still trying to decide between straight dramatic singing and belting out songs with a "progressive" band when the break came: Columbia Records' Percy Faith asked her to fill in the vocals in his version of Song from Moulin Rouge. Last week, after 17 weeks on the bestseller lists, the record...
Cheers and attention started coming Felicia's way last winter, soon after she recorded Moulin Rouge. She was booked into Manhattan's Blue Angel nightclub almost before she knew it, and before she had decided just what her stage personality should be. Reviewers for Variety and Billboard made identical report: "This thrush [is a] comer." But when the run was over, thoughtful Felicia went home to Los Angeles for some hard work on her voice and material...
Last week, back in the Blue Angel before packed audiences, Felicia was showing the results of her study. Wearing a plain black dress with a demure neckline, she sang with her hands pressed flat to her sides, used her face to help express the music. Her voice, which last winter often verged on a maudlin wobble, was fine-grained and pure even when she let it out in the climaxes. She ranged from such a lighthearted number as Lucky To Be Me to a torchy version of Come Rain or Come Shine to a dramatic monologue about a girl...
...forum was moderated by authoress Felicia Lamport (Kaplan), but featured speaker Henry Morgan was unable to attend...
...Capp, Henry Morgan, Max Shulman, and Ira Wallach will discuss "What's Funny Today?" in the third Law School Forum tonight at 8 p.m. in the Rindge Technical High School. Felicia Lamport, author of "Mink on Weekdays (Ermine on Sundays)," will be the moderator...