Word: sing
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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...dinner," said the diva. "I'll eat and not sing very well." But this was no ordinary invitation, and so Mezzo-Soprano Grace Bumbry, 25, took her place at President Kennedy's table in the state dining room of the White House, dutifully nibbled at the first course and at the dessert. Then she adjourned with the other guests to the East Room and soared flawlessly through the most important recital of her career...
Jackie Kennedy had extended the invitation after hearing from friends of Mezzo Bumbry's triumphs in Europe. The daughter of a St. Louis railway clerk, Grace Bumbry began her career the way American Negroes often do: singing in the choir of a colored Methodist church. She studied with Lotte Lehmann in Santa Barbara, Calif. But her career did not really get under way until she took the $1,000 in prize money she won as Metropolitan Opera Auditions finalist and departed in 1959 for Europe. There she got opera engagements in Paris, Brussels and Basel, last summer became...
...face. Miss Fay and Miss Malina also can belt it out with the best of them, and what's more, they are good-looking. Like the two other girls, Miss Blakeslee is quite attractive, although she may not be versatile enough for this sort of show; but if she sings louder she will be all right. Gerry Dale is occasionally very funny, and Mr. Morey nearly manages to overcome the fact that he can't quite carry a tune. Mr. Paul, for some reason, became discouraged with the revue during the second act, and declined to show further animation...
...love fine workmanship, but Matsushita ceaselessly exhorts his employees anyway. From the ceilings of his gleaming white, air-conditioned plants hang signs declaring: "Quality Is Everybody's Job," "Always Think of the Consumer." And each day before work begins, Matsushita executives and their uniformed workers gather to sing with the fervor of a college homecoming crowd...
Because Hays and Gilbert only sing, the whole responsibility for instrumental background falls on Darling and Fred Hellerman. The extraordinary competence of both, particularly Hellerman on the guitar, is a large factor in the cohesion and warmth of the group. Darling sticks to the long-necked banjo most of the time, but switched to guitar for a solo number where he gave a fairly good rendition of some bottle neck blues...