Word: songstress
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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...entertainers are always in demand in Europe, but few enjoy the adulation accorded Songstress Ella Fitzgerald. Making her annual European tour, Miss Ella was warmly welcomed by fans as she strolled down Rome's Via Veneto. She dined early at Giggi Fazi with Romano Mussolini (one of Benito's sons) and his wife Maria (Sophia Loren's sister), then put on a show at the Teatro Sistina that nearly brought the palazzo down. Dressed in a simple blouse and skirt, Ella warbled her standards: Mack the Knife, Mister Paganini, A Man And A Woman, then answered...
...same could not be said of This Is Tom Jones (ABC), a variety bill headlined by a Welsh baritone in the soul bag. Jones version of soul is three parts sweat and a half-part swivet. On the premiere, he was finished off by his continuity writers, lusterless Songstress Joey Heatherton, and Comic Richard Pryor, whose contribution was a tasteless impression of a Negro preacher. Even more painful is The Queen and I (CBS), a situation comedy whose plot is Bilko at sea. Very much at sea- the Queen being an ocean liner headed for mothballs. Keeping it afloat...
...roost for 50 peace doves. Socialite-Artist Gloria Vanderbilt Cooper's tree is a collage of gingham swatches and lacy Christmas cards. Baroness Maria von Trapp directed her tree be festooned with homemade cookies-even sent the recipes along. But no one could hold a Christmas candle to Songstress Pearl Bailey who, when asked what she wanted on her tree, replied "Just gobs and gobs of pearls, honey." And gobs is what she got: $25,000 worth of cultured pearls-3,500 in all-dress up Pearlie Mae's tree...
Monday, November 18 THE CAROL BURNETT SHOW (CBS, 10-11 p.m.). Guests: Songstress Ella Fitzgerald and Comedian Sid Caesar...
...formerly wed to California Socialite Henriette Erhart Ruggles and Songstress Ethel Merman...