Word: waltzed
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...melody supposedly by the Queen, has long been part of the standard vocal repertory. Last week, revarnished and renamed My Heart Cries for You, the Chanson had become 1951's first big hit. Its sprightly tempo had been slowed by Conductor-Composer Percy Faith to a lazy waltz, and its elegant tale of pastoral courtship changed to a monotonous lover's lament.* Result: the song is a favorite with crooners, hillbilly specialists and barroom baritones. Six of its eleven recorded versions (including those by Guy Mitchell, Dinah Shore and Jimmy Wakely) are listed on Billboard and Variety popularity...
Whirling through Strauss's waltz-time score, the Met orchestra never sounded better. As Dr. Falke (Fledermaus), the source of the operetta's intrigues, suave Baritone John Brownlee sang and acted with aplomb. Dressed to the teeth in a scarlet and white uniform and waving an 18-in. cigarette holder, Mezzo Soprano Risë Stevens brought the house down in her entrance as the bored host, Prince Orlofsky...
...Budapest monthly Muvelt Nep (Cultured People) laid out for its readers the Hungarian Communist line on dancing. The waltz and polka are "traditionally democratic." The tango, fox trot and English waltz, though "reflections of the capitalist decline . . . cannot be classed with American dances. They may now be danced with taste." But the samba, swing, boogie-woogie, rumba, conga and the like "are tools of aggression let loose by the bosses of America against human culture and progress...
Tennessee Waltz, a lilting oldtimer, which has whirled its way right to the top of the hit parade, chiefly through the smooth efforts of Patti Page (Mercury), who is also high on the list with All My Love...
Young "Gundy" was no recluse, but was anything but a social success. He never drank or smoked, and turned down dance invitations from Smith girls. About the closest he came to his fellow students was playing his piano while they learned to waltz for the Junior Prom. Gundelfinger, of course, never attended the prom...