SINCE VOLUME 28, NUMBER 8 MAY 2007 1980 www.NYSMS.org Continued on page 7 DEDICATED TO THE PRESERVATION OF CLASSIC POPULAR MUSIC By Jerry Laird When Richard Skipper is Carol Channing, he really IS Carol Channing. And, he is 200% entertaining. Once again, the New York Sheet Music Society was treated to a fabulous, over- the-top afternoon. Skipper is so professional that it is hard to refer to him as Richard Skipper when praising him for becoming Carol Channing. (To add to the spookiness, I interviewed Carol Channing at the Broadmore in Colorado Springs when she was on tour in “Lorelei.” I almost asked Richard if he remembered me from 33 years ago! Talk about mesmerizing!!) The second show I saw on Broadway, when I moved East from Omaha in 1950, was “Gentlemen Prefer Blondes.” Richard opened our afternoon with the wonderful Bye, Bye, Baby, and I was gone. He was Carol Channing, and I was back in my theater seat in 1950. None of us needed reminding of how cheated we felt when the original Channing did not appear in either movie version of her two biggest hits. But we were reminded that Monroe spent weeks in the audience studying Channing before she went before the cameras for GPB. Oh, well... that’s show business. Skipper is not only brilliant at performing, he’s equally brilliant at picking a fantastic pianist (Paul Stephan) to accompany her (I think I mean him) and two guys Richard opened our afternoon with the wonderful Bye, Bye, Baby, and I was gone. Richard Skipper = Carol Channing = Richard Skipper = Carol Channing Again, Proving That “Diamonds” Are An Audiences Best Friend
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SINCEVOLUME 28, NUMBER 8 MAY 2007
1980www.NYSMS.org
Continued on page 7
DEDICATED TO THE PRESERVATION OF CLASSIC POPULAR MUSIC
By Jerry Laird
When Richard Skipper is Carol Channing, hereally IS Carol Channing. And, he is 200%entertaining. Onceagain, the New YorkSheet Music Societywas treated to afabulous, over-the-topafternoon.Skipper is soprofessional thatit is hard to referto him as RichardSkipper when praisinghim for becoming CarolChanning.
(To add to the spookiness,I interviewed Carol Channingat the Broadmore in ColoradoSprings when she was on tour in
“Lorelei.” I almostasked Richard if he
remembered mefrom 33 years
ago! Talkabout
mesmerizing!!)
The second show Isaw on Broadway, when
I moved East fromOmaha in 1950, was“Gentlemen PreferBlondes.”Richardopened ourafternoon withthe wonderfulBye, Bye, Baby,and I was gone. Hewas Carol Channing,and I was back in my
theater seat in 1950.None of us needed
reminding of howcheated we felt when the original
Channing did not appear ineither movie version of hertwo biggest hits. But we were
reminded that Monroe spentweeks in the audience studying
Channing before she went beforethe cameras for GPB. Oh, well...
that’s show business.
Skipper is not onlybrilliant at
performing, he’sequally brilliant at
picking a fantastic pianist(Paul Stephan) toaccompany her (I think Imean him) and two guys
Richardopened our
afternoon with thewonderful Bye, Bye,Baby, and I was
gone.
Richard Skipper = Carol Channing = Richard Skipper = Carol ChanningAgain, Proving That “Diamonds” Are
An Audiences Best Friend
New YorkSheet Music SocietyA NOT-FOR-PROFIT CORPORATION
Happy Spring – finally! Can you believe that The 2006-2007 NYSMSseason has gone by so quickly? This has been a terrific year of programs:October – Lynn DiMenna’s tribute to Dinah Shore; November- JaneSheckter’s tribute to Cy Coleman and Dorothy Fields; December –Barbara Brussell on Alan Jay Lerner; January – the Great Hotel Pianists,produced by Eliott Ames; February – Sandy Marrone’s Collectors’Meeting; March – the remarkable Mark Nadler; April – Richard Skipper asCarol Channing. We still have two more exciting programs to go before wetake a break for the summer. Read all about Sandi Durell’s upcomingprogram on May 12th, with fabulous new songs and songwriters – truly awealth of talent. We will close the season with a Program featuring ErnieHarburg, son of “Yip,” produced by Jerry Laird.
Thank you all for telling so many people about the NY Sheet MusicSociety. Let’s make 2007-2008 just as wonderful, and increase ourmembership base. Where else can you experience such amazing programs,find music, tapes and memorabilia, learn about all aspects of music, andreceive a monthly informative Newsletter? Visit our website managed byDebi Smith (www.NYSMS.org). It is chock full of information, photos, aschedule of events and our glorious history. Glen Charlow, our Treasurerand Newsletter designer, has arranged for you to be able to renew and joinonline at our website: www.NYSMS.org. Many people have already takenadvantage of this easy way to join and/or renew. If you have moved, pleaselet us know, so that you do not miss any mailings.
We still have an opening on the Board for the Recording Secretary – so ifany of you are interested, please contact me to discuss the responsibilitiesof this position. It is your Society, and we really appreciate yourparticipation.
Looking forward to seeing you at our next meeting on May 12th. Weexpect the turnout to be SRO, so get there early, and get your seats! Seeyou then!
Best wishes,We welcome your comments. Information aboutperformance dates, and other items you feel ourreaders will be interested in. Please be brief, & sendit to the Editor at the address above.
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Send Member News to [email protected] no later than the 20th of each month for the next issue.
New member, Helen Mandlin will be debuting hernew act, So Far, A Musical Memoir, Downstairs at the
West Cafe, Wed, May 30th & Sat. June 2nd, 7:00 pm show. MusicalDir. Ross Patterson, Directed by Elissa Wolfe. 212.695.6909 forreservations.
Josh Vogel is in the movies, singing his song “I Flunk Adultery” in thedocumentary “51 Birch Street”, which A.O. Scott of the NY Timescalled “a work of art” and put on his 10 Best List for ‘06. It will be onCinemax on May 8th. Josh’s CD, “Josh Vogel’s Country Blues” isavailable at each meeting’s CD table, where $2 from every sale goesto The Sheet Music Society. The story, and a 2 minute clip from eachsong, can be heard on the internet at CDBaby-Josh Vogel.
Congratulations to Barbara Fasano for her Bistro Award for the 2007Outstanding Recording, Written in the Stars, a tribute to Harold Arlen.She graciously performed for one of our 2006 programs, using muchof this material. We knew then she was a winner.
Rachel Stone will be one of the performers (with Anne Price, CharlesHerold, and Nicholas Levine & Singers) on Friday, May 18, 2007 at7:00pm (doors open 6:30pm) at Community Cabaret. $15 donationat door, $10 for Seniors, Students, Disabled, and Members of CCNY-UU, FMSNY, MAC, NYSMS, PMN, PVC, SHOF, TRU, WIM, andCabaretHotline. Food, wine, desserts and beverages are availablebefore and during the show at very reasonable prices. Proceedsdonated to Community Church of New York – Unitarian Universalist.- Downstairs at 40 East 35th St. (between Park & Madison Aves.),NYC. Discount Advance Purchase Tickets for only $7 are availableuntil the midnight before the show, at www.rachelstonemusic.com orfrom performers. For more information, [email protected] or call 718-472-0472.
Saint Peter’s Midtown Jazz at noon, Hosted by Ronny WhyteWednesdays at 1:00 PM. 54th & Lexington Avenue. SuggestedDonation: $5.00. April 25 - No Concert. May 2nd: Tom Abbott’sBig Bang Big Band, featuring vocalist Kelsey Jillette. May 9th: RonnyWhyte - pianist / singer / songwriter, with Boots Maleson on Bass andDavid Silliman on Drums. May 16th :Joanne Brackeen on Piano.May 23rd : Harmonie Ensemble/New York (31 Piece Orchestra)Steven Richman, conductor, Lincoln Mayorga, pianist, doing an All-Gershwin Program: Historic 1920’s Ferde Grofe arrangements for thePaul Whiteman Orchestra, plus”I Got Rhythm” Variations (originalsmall orchestra version), & restored lost Gershwin work:Medley ofFour Popular Tunes for Piano & Orchestra. May 30th: BarbaraFasano, Singer, and John DiMartino on Piano.
The Mac Awards were not announced at the time we are going to press,but let’s consider everyone a winner who is nominated: Linda AmielBurns, Francesca Blumenthal, Jane Scheckter, John Wallowitch,Darryl Sherman, Eric Comstock, Cynthia Crane, BarbaraFasano, Nicholas Levin, Anthony Santelmo, Jr., Ritt Henn, ValerieKanofsky, Trudi Mann, Ronny Whyte…and we know DodyGoodman and Jan Wallman won, as they were receiving LifetimeAchievement Awards.
The next Singing Experience workshop, The Best of Times, beginsrehearsal on May 15tb with performance at the Triad on June 12th at7:30. Call Linda for reservations and information. 212-315-3500
Paul Chamlin and Rochelle Beyer are getting married in June andcelebrating with a duet show at Don’t Tell Mama on May 8th & May16th at 7 pm. Call 212-757-0788 after 4 pm for reservations.
Chamlin will be busy on May 9th as well: Teresa Fischer is doing hershow, Lightening My Load, at Don’t Tell Mama at 7 pm, the nightbefore Paul & Rochelle do their show.
Lynn DiMenna and Jeffrey C. Williams have resumed their weeklylive Sunday radio broadcasts, At The Ritz, on WVOF 88.5 FM from 3to 5 pm . Another way to get their show: go to http://www.attheritz.org/and click on 24/7
Joe Franklin and Steve Garrin have re-opened the Joe FranklinComedy Club at 761 7th Ave. (50th St.) Call 212 541-6592 for theschedule.
Laura Slutsky will be doing her comedy act “Don’t Get Me Started”at Don’t Tell Mama on May 7th at 7 pm. Call DTM for reservationsafer 4 pm: 212-757-0788
Trudi Mann and accompanist Gordon Webster host an open mic onSundays. They’re at La Bella’s back room (581 2nd Ave, 683-3889, 1to 5, featuring Saadi Zain on bass, with Trudi on drums and vocals.Bring two copies of music. $10 min. No cover.
David Berk is at Tutto Bene Restaurant, 102-15 Metropolitan Ave.,Forest Hills, Fridays and Saturdays at 7 pm. For reservations, call 718-375-3331 or 718-520-9598.
Mel Miller offers five musicals for less than the price of oneBroadway ticket, with his “Musicals Tonight.” Actually, this is a LOTless than some of the prices now!!! Call 212-468-4444 forinformation.
The Singing Experience Cable TV Show on MNN - Time Warner:Channel 56 or RCN:Channel 111 Broadcasts are every other Sundayat 5:00PM.
Sheet Music Magazine always has wonderful tributes to The GreatAmerican Songbook. It includes sheet music for over a dozen songs.NYSMS member Ed Shanaphy (Publisher & Editor-In-Chief) makessure that each and every issue is equally wonderful. If you aren’tsubscribing, you should be. It’s $14.95 for each one-year subscription,Send to: Sheet Music PO Box 58629 Boulder, CO 80323-8629
Sheet Music Plus is the Internet’s biggest sheet music seller, withhundreds of thousands of titles to choose from. You can check the siteout for yourself at:http://www.SheetMusicPlus.com/store/tellfriendsite.html
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Laird’s Lair
Please keep sending me information aboutyour performances and I will help publicizeyou, but remember that we need enoughadvance notice so that our audience still hastime to arrange to go and see you. I havereceived e-mail (which is the best way ofcontacting me) from some of you, with lessthan two week’s notice of a performance,and there is no way I can get the notice in,and the newsletter out, in time. I really dowant to help, so please help me help you.
Anthony DiFlorio, who used to edit thisnewsletter, is still very helpful in contributingitems for you. One of his latest is aboutDavey Lee, who was Al Jolson’s original“Sonny Boy.” Lee was the first child star ofthe talkies, and co-starred with Jolson in“The Singing Fool in 1928—Hollywood’s boxoffice champion until “Gone with the Wind”came along. Become a member of a smallgroup that will help Davey Lee realize thathe has not been forgotten. Kevin Spaceyrecently appeared on the Jane Pauley showand told of how he often visited the retiredperformers at the Motion Picture Home:“The toughest part for them is the feelingthat they have been forgotten,” he said.Send a card, or if you’re in the SouthernCalifornia area, pay him a visit: Davey Leec/o The Windsor Gardens, 13000 VictoryBlvd, N. Hollywood, CA 91606 (818) 985-5990, “When there are grey skies, I don’t
mind those grey skies. Climb up on myknee, Sonny Boy.”
I also get notices about birthdays.Unfortunately, I didn’t get the HappyBirthday notice about Jack Lawrence untiltoday, which is past April 7th, when Jackbecame 95. He was one of our guests notthat long ago (When you get to a certainage, “not that long ago” can be anytimefrom 2 to 20 years!). The year that Jack gothis degree to become a dentist, his firstsong was published: Play, Fiddle, Play. Healso wrote If I Didn’t Care, Yes, My DarlingDaughter, All or Nothing at All, and (ofcourse) Tenderly. Keep it up!
Another great item I got was about anotherartist who has entertained us at one of our
monthlymeetings:QuinnLemley.The showshe did forus isknocking‘em dead
from coast to coast. By the time this prints,she will have appeared in Hightstown, NY(4/29), and she will be at Palm Desert, CA(May 1st) and Ridgfield, CT (May 11th),Proctors Theatre - Schenectady, NY (Oct 6).“The Heat is On!”
Lest we forget, I have been asked toremind you that when you bring aguest to a meeting, that you must stopat the recptionists’ table, and pay the$10. guest fee. Also, please carry yourmembership card with you and show itwhen you check in.
Special Theater Discounts forNYSMS Members!
We know that you love a good deal, so in associationwith Marna Mintzer and MGM Consulting, NYSMSmembers are being offered Broadway & OffBroadway theatre ticket discounts of approximately48% or more off retail, plus arts event ticketdiscounts ranging from 30-50% off. For show updatesand ordering information, call 212-935-2664 to hearwhat is available and please mention your specialMembership code # A1. Offerings change frequentlyso phone the Hotline and listen carefully to the manychoices currently available.
Quinn Lemley
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She may have beenthe “quintessential” NewYorker but Kitty CarlisleHart was much more thanthat! Women all over theworld can learn a greatdeal about how to livetheir lives by studying thelife of this indefatigable“grande-dame!
I hadn’t really known her for very long but shecertainly made me feel as if I had. I would see her often onthe New York club and benefit circuit and never missed herappearances at Feinstein’s to celebrate one extraordinarybirthday after another! She always displayed
her characteristic warm,demure smile and gracious,easy manner regardless ofthe circumstances. Iremember fondly twoparticularly revealing recentincidents.
The first was last yearwhen I arranged for her,Margaret Whiting and JulieWilson to be interviewed byChris Cain and AdelmoGuidarelli for their newtelevision pilot, “VoicesAmong Us!” all on the sameday at the Soundtrack Studios in New York. It was alogistical challenge, to say the least, since I was providingtransportation for all of them at different times throughoutthe day. When the driver arrived at my home inConnecticut in a huge “Cadillac Escalade” rather than the“Chrysler Town Car” I had requested, I was horrified! Howwas I ever going to ask these three “legends” to navigatetheir way gracefully into a “truck!”
I needn’t have panicked. Kitty appeared in her lobby,on the arm of her doorman, in the most gorgeous meloncolored suit (“It’s couture dear!”) I’d ever seen before orsince and allowed herself to be hoisted up off the ground,with no reservation or fear whatsoever, and positioned
securely in the back seat without a single hair out of place.I was dumbstruck!
Several months later in August, as a thank you for theaforementioned interview, Chris Cain and I made a datewith her for lunch at one of her favorite restaurants, LaGoulue, on Madison Ave. It turned out to be the hottest dayin decades! Chris and I were certain she would cancel but“true to form” we picked her up and she appeared, onceagain, looking “fresh as a daisy” and “cool as a cucumber”in a crisp navy blue and polka-dotted frock! I’ll NEVERforget that dress!
Lunch was a delight! She told her stories, all of whichwe had heard before but they were nevertheless riveting.Even more impressively, she made a genuine effort to findout more about “us!” After two hours she graciously
announced that she had toget home to meet with hermusical director, DavidLewis for a rehearsal. Itseems they were leaving thenext morning for a sold-outrun in LA! She was 96 yearsold and it was registering109 degrees in my car whenwe dropped her off at herapartment! She never battedan eye nor did I ever notice ascintilla of mascara runningdown her cheek fromperspiration. I wish I could
say the same for Chris and me. We were drenched!When I asked her that day how she kept such a youthful
appearance, she answered directly, “Well, dear, I reallydon’t know. I went to my plastic surgeon, and I said, Doc,do I need another tuck? (Apparently she had some previous“work” done thirteen years ago at age 83!) And he said tome, Kitty, when you look in the mirror, what do you see?And I said, Well, I see Kitty Carlisle! And he said, Exactly,and that’s my answer…Kitty, you’re fine! Go home! So, Iguess I’m just lucky!”
Well, she was indeed both lucky and fine…more thanfine…one of the finest…and she is now at home! May sherest in peace!
Kitty Carlisle Hart 1910-2007Une Femme Du Monde
by Lynn DiMenna - Co-host of AT THE RITZ! www.attheritz.org
This cd is taken from a 2003exuberant performance at New YorkCity’s Danny’s Skylight Roomcabaret. Charles on piano and vocals
delves deeply and most respectfully into 13 unusualsongs. He is guilty of one important thing: He justdoesn’t sing a song unless he understands it thoroughly.His keen rendering of the songs in this collectionaccentuate this live session. His choices of two ofBerlin’s obscure songs from 1946, “You Keep ComingBack Like A Song” and “Falling Out Of Love Can Be Fun”are magical. The first from the film “Blue Skies” isportrayed in a most lovely tear evoking romanticrendering. The second first appeared on Broadway in hisflop “Miss Liberty”. Charles gives it brand new “legs”with his bouncy performance. The two Cy Coleman/Carolyn Leigh songs are wonderful: “On The Other SideOf The Tracks” from his 1962 Broadway show “LittleMe” is a superior swinging curtain raiser to this spirited“live” cd. The second “My How The Time Goes By” wasintroduced by Patti Page in the fifties and is slowly andcharmingly executed with enormous feeling. Charlesown “I Love You Again” is thankfully included here andit’s astonishing. With each cd Charles showcases for usjust what’s right with cabaret today.
Sophie Tucker “The Last Of TheRed Hot Mamas” Living Era 5611www.sanctuaryclassics.com
Here are 26 prime examples ofSophie taken from the years 1923 to1937. These well-polished oldiesnever sounded better or in clearer
sound. The Tucker magic can be heard throughout.Perhaps you just might share a tear as she tirelesslybelts out the blues. Known as “The First Lady Of ShowBusiness” this walloping ragtime singer was born SoniaKalish Abuza. In 1922 she played London’s famedHippodrome in a show called “Round In Fifty” where sheinsulted the Prince of Wales. Lord Chamberlain becameincensed. In 1935 at a Command Performance, shelooked up at the Royal Box waved and cried “Hi YaKing”. Her lively unpredictable excitement certainlyearned this lady the toast of multitudes for scores ofyears.
Chris Connor“Sings Ballads Of The Sad Café”Collectables 6277 www.oldies.com
Fortified with some of the mostrenowned jazz studio musicians thatRalph Sharon could gather, Chrisoverwhelms in this 1959 Atlantic
Records nine song reissue. She squeezes the life out ofWilliam Roy’s “Bargain Day”. Listening to it is anexhausting experience but none the less well worth it.Her take on Edward Redding’s masterpiece “End Of ALove Affair” can’t be bettered. There is much going onwith many mood and music changes throughout. Thetitle song by Charles DeForrest tells volumes on lost andfound love. It’s a one of a kind staggering performance.Chris performs “Lilac Wine”(Shelton) with such vocalpassion it’s unforgettable. “One For My Baby”(Mercer/Arlen) is sung with rich openness never heardbefore. Chris brings brand new great musical passagesto the forefront. This unfamiliar, unusual, melancholysong collection is indelible. Collectables has added anAtlantic Records jazz instrumental 8 song lp led bypianist Lou Levy and trumpeter Conte Candoli from1957 called “West Coast Wailers”to this musicallyessential cd.
John Pizzarelli “Dear Mr. Sinatra”Telarc 83638www.millerwright.com
I know just what you’re saying. “Notanother Sinatra tribute albumagain.” Well I’m here to tell you this12-song collection is certain to grab
you. Actually it’s all here, except Frank himself that is.The John Clayton/Jeff Hamilton jazz orchestradominates the session with some bright sparkling, crisp,clear, brass arrangements for Mr.Pizzarelli’s tip-o-the-voice energetic tribute to the lean one. Both the soft andswing song material never ever let up. Of note there’s abrand new first time on disc “Nice And Easy” AlanBergman lyric of his standard with Lew Spence. It’s ablast. Not only does Mr.Pizzarelli share New Jersey astheir home state he’s also a crooning swinging songsterto be reckoned with.
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(Kristopher Monroe and AdamEnright) as backup singers whoadded just the right notes (That’salso show business).
The afternoon was perfection, asRichard talked about Carol andher life and performed somesongs she made famous…and
others not necessarily associated with Channing, such asElegance and Widow’s Weeds. Of course, thelyricist/composer of that last song was right there in thefront row: Ervin Drake, beaming his approval. Skipper wasable to get the subtle nuances ofsuch difficult songs as Supper Time,and Looking Back on my Past. Healso took us back to the one movieChanning was in (“ThoroughlyModern Millie”) and the show (“Lendan Ear”) at which Anita Loos
discoveredCarolChanning who was playing “TheGladiola Girl,” and knew she hadfound her Lorelei Lee.
No matter how much I praiseRichard Skipper and his troupe, it isnot enough. He really has gotELEGANCE!
CheckRichard Skipper’sschedule. Wow!!
Were we ever luckyto have him at theApril Meeting!!!
May 1 - 7 pm - BB King’s 237 W.42nd St., NYC: Mac Awads.Richard and Lee Roy Reams willbe presenting Dody Goodmanwith a Lifetime AchievementAward.
May 3 - 10 am - Richard will bepresenting a workshop for heArts Council of rockland in SpingValley. Visitwww.artscouncilofrockland.orgfor complete information
May 5 - 8 pm - WadsworthAtheneum, 600 Main St Hartford,Ct Carol Channing in Concert.For more information andreservations, 888-239-9992.
May 12 - 19 - Richard will beentertaining passengers on the5-star sailing ship, msy WindStar from Rome to Athens.
June 3 - 7:30pm - The MiniaciPerforming Arts Center in Davie,Fla. A special fundraiser foranimal lovers throughout Florida.
July 10 7 pm - YMYWHA ofNorth Jersey. His thirdengagement there as Channing.Contact Naomi Miller [email protected] forinformation.
He also has private bookingsin MD, OK, CA, and NY duringthis time. Great to see a greatguy getting great bookings!
www.RichardSkipper.com
“Carol” with Bobbie Horowitz & Barbra Garshwin “Carol” with Julie Wilson
“Carol” with Edie Stokes Estelle Randolph and “Carol”
Adam Enright & Kristopher Monroe
Linda Amiel Burns and “Carol”
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May 12June 9
MAY 12, 2007Our Board Member Sandi Durell will bring us her fabulous “New SongwriterSeries” once again with the great talents of today strutting their stuff. Sandi hasintroduced us to numerous pianists, singers, composers, many of whom havebecome a part of the Society. She is presently producing “Divas In Divaland” inFlorida as part of her “Timeless Diva” Series.
JUNE 9, 2007The Lyrics of E.Y."Yip" Harburg. Jerry Laird will be producing the last programof our 2006-07 season, and members of the Harburg family will take part,presenting an hour long version of "Finian's Rainbow," with a young cast. It willbe spectacular. A bang-up way to end a spectacular season!
