No Rosa Ponselle?
No Ella Fitzgerald?
No Barbra Streisand?
No Deanna Durbin?
The list unfortunately was not made by a well-informed person.
For those of you who don’t remember Deanna Durbin:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4FyzxhLWUxY
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=m8rW4SNvWDg
Deanna was 16 when she sang the first clip.
The famed cellist Mstislav Rostropovich said that he modelled his cello playing on Deanna Durbin’s singing style.
Deanna Durbin retired at the age of 28.
She was tired of performing and turned down the lead in both “Kiss Me Kate” and “My Fair Lady”.
She is now 88 and lives in a small town outside Paris.
Winton Churchill was obsessed with Deanna Durbin.
I’d like to add Hanson to the list.