For some reason,
this week I have thought about
the women I have lost in my life.
Great women — my grandmother,
my mother, and two cousins.
My mother sang with bands in the early 50s
and she aspired to become a professional
singer, but she had me instead.
Back in the day, we would all be in the kitchen
doing dishes or something and someone
would say "sing Shirl....." and she would
belt out a tune with that great mezzo
voice of hers.
I'm listening to a compilation of her
favorite songs from 1950 to 1954,
and remembering how we would all
stop what we were doing and listen
to her sing a song or two from....
Guy Mitchell
Theresa Brewer
Kay Starr
Jo Stafford
Patti Page
Johnnie Ray
to name a few.
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