Cleo Laine (added my illustration!) & new photos!
Cleo Laine (added my illustration!) & new photos!
Joined: 12/31/69
#1Cleo Laine (added my illustration!) & new photos!
Posted: 10/25/07 at 10:34pm
does anyone have any good stories about Cleo Laine?
ive only begun listening to her & I! AM! IN! LOOOOOOOOOOOOOOVE!!!!!!
all i knew of her before was her hair & seeing her on THE MUPPET SHOW, but now i am trying to learn everything i can about her!
Updated On: 2/15/08 at 10:34 PM
#2re: Cleo Laine
Posted: 10/25/07 at 10:36pmShe was beautiful, wondrous perfection in DROOD!
Have I ever shown you my Shattered Dreams box? It's in my Disappointment Closet. - Marge Simpson
#2re: Cleo Laine
Posted: 10/25/07 at 10:37pm
Oh God!!!!!!! I love her voice
Rent the Judi Dench movie "Last of the Blonde Bombshells...She sings and is wonderful!!
Updated On: 10/25/07 at 10:37 PM
Broadway Legend Joined: 12/31/69
#3re: Cleo Laine
Posted: 10/25/07 at 11:07pmi'm TOTALLY OBSESSED with her version of ANYONE CAN WHISTLE!
#4re: Cleo Laine
Posted: 10/25/07 at 11:09pmShe's a brilliant vocal talent.
Have I ever shown you my Shattered Dreams box? It's in my Disappointment Closet. - Marge Simpson
#5re: Cleo Laine
Posted: 10/25/07 at 11:19pm
I'm in the mood for Drood.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6fE2VW1rYZ0
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Broadway Legend Joined: 5/20/03
#6re: Cleo Laine
Posted: 10/25/07 at 11:42pmHer Sondheim album is one of the best. I've always wanted to do a Youtube video of Bette Davis clips underscored with Cleo's "Ah But Underneath".
If anyone ever tells you that you put too much Parmesan cheese on your pasta, stop talking to them. You don't need that kind of negativity in your life.
Broadway Legend Joined: 12/31/69
#7re: Cleo Laine
Posted: 10/25/07 at 11:53pm
thank you for psoting that vid!
her voice reminds me of Sarah Vaughan's, she got that warm & honeyed sound...but with an extra touch of kindness & elegance.
(*not* to say Sarah Vaughan wasnt kind or elegant!)
....& THOSE CHEEKBONES!!!!!!!!
DG
Broadway Legend Joined: 11/2/05
#8re: Cleo Laine
Posted: 10/26/07 at 1:42am
One of my favorite recordings EVER (and one I've shared with a couple of people here!) is one she did with Dudley Moore, who was a good friend of hers. It's mostly standards, with just a couple of originals thrown in for good measure.
That four-and-a-half octave range could do wonders!
SueleenGay
Broadway Legend Joined: 6/9/03
#9re: Cleo Laine
Posted: 10/26/07 at 7:46amIf you are just now discovering the brilliance of this amazing woman you are in for real treat. Sublime.
PEACE.
Broadway Legend Joined: 12/31/69
#10re: Cleo Laine
Posted: 10/26/07 at 7:54am
Cleo Laine & James Galway (w/ Boston Pops) - ANYONE CAN WHISTLE / LO! HEAR THE GENTLE LARK
#11re: Cleo Laine
Posted: 10/26/07 at 8:55am
THANK YOU for posting that DROOD video, PalJoey 
Nice way to start the weekend 
Ms Laine is fabulous and Princess Puffer was her best IMHO.
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#13re: Cleo Laine
Posted: 10/26/07 at 9:38am
I saw her twice on stage, and she was fantastic both times!
Once in "The Mystery of Edwin Drood" on Broadway (perfection!), and once as The Witch in the L.A. company of "Into the Woods." Her renditions of Stay With Me and The Last Midnight were superb.
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#14re: Cleo Laine
Posted: 10/26/07 at 9:59am
wow, its her birthday??!?!
i had no idea!!!
& i just sent her off a fan letter this morning!!!
#15re: Cleo Laine
Posted: 10/26/07 at 10:06am
Early Cleo:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=e48tmnqg5bc
Gorgeous! Love her.
"Carson has combined his passion for helping children with his love for one of Cincinnati's favorite past times - cornhole - to create a unique and exciting event perfect for a corporate outing, entertaining clients or family fun."
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"In Oz, the verb is douchifizzation." PRS
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#16re: Cleo Laine
Posted: 10/26/07 at 10:12am
Does no one else find her rendition of EVERYBODY SAYS DON'T to be so spectacularly over the top that you can't help but fall out at the last note??
It's genius.
"I'm so looking forward to a time when all the Reagan Democrats are dead."
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#18re: Cleo Laine
Posted: 10/26/07 at 10:18ambtw, her rendition of Last Midnight is posted "you know where"
"Carson has combined his passion for helping children with his love for one of Cincinnati's favorite past times - cornhole - to create a unique and exciting event perfect for a corporate outing, entertaining clients or family fun."
"In Oz, the verb is douchifizzation." PRS
"In Oz, the verb is douchifizzation." PRS
JohnBoy2
Broadway Legend Joined: 3/21/06
#19re: Cleo Laine
Posted: 10/26/07 at 11:19amI saw her in a production of Show Boat in 1972, I think it was. She was wonderful. That entire production was wonderful.
Jon
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#21re: Cleo Laine
Posted: 10/26/07 at 1:04pmwell dang, today i *REALLY* miss Tower Records...i used my lunch hour to run to BOTH Virgin Megastores to look for some more Cleo Laine, but they both only had the same "best of" collection.
#22re: Cleo Laine
Posted: 10/26/07 at 2:10pm
I saw her play Desiree in A LITTLE NIGHT MUSIC many years ago in Detroit. She was wonderful.
I've also seen her many times in concert with her husband--James Galway. She's always been a favorite of mine.
Once again, Norn, you show exquisite taste!
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#24re: Cleo Laine
Posted: 10/26/07 at 2:36pmI have some of her early vinyl LPs. If you can find a copy of I Am a Song, which was also released on cassette, I highly recommend it. It's one of her many collaborations with John Dankworth and illustrates what an ideal combination they are, given the woodwind-like timbre of her voice. I especially like the title track, It Might As Well Be Spring, and Thieving Boy.
Broadway Legend Joined: 12/31/69
#25re: Cleo Laine
Posted: 10/26/07 at 8:52pm
just watch Dame Cleo's *eyes* in this one!
anyone would fall instantly in love!!!!
Cleo Laine - SEND IN THE CLOWNS
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