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#26

re: 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

#27

re: Cleo Laine

Posted: 10/26/07 at 9:33pm

I grew up listening to Cleo Laine (70's) lps. One of my favorites is a silly song called "Control Yourself." I'll post a "you send it" link later tonight.

Click on my profile and watch Chita Rivera "Put On A Happy Face"

#28

re: Cleo Laine

Posted: 10/26/07 at 9:47pm

Oops. I knew Dankworth is her husband. I always get that confused as Galway and her have performed together so often...

"It's not so much do what you like, as it is that you like what you do." SS

"Time flies like an arrow, fruit flies like a banana." GMarx

#29

re: Cleo Laine

Posted: 10/26/07 at 10:04pm

Cleo Laine Live!!! At Carnegie Hall
"Control Yourself" sample

Click on my profile and watch Chita Rivera "Put On A Happy Face"

#30

on this rainy morning, i cant stop listening & crying to Dame Cleo's NO ONE IS ALONE....

....& when she sings "someone is on your side", i start bawling because she makes me feel like someone *really is* on my side!!!!!

#31

re: Cleo Laine

Posted: 10/27/07 at 11:37am

As Puffer, she campaigned for my section of the mezz to vote for her in Drood!

" ...the happiness in the tune convinces me that I'm not afraid."

#32

re: Cleo Laine

Posted: 10/27/07 at 11:37am

As her Drood co-star, George Rose, once said...

"...an embarrassment of riches."

Click on my profile and watch Chita Rivera "Put On A Happy Face"

Updated On: 10/27/07 at 11:37 AM

#33

re: Cleo Laine

Posted: 10/27/07 at 12:14pm

Puffer:
Once I bet me last ten pence - and won
Twice as rich then, friends said, "Call it done!"
"How sad", I said.
"So that's your wildest dream, eh, then...
Twenty pence instead of ten?"
I doubled up my bet again!

In life you start the same as when you're done:
If you lose, you're just where you've begun -
If you win, don't quit while you're ahead,
Just press your blessed luck instead!...

"Don't Quit While You're Ahead"
The Mystery of Edwin Drood
Original Broadway Cast

Sample

Click on my profile and watch Chita Rivera "Put On A Happy Face"

#34

re: Cleo Laine

Posted: 10/28/07 at 12:20am

i want a movie where Cleo Laine, Grace Zabriskie & Karen Black play sisters.

#35

re: Cleo Laine

Posted: 10/28/07 at 11:52am

this is lovely for a sunday morning!

...& dig Dame Cleo's ROYGBIV emsemble!
Cleo Laine & John Dankworth - ODE TO MOZART/TURKISH DELIGHT

#36

re: Cleo Laine

Posted: 10/28/07 at 6:14pm

my illustration of Dame Cleo Laine!
with lots of love!

#37

re: Cleo Laine

Posted: 10/28/07 at 10:12pm

Woooow! Norn- once again a beautiful illustration! You really captured Miss Laine. I remember her being on a lot of talk shows when I was a kid- especially Mike Douglas. Thanks for sharing your wonderful artwork! mom

#38

re: Cleo Laine

Posted: 10/28/07 at 10:19pm

Norn, that is just perfect!

Cheyenne Jackson tickled me. AFTER ordering SoMMS a drink but NOT tickling him, and hanging out with Girly in his dressing room (where he DIDN'T tickle her) but BEFORE we got married. To others. And then he tweeted Boobs. He also tweeted he's good friends with some chick on "The Voice" who just happens to be good friends with Tink's ex. And I'm still married. Oh, and this just in: "Pettiness, spite, malice ....Such ugly emotions... So sad." - After Eight, talking about MEEEEEEEE!!! I'm so honored! :-)

#39

re: Cleo Laine

Posted: 10/28/07 at 10:20pm

Beautiful, Norn!

Both times I saw Drood, she was the killer!

Have I ever shown you my Shattered Dreams box? It's in my Disappointment Closet. - Marge Simpson

#40

re: Cleo Laine

Posted: 10/29/07 at 10:38am

That's great, Norn!

"Jaws is the Citizen Kane of movies."

blocked: logan2, Diamonds3, Hamilton22

#41

re: Cleo Laine

Posted: 10/29/07 at 11:12am

Bravo!

#42

re: Cleo Laine

Posted: 10/29/07 at 11:48am

Fantastic, Norn!

"It's not so much do what you like, as it is that you like what you do." SS

"Time flies like an arrow, fruit flies like a banana." GMarx

#43

re: Cleo Laine

Posted: 10/29/07 at 4:24pm

Bill

Words by P.G. Wodehouse & Music by Jerome Kern
As performed by Cleo Laine

I used to dream that I would discover
The perfect lover someday,
I knew I'd recognize him if ever
He came 'round my way.
I always used to fancy then
He'd be one of the God-like kind of men
With a giant brain and a noble head
Like the heroes bold
In the books I've read.

"Bill"

Click on my profile and watch Chita Rivera "Put On A Happy Face"

#44

re: Cleo Laine

Posted: 10/29/07 at 4:56pm

I think that's my favorite pic yet Norn! wonderful!

....but the world goes 'round

#45

re: Cleo Laine

Posted: 10/29/07 at 5:08pm

Brilliant work, as usual, Norn!

#46

re: Cleo Laine

Posted: 10/29/07 at 5:19pm

i emailed the illustration to her website, i hope she got to see it for her birthday!

Updated On: 10/29/07 at 05:19 PM

#47

re: Cleo Laine

Posted: 10/29/07 at 5:35pm

I love that, Norn! She can slay a dragon--any old week--EASY!

#48

re: Cleo Laine

Posted: 11/7/07 at 8:54pm

i'm reading Cleo Laine's autobiography & im enjoying it so much!
the more i learn about her, the more i love her!

she writes in a friendly manner; clever, charming, very funny...& *EXTREMELY* self-depreciating!
sometimes it makes me sad how often she puts herself down, but maybe thats something i identify with in her.

she came from screaming horrible poverty; most jazz musicians do, but british poverty sounds much scarier than american poverty! & during the war, no less!

& not only the financial poverty but of imagination & possibilty as well; when she told people that she wanted to be a singer, they would laugh as if she said she wanted to live on the moon. women were supposed to be married off & have @ least one baby by the time they were 17.... & in fact, she *did* go that route; marrying a man she didnt care about just to get out of her mother's home & because "thats what girls do".

the moment that she realizes that she is meant for something more in this world is when she hears Nat King Cole's NATURE BOY for the first time, falls in love with it, practices it, & sings it to her first husband...& he responds by saying, "why would anyone ever wanna hear a SAD song?!?!?"

that was the push she needed to begin to take her music & life seriously; going on auditions, educating herself in used bookstores & libraries...& then landing a gig with the Johnny Dankworth Seven. with them, she would learn serious music theory & much later, find true love with John Dankworth himself.

i think Cleo & John Dankworth would make a great subject for a documentary...how two very creative perfectionists not only live together, but inspire & drive each other to achieve MORE in life!
& they *both* turned 80 this year!

i am so glad to have found out about Cleo Laine! even though i'm just beginning to learn about her vast body of work, i already feel so enriched! i dont know how i got so far along without finding her music!

Updated On: 11/7/07 at 08:54 PM

#49

re: Cleo Laine

Posted: 11/7/07 at 9:29pm

Awwwww...look at them with Miss Fitz!

#50

re: Cleo Laine

Posted: 11/7/07 at 9:29pm

fun fact: Cleo Laine was an extra (as a "street urchin") in THE THIEF OF BAGDAD starring Sabu!

(back then, her name was Clemmie Campbell)

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