Betty Buckley's I'm Still Here — Page 2

Dolores Gray at the Royal Variet Performance! Backphrasing and all.

Dolores Gray - I'm Still Here (Original Tempo)

Also, Eartha Kitt at the Evening Standard awards.

Eartha Kitt - I'm Still Here

Both women in complete control of the stage and the song.

I'd like Nancy Walker's performance more if the key had been lowered a tad. She sounds strained.

Betty Buckley's performance seems like she was thrown on the stage and told to "not just stand there". It's bizarre, especially as she's such a seasoned concert performer. And she didn't seem to have any struggle to remember the lyrics so why she felt she had move like that and indicate wildly to sell the number is beyond me. Still, I was surprised by how solid her voice remains.

Updated On: 5/1/15 at 04:37 PM

The thing I love so much about Yvonne's version (my favorite) is that "tug" she has in her voice, like Piaf or Garland. It has history and wisdom, but also vulnerability and pathos and pride. So many layers come through.

It's all in the tone, and the vibrato, and the understated (but perfect) phrasing.

Just the sound of her singing paints a thousand words.