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“Spotlights”

Video shorts on performers and writers

“Please don’t talk about me when I’m gone”

Why do some songs have a longer shelf life than others?  How can one song invite so many interpretations? What keeps a song in our hearts? The Spotlights are on “Please don’t talk about me when I’m gone” – a 1930 jump-blues composition by the team of Sam Stept (That’s My Weakness Now), Sidney Clare […]

Meeting Soprano Jeanette MacDonald in “San Francisco”

What’s the best film for getting acquainted with Hollywood soprano Jeanette MacDonald? Click on the photo to find my answer on YouTube.
 My first encounter with Jeanette MacDonald was through a local broadcast of MGM’s major box office hit from 1936, San Francisco. It’s been a long-term affair ever since – with both her and […]

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