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Two unique talents joined by one song. First is Bing Crosby's hit version of "I Apologize" (Al Hoffman / Al Goodhart / Ed Nelson) from the early 30s. I used this song as the prelude to my production of Cocteau's "The Human Voice", with it coming through the wall of the woman trying to sleep off her depression as her lover was abandoning her for a convenient marriage. Then from the mid-50s is the Tallulah Bankhead introduced version by Beatrice Lillie, sung in London for a broadcast of Tallulah's very popular mega-all-star "The Big Show". When I created a five hour radio show on Bea for Columbia U. in the 80s I wanted to do a section contrasting serious songs in their original performances that Bea twisted to comic effect. There wasn't time, then. Bea's version is remastered and cleaned from the complete radio show by Tormented Artist Ink Studios (me!). Just how nuts audiences went over Bea is well represented by this. Bea did three memorable radio shows for Bing, some of which has been issued on CD; good to yoke them again. According to a mutual friend she adored him.
R.E.M. was an American rock band formed in Athens, Georgia, in 1980 by drummer Bill Berry, guitarist Peter Buck, bassist Mike Mills, and lead vocalist Michael Stipe, who were students at the University of Georgia. R.E.M. was noted for Buck's arpeggiated "jangle" guitar playing; Stipe's distinctive vocal style, unique stage presence, and cryptic lyrics; Mills's countermelodic bass lines and backing vocals; and Berry's tight, economical drumming. In the early 1990s, other alternative rock acts suc...
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