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Title:
I
Feel
A
Song
Comin'
On
Artist:
Lisa
Kirk
Catalogue
No:
SEPIA
1018
Barcode:
5055122110187
Release
Date:
21
July
2003
Lisa
Kirk
was
from
the
Broadway
stage.
Discovered
by
Richard
Rodgers
for
his
musical
-
"Allegro"
where
she
introduced
"The
Gentleman
Is
A
Dope",
the
show
wafted
Lisa
Kirk
to
fame.
When
"Allegro"
closed
Cole
Porter
wanted
her
for
"Kiss
Me,
Kate"
a
show
he
had
just
written.
Lisa
played
Lois
Lane/Bianca
deliciously
and
got
to
sing
"Why
Can't
You
Behave"
and
"Always
True
To
You
In
My
Fashion"
eight
times
a
week
in
"Kate"
which
ran
for
over
1000
performances.
While
playing
in
"Kate"
Lisa
doubled
into
the
Plaza
Hotel's
swanky
Persian
Room
and
had
the
unusual
distinction
of
having
starred
at
the
Persian
Room
eight
times
in
the
next
seven
years
-
and
packing
them
in
at
every
performance.
In
the
meantime
Lisa
Kirk
signed
with
a
major
record
label
and
between
1949
and
1953
recorded
over
40
sides
-
some
novelty,
some
from
the
stage
and
some
standards.
On
this
CD
we
are
pleased
to
feature
25
of
these
tracks
of
which
24
were
previously
unavailable
on
LP
or
CD.
Television
appearances
and
supper
club
cabaret
performances
kept
Lisa
busy
throughout
the
1950s
across
America
and
London
saw
her
one
woman
show
at
The
Talk
of
The
Town
towards
the
end
of
the
decade.
When
the
musical
"Gypsy"
was
filmed
with
Rosalind
Russell,
it
was
Lisa
Kirk
who
dubbed
for
Miss
Russell
who
was
lacking
in
the
vocals
department.
Fans
of
the
Jerry
Herman
1974
cult
musical
"Mack
and
Mabel"
will
also
note
Lisa's
appearance
in
this
short-lived
show.
A
year
before
her
death
in
1990
Londoners
saw
Lisa
for
the
last
time
when
she
appeared
in
another
Cole
Porter
show
"Nymph
Errant"
at
the
Theatre
Royal,
Drury
Lane.
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