Word: songstress
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...breath-stopping ride. Among the passengers are George, an absent-minded professor of moral philosophy absorbed in his upcoming lecture billed "Man-Good, Bad or Indifferent?"; his ex-showgirl-songstress wife Dotty; and her psychiatrist lover, Sir Archibald Jumper, who is the vice chancellor and pragmatic villain of the college where George teaches. More bizarre companions include George's secretary, who likes to striptease while swinging by her teeth from a chandelier; a troupe of yellow-clad acrobats ("a mixture of the more philosophical members of the university gymnastics team and the more gymnastic members of the philosophy school...
...world, with 400,000 Greek Americans -and by the end of the month will have taken him to 22 cities, including Chicago, the second largest. Last week found him at the Kennedy Center in Washington, B.C., backed by a seven-piece band and three singers, notably scarlet-voiced Greek Songstress Maria Farantouri...
...principal gods have filled the void left by the Harlows and Gables. Any number of the pop world's scores of superstars could serve to illustrate the process. Four who exemplify its various aspects as vividly as any are Balladeer Carole King, Hard-Rocker Ian Anderson, Pop-Jazz Songstress Roberta Flack and Fey Troubadour Harry Nilsson. Not exactly household names, they nevertheless enjoy more status with the young than a Newman or a Taylor. They are more lavishly remunerated than, say, Redford or Mac-Graw. Indeed, everything about the music industry of the '70s is reminiscent of Hollywood...
These lyrics, from a 1971 hit recording by Songstress Carole King, have struck a responsive chord in millions of Americans. That comes as no surprise to Social Critic Vance Packard. The song became popular, Packard believes, because it poignantly reflects the pain and yearning of a nation on the move. America has become a land of nomads, he says, a nation of men and women who are rootless, isolated, indifferent to community problems, shallow in personal relationships and afflicted with "unconnectedness and a lonely coldness...
Skits seem to be Steinberg's forte. In one he asked black Songstress Leslie Uggams her specifications for the ideal man. "I love a man who has a powerful chest," she replied, and Steinberg stripped off his shirt. "Barefoot," she said, and Steinberg, like Moses, took the shoes from off of his feet. "And black," she cooed. At that, Steinberg picked up his clothes and moped offstage...