She was awarded the National Medal of Arts. I tried to pull a few songs to share but it was not possible to limit it to just a few without thinking -- but but..this one and this other, and surely can't leave out "Different Drum", "Silver Threads" and "Blue Bayou" and...
But to lead off I thought to share a song she did with the Nelson Riddle Orchestra, showing a side of her a bit less known.
Then, if you have the time, go below the fold for "He Dark the Sun" and some "Lovestick Blues".
I look at skirts in some of these videos and remember around the early 70s when we visited my grandmother in Minnesota and she peered at me through her thick glasses and asked snappishly, "Is that a dress or a shirt?"
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