Now as promised here again is Ginger Rodgers
My favorite singer
You know all this week, just about all this week, Ginger and I have been observing the different types of girl singers, right?
Oh that's right Steve, I never knew there were so many
Well one of my favorites Ginger is the girl who pays no attention at all to the meaning of the lyrics
This girl is all style and no matter what the lyric is, she's happy about the song
I know the type, she might sing a song like this
I'll never smile again until I smile at you
Oh but Steve, Steve you know the one I really love is the opera star who's just invaded the nightclub field you know
And she knows that she will not be a success unless she adds a couple of popular tunes to her repertoire
I know exactly what you mean, I've seen quite a few of those girls lately
Thank you, thank you for the way you have received me tonight gang
And now for my next number I should like to add a little song from Tin Pan Alley
I've got a right to sing the blues, I've got a right to feel no down
I've got a right to hang around down among the river
Ginger in your travels have you ever come across one of those girls, the ultra progressive jazz type?
Oh yes, oh I know that one, she's sort of way out there you know, she's so far out there she just doesn't do anything but sing for herself, not for her audience, at all
Somewhere there's music high, high high moon, somewhere high
Sweetie the bus is outside, it's closing time, we've got to get out of here
And Ginger I know you've come across the girls that, well for lack of a better name we might call them the vamps, the sirens
No matter what kind of a song this girl sings she always tries to sell sex appeal
And here she comes now, that exciting lady of song, Jimmy Rogers
Hello all of you out there, I'm so glad all of you gentlemen could come tonight
For my first number I'd like to sing a little song written by Dick Rogers and Oscar Hammerstein
Two boys who really know what it's all about
Maestro
Oooooook, la huma where the wind comes sweeping down the plain
Where the waves and the wind is so soft and sweet
Where the wind comes right way high, the plain
Oooooook
Then we have another type that I'm sure you're all familiar with
She's not domestic, she's imported from France usually
And she doesn't speak English very well but she does a real LP, four hour introduction of each song
She explains it so you'll know what she's singing when she sings the French
Here she is, Mademoiselle Gigi Roger
Bonjour, bonjour, mesdames et messieurs, for my first number tonight I would like to sing for you a little French song
But it is possible that some of you may not understand French so I will tell you the story
It is the story of a beautiful French girl, Annette
Annette is walking across one of the many bridges that span the river Seine
And then suddenly she hears a voice on the water
She looks and there is a very handsome American tourist
He has fallen from his sight seeing boat
He is splashing in the water waving his hands wildly yelling help, help
Annette does not understand English but she does not wish to be impolite
So she waves back at him
Then she continues across the bridge and runs right into her boyfriend Pierre
Pierre is very angry because he has seen her flirting with this man from America
He says that she does not love him by the end of this song
Pierre realizes that he really has Annette for his bride
That is the story and this is the song
Oh, my dear, my dear, it is good, it is good, it is good
Oh, my dear, my dear, it is good, it is good, my dear
And now for my next number I would like to sing for you a little song called Anche
Anche
Thank you very much Gigi
And now ladies and gentlemen another type of girl singer that we run into quite recently
Quite a lot recently
Is the movie actress who somehow has suddenly decided to do a nightclub act
Usually she opens in a big club in Las Vegas
Her voice is not what it should be
But with the help of clever arrangements
The arrangers and the orchestra sort of take care of things and compensate for the problem
Here is Miss Tammy Rogers
As you walk through the storm
Keep your head above the storm
And don't be afraid of the dark
At the end of the storm
Is a golden sky
And the sweet silver song of the land
Walk on through the wind, walk on through the rain
Walk on through the wind
Walk on through the rain
Walk on through the wind