Its ‘Tom Jones Tuesday’ here in Aged Audio land.
Something I realize about Tom Jones is while people pigeonhole him as a lounge singer, throughout his career he really wanted to get his rock out, and this performance from 1976 on The Midnight Special shows another aspect of this ambition.
Its interesting these days that when an actor/actress is also a singer, you need to hole them into one category or the other. However, when I think of Julie Andrews, its both, and its a rare breed. Humbling in all aspects, Andrews is a classic “entertainer” in every sense of the word. Its interesting seeing her in films these days basically playing the “Olde English Matron” part like ‘The Princess Diaries’, but I’ll always remember her from ‘The Sound of Music.’ I do, however, remember being startled when I saw ‘S.O.B.’ (directed by her husband, Blake Edwards) and Ms. Andrews ripped off her top and said “I am going to show my boobies. Are you here to see my boobies?” I guess that’s what I call a “range of characters.”
