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THE INCREDIBLE NANCY AMES
SIDE 1
BON SOUR CHER
QUIET BOY
LITTLE PEANUT SHELL (GOTTA MAKE IT GROW!)
JOHNNY. I HARDLY KNEW YE
GREENFIELDS
ALMA CORAZON Y VIDA |
SIDE 2
COME TO ME
LONG TIME BOY
SOUTH COAST
ANGEL CAKE AND WINE
YOUNG YOUNG MAN
CU CU RRU CU CU PALOMA |
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THE INCREDIBLE NANCY AMES |
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BON SOUR
CHER |
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QUIET BOY |
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LITTLE
PEANUT SHELL (GOTTA MAKE IT GROW!) |
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JOHNNY. I
HARDLY KNEW YE |
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GREENFIELDS |
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ALMA
CORAZON Y VIDA |
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COME TO ME |
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LONG TIME
BOY |
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SOUTH COAST |
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ANGEL CAKE
AND WINE |
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YOUNG YOUNG
MAN |
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CU CU RRU
CU CU PALOMA |
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THE INCREDIBLE NANCY AMES
Probably one of the most incredible things about Nancy Ames is that she
ever became a singer at all. She was a well-bred Washington, D. C.
society girl whose training during her formative years was slanted to
the acquiring of the social graces - with a fling at ballet, music and
the other arts. She seemed hardly likely to emerge with a singing voice
that her coach, Todd Duncan, was quoted in Look Magazine as describing
as "warm and sensuous--like yellow wheat and ripe apples." But that's
just what she did ...as you'll hear in this alhurn.
The desire to sing professionally was overpowering with Nancy. 'She set
out to get every bit of experience possible. This experience included
singing Broadway show tunes at charity shows and on local television
programs in her home city of Washington, D.C., and on Broadway itself in
the `musical "Tenderloin" But it was the field of folk music which
became her great love. Like the familiar folk song, Nancy was sure "I
know where i'm going" as was Harry Belafonte, her one-time personal
manager. And that direction was to be kind of exciting music represented
in this collection.
In this, Nancy Ames' recording debut, you are privileged (to hear the
special quality, the wonderful depth and (breadth of a vividly alive,
radiantly lovely girl in hose singing you will hear* reflected the flash
and fire of her Spanish heritage (her grandfather is a former president
of Panama) as well as her naturally fresh vocal quality.
Some of the songs in this album are contemperary folk songs- composed
recently, but in the true folk idiom and as new and refreshing as Nancy
Ames herselfseif and all of them a credit to her love of beautiful
melodies and meaningful lyrics. They are excitingly accented by the
vibrant rhythm of the guitar (an instrument Nancy plays so well) and by
sensitive backgrounds provided by enthusiastic musicians.
So then, here is a most auspicious debut. After you've heard her sing,
it's certain that the ,adjective "incredible" will seem to have been
coined just for.. Nancy Ames.
Carol Donovan |
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