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Anyone Else Love Jazz Singer, Cleo Laine? "Control Yourself".

Mom had this album back in the seventies and we'd both sing along with it. I also loved Cleo on "The Muppets". Talent, beauty and class. Bitches, take note.

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by Anonymousreply 12September 29, 2024 8:59 PM

OP, I really like her Sondheim album.

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by Anonymousreply 1May 27, 2022 5:59 AM

oP I had to do a double take, I thought that was my 6th grade caftanned teacher!

by Anonymousreply 2May 27, 2022 6:00 AM

Control yourself, contain yourself Restrict yourself, restrain yourself And always let tranquility be your goal Control yourself, contain yourself And if you can't, explain yourself And try to act agreeably on the whole Life is far too short to spend it in a huff Try to be the sort of guy who laughs When things get rough

by Anonymousreply 3May 27, 2022 6:03 AM

Never heard of her but she's great. Pretty. Her caftans flutter nicely in the breeze because you've got to air that out from time to time.

by Anonymousreply 4May 27, 2022 6:04 AM

listening to cleo laine tonight / surprised this thread didn't get any traction back in May

over half of Cleo's RCA output appears to be unavailable to stream on the major platforms....her Carnegie Hall albums, etc

youtube is really a hodge podge of stuff.

another reason to hang on to all those records tapes and cds....

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by Anonymousreply 5September 17, 2022 3:21 AM

Somebody gave me one of her records, once. I played it a few times but she really was not my style.

by Anonymousreply 6September 17, 2022 3:29 AM

She was at every expensive hotel bar in SF in the 1980s. Never saw her, don't know anyone who did. Seeing her music here, I now know that I missed nothing.

by Anonymousreply 7September 17, 2022 6:13 AM

Love her! Bumping this thread because I just listened to Dame Cleo's transcendent recording of "On A Clear Day You Can See Forever."

by Anonymousreply 8September 29, 2024 8:49 PM

She was fun as Princess Puffer in the original production of The Mystery of Drood on Broadway, and as the Witch in the LA production of Into The Woods.

by Anonymousreply 9September 29, 2024 8:52 PM

I love me a lounge act.

by Anonymousreply 10September 29, 2024 8:58 PM

^^ yes! I only know her from that recording, tho.

I was obsessed with this song for a while. Like, would sing it to the mirror, holding a hairbrush. [italic]As an adult!

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by Anonymousreply 11September 29, 2024 8:59 PM

R3 I gotta say I love those bullshit lyrics.

by Anonymousreply 12September 29, 2024 8:59 PM
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