News the Stars Bring Today

Now, I grew up listenign to Kate Smith, so I wasn’t totally shocked when I heard about Ms Boyle’s triumph on Britain’s Got Talent. However, when I received this in my “subscriptions” I thought it was a definite prank. If you’re not familiar with the song, it is a classic “blues” song written by Arthur Hamilton for Ella Fitzgerald in the 1920’s. However, he refused to make a few changes in the wording, so it wasn’t released until 1953 and recorded by Ms. Fitzgerald in 1961. I had a hard time believing that Ms. Boyle was singing this sultry blues classic.

However, according to The Daily Record, Ms Boyle was asked to make a CD for a charity in 1999 and they made exactly 1000 of them. So, the good news now is they’re worth a lot of money. The charity was for “The Millennium Celebration disc, which was partly funded by Whitburn Community Council, (and) was the brainchild of local newspaper editor Eddie Anderson.”

Ms. Boyle seems to be taking everything in stride and is considering appearing on the Oprah Winfrey Show. So far, she’s said she’s not amenable to a makeover, but lets see if they can at least work on the eyebrows.