"Cry Me a River" by Susan Boyle
Hey remember Susan Boyle, the dowdy middle-aged virgin currently taking the UK by storm after her performance on Britain's Got Talent? Well the Daily Record uncovered a recording she did for charity back in 1999...
It emerged last night that Susan, whose Britain’s Got Talent triumph has made her an instant superstar, is being lined up for an appearance
on the Oprah Winfrey show which would give her the chance of a number one album in the US.
But the Record can reveal she made her first recording back in 1999, when she sang blues ballad Cry Me A River for a charity CD.
Only 1000 copies of the disc were ever produced, but we’ve got hold of the long-forgotten recording.
Here it is, and it's beautiful...
Thanks for tipping me to this Martha!
12 comments:
wow, that lady can really sing. thanks CB that was interesting!
NoCalGal
beautiful, just beautiful, I want a copy
Beautiful. Thanks for sharing this.
Wow. One of my observations on her BGT performance was the piece she sang had a very limited vocal range. Hearing this, limited vocal range is clearly NOT a problem for her! I could easily listen to her sing all day.
Thank you for posting this. I mentioned your blog at Examiner.com in a piece about John Grisham.
@verite parlant...why thank you!
Wow. That's so good. I hope she puts a cd out really soon.
the Joe Cocker version is much better
I agree with crispy. The song she chose for her debut on the talent show was an immensely canny contribution in her success. It's a gorgeous piece of music; it let her demonstrate power and purity, and it meshed with the personal story she was bringing to the stage.
But, except for the one climb to a high note, it left unanswered questions about her range and control.
Her "Cry Me a River" answers those questions. This woman is marvelous, and she's here to stay.
Thanks CBITC, loved it!!
PolySciSuzie
omg
no doubt it was her looks that stopped her from becoming a star 10 years ago...which is fucking sad
thats years and years of beautiful music that we have been denied
im gonna cry
awhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh u were wonderful susan from the fist time we heard you. u inspired my friends from uk too ,,good luck my dear.may u go on from strength to strength.. wish my parents where here to hear u,my dad was a great singer but never got this chance to prove himself,,fantastic voice use it to its fullest margaret xxxxxxx
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