Showbiz Time Magazine is
published by the Federation of American Musicians, Singers
and Performing Artists, Incorporated (FAMSPA), a United
States non-profit corporation. PO. Box 869, New York, New
York 10009, USA.
Editor-in-Chief: David Bloom.
Managing Editor: Shoshanna Rosenstein. Editor: Carol Lexter. Public Relations Director: Germaine Poitiers.
Art Director: Daniel Iliescu.
Staff Writers and Contributors: Arlene
Peck, Martha Griffin, Gertrude Rochenbach, Dorothea A.
Whickum, Shoshanna Rosenberg, David Maye, Edna Riggs,
Melinda Stein, Jack Weiss, Anne Saks, Fredy Eastman, Megan
P. Harris, Joy Nuremberg, Sarah L. Rosenthal, David Mayer,
David Cohen, Richard Sanders, Daniel Forge, Sharon Richards,
Aldria Turnbach, Kydee Wayne, Arthur S. Westdall, Bertis
Smithers, Priscilla M. Oden, Sheila Sears, Denise Odierno,
Peggy North, Arlette Lagrange, Louise de Chambertin,
Penelope de Vassy, Valerie Constand, Genevieve Bresson, Meg
Houston, Liz Hampton, Elaine Blanchard, Richard Sand, Emily
Reynolds, Leonard Bertchsinger, Carolyn Lazemby, Veronica
McLaughlin, Colby Ragusa, Dawn Riley, Lamar Lyons, Ted J.
Hemingway, Ruth Hardy, David Bloom, Rick G. Helms, Earl Ford
Christensen, Carolyn Mae Lazemby, Ruth Hardy, Rick G. Helms,
Carol Lexter, Germaine Poitiers.
TABLE OF CONTENTS
CINEMA: THE
REVIEWS..................................................5
Blades of Glory. Assessment: Skate on by....A close friend said that "Blades of Glory" (Paramount/Dream
Works) had gotten raves from the NYT and that the WSJ had given it a 9 out of 10
‘amusement points.’ I had misgivings, serious misgivings. It looked dorky, dumb,
and over-the-top. Since I respect my friend, and the judgment of the Wall Street
Journal, I acquiesced.
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BEST SINGERS FOR THE
COVER! WHAT COVER?..............7
  ICONS,
STARS, JAZZ, CABARET SINGERS... CELEBRITIES...ARTISTS WHO GOT GLOWING WRITE-UP...
What to do to be included in Volume IV of the World Who's Who's
in Jazz, Cabaret, Music and Entertainment?
WHO IS GOING TO BE ON THE COVER? Tony Bennett? No. Madonna? Guess
again! Barbara Cook? Not this time. Usually, the editorial board selects 4
artists for the front cover and 2 for the back cover.
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Artists Biographies: Honoring the
best in the business................8
 This
week our guests are:
Zola,
Nancy Wilson,
Roseanna Vitro,
Marilyn Scott,
Ellen Robinson.,
Antoinette Montague,
Suzanne Grzanna,.Peggy
Judy, Biographies and career highlights of some of the
best artists in the business.
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 "PRETTY
BLUES". Be brave and dash into the explosive and magical Jazz-Blues world of
Antoinette Montague. This singer is powerful, yet elegantly sensual with human
warmth. Montague just released a first rate CD "Pretty Blues". A superb album at
so many levels. Read
 "STORYTELLING".
Simple but romantically vivacious arrangement, exciting and elegant drums
brushes by Kendall Kay and Jery Kalaf, right on bass with perfect timing by
Octavio Bailly, and Dave Carpenter, splashes of piano virtuosity by Louis Durra,
add sparkling drops of percussion by Mike Faue, and mix the whole effects with
Bennett Brandeis aggressive but lyrical magic on guitar...
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 NATALIE
DESSAY: French Arias ,
Michel Plasson, Orchestre National du Capitole de
Toulouse.
Splendid collection of coloratura soprano arias
cleverly chosen from French most lyrical operas by
Donizetti, Massenet, Thomas, Offenbach and Gounod.
Natalie Dessay...Read
ROBERTO ALAGNA: NESSUM DORMA
French-Italian tenor Roberto Alagna delivered a world-class album of
Italian arias, including Giordano's Fedora, Cilea's Adriana Lecouvreur
Puccini's Nessun dorma, Leoncavallo's La Bohème, I zingari, and Zazà.
Alagna took on a great vocal challenge, for he has a medium-bodied
voice...Read
on Page 17
 Liesl
Müller is the Real Thing!
A refined lady who sings like a femme fatale chanteuse of "Les annees
folles" and Paris Pigale of 1930. A warm and sinfully evocative voice
which brings to life the magic, nostalgia and tender beauty of a
vanished golden era of the early days of Cabaret and Kabaret of Paris
and Berlin...Read
on Page 17
The Worst CDs ........................................................................16
 Judy
Roberts' "The Other World" is not so good. In fact, it is deplorable,
mediocre. Don't waste your time and money on this CD.
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 BORING...BORING! GREAT
DISAPPOINTMENT Ann Hampton Callaway and Andrea
Marcovicci. It is not enough to count on your fame to
cash on your CD.
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 TURKEY OF
THE MONTH: RAPPER CHADLOVE! IT IS BAD, BAD, BAD!
Vulgar, slang, street language wrapped into
third class noise. Songs titled like "Touch My Ass".
Read
on Page 17
 GREAT
MUSIC, BUT NO VOICE!
Craig Taubman, a magnificent
musician, superb composer, but a lousy singer.
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on Page 17
TOPIC:
ANY FUTURE FOR HOLLYWOOD STARS WHO TURN
40?..........................................................................................19
  Halle
Berry, David Schwimmer, Samantha Fox and Chris Evans turned 42 in 2007.
Hollywood has a huge downer on women over 40. With Berry seemingly still in her
prime, stunningly good looking and much in demand, perhaps she will prove an
exception to the rule. But Hollywood is littered with tales of aging starlets
who see their careers take a nosedive after they pass the big 4-0...Read
Biased towards youth:
Michelle Pfeiffer has found it
harder to get roles in recent years....Read
STARS & DIVAS.................................................................20
 DONNA
BYRNE; pure magic. She shines on and off stage, because she is real and tenderly
powerful. How real is she? Does she bring life, real life to stage, or does she
perform just like a diva? "Absolutely, I bring to stage, my own life and
humanity. I avoid lyrics that I can bring nothing to." said Donna...Read
 CAROL
WELSMAN, CANADIAN JAZZ DIVA CHOSEN "BEST INTERNATIONAL ENTERTAINER OF THE YEAR"
Carol Welsman, Canada's ultimate
smooth Jazz Diva is making international headlines in Europe, Canada and the
United States. Last week, the European Journal and World Television selected
Welsman as the best international entertainer of the year. Last year, the
International Herald Daily News in London and Paris chose Welsman as
singer-pianist of the year....Read
on page 21
 Kylie
announces 'comeback'. Pop princess
Kylie Minogue has reportedly announced her return to work after undergoing
treatment for breast cancer.
Read on page 21
 SIENNA
MILLER VOTED THE MOST INSPIRATIONAL CELEBRITY.
Sienna Miller has
been voted the most inspirational celebrity in a survey of
teenage girls. The actress earned the accolade after a year
which saw her cope with betrayal by boyfriend Jude Law, who
was caught cheating with his children's nanny...Read
on page 21
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 THE
GREAT CHAYELA ROSENTHAL.
The late great Chayela
Rosenthal (1924-1979) in black satin gloves. She was loving with a
heart bigger than the world we live in, down to earth, and also… super
duper elegant and classy on stage...Read
CELEBRITIES OF THE MONTH
..............................................23
   Nat
Hentoff.
Deniece
Williams.
Valentine
Ryder.
Frank Dain.
Barbara Montgomery.
Judy
Kaye.
Etta James.
Lynn DiMenna.
Don
Grzanna.
LLorna
Dallas.
Paulette
Attie ....and
much more
  
THE 200 ALBUMS THAT EVERY MUSIC
LOVER SHOULD OWN.
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THE 200 ALBUMS THAT EVERY MUSIC
LO
MUSIC TREASURE..................................................................25
THE
200 ALBUMS THAT EVERY MUSIC LOVER SHOULD OWN.
Read on pages 25-28.
GOLD AND
PLATINUM. TOP-SELLING ARTISTS OF ALL TIME. Complete list.
Read on pages
29-35.
LIVING
LEGENDS....................................................................38
 Caterina
Valente is a vocal superstar in any language “J.Hawn-Los Angeles
Times-June 1987. In 1954 Caterina Valente introduced herself to European
audiences with her recordings of “Istanbul” and “I love Paris”. In 1955
Gordon MacRea presented her on the “Colgate Comedy Hour” as the
“Malaguena” Girl. This was followed by the worldwide hit “The Breeze and
I”.
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Carlos
Santana...Boz
Scaggs...Diane Schuur...Pete
Seeger...Beverly Sills...Carly
Simon....Paul
 Simon...Bruce
Springsteen....Keely Smith...Neil Sedaka...Stephen Sondheim...Read
more on page 39
DANCE.............................................................40
Dancing is a divine medium...Read
on page 40
 The
great Mimi Fontana is credited with introducing to New York, the World
Fusion Belly Dance and Tribal Belly Dance. To see her on stage is a pure
delight!
Read on page 40
Lynn Brilhante's dancing and
choreography symbolize creativity, innovation, vitality, and elegance. She
is a magician. La crème de la crème. She has been nominated for the
Theatre L.A. Ovation Award for Choreography.
She is the recipient of the Dance Masters
of America Choreographer's Award and the Robbi Award for Choreography.
Read on page 40
 Leigh
Torlage. She toured the United States and Europe with the Broadway
musical “West Side Story” playing the roles of Graziella and Anybodys. She
was one of the Three Deuces Chorus Line Dancers in Woody Allen’s hit film
“Bullets over Broadway” and most recently, was a Cell Block Dancer in the
Oscar winning movie “Chicago.”
Read on page 40
 Michael
Jackson memorabilia, which includes handwritten lyrics and a fedora he
once wore, is being auctioned off in Las Vegas next month. The
collection, made up of about 2,000 items, spans the career of Jackson and
his family from the mid-1960s through to the early 1990s.
Read more
 Rolling
Stones guitarist Keith Richards has denied that he snorted the ashes of
his late father during a drugs binge. The story surfaced in the NME,
where Richards said in an interview: "He was cremated and I couldn't
resist grinding him up with a little bit of blow."
Read more
 A
psychiatrist who is said to have prescribed drugs to the late Playboy
model Anna Nicole Smith is being investigated, a US official has said.
A spokeswoman for the California medical board confirmed Dr. Khristine
Eroshevich was the subject of a probe but gave no further details.
Read more
 Whitney
Houston has been given custody of the teenage daughter she shares with
estranged husband Bobby Brown, as their 14-year marriage comes to an end.
The singer, 43, told a Californian court that Brown was "unreliable"
and their daughter could not depend on him.
Read more
$VALUE OF SINGERS AND
DIVAS ON THE MARKET
Carol Lexter, Germaine Poitiers and Shoshanna Rosentein, the backbone
of the World Who's Who in Jazz, Cabaret, Music and Entertainment are
almost done with their study on how much singers and divas are worth
today on the market. In other words, how valuable are they in the eye
of venues' owners and shows/tours organizers.
Read more
BOOKS & AUTHORS.................................................................43
 Chris Chalfant's Book of Unstandards:
Anthology of Music.
The book is a
collection of 128 scores , Chris Chalfant wrote over the past thirty
years. "Musicians, listeners and the music industry at-large tend to
pigeon-hole artists into a narrow area of expression. I purposely have
chosen music for this collection which represents all styles, genres
and levels of complexity which allows the player to get a broader
sense of my life’s work.
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WORLDWIDE EXPOSURE FOR DIVAS OF JAZZ AND
CABARET...........................................................................44-47
     40
million
 people
could see them on the cover of Volume IV! Who are the divas and
legends to grace the cover of volume IV of the World Who's Who
in Jazz, Cabaret, Music and Entertainment? See the roster of
impressive candidates...Read
DIRECTORY
AND RATES OF SINGERS AND MUSICIANS WHO PERFORM IN PRIVATE AND
CORPORATE EVENTS AND TRAVEL TO VARIOUS
STATES...................................Read
on pages 48-49-50
SERIOUS
CONCERNS...........................................................51-52
Jazz Musicians Are
Largely Male And Well Educated But Many Are Underpaid And Lack
Benefits.
SO MANY OUTSTANDING JAZZ AND
CABARET ARTISTS ARE OUT OF WORK.
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COUNTDOWN AND RANKING OF THE 30 TOP WOMEN ARTISTS IN
MUSIC (CONTEMPORARY SINGERS)..........................................................................
53-59
MOST SUCCESSFUL RECORDING ARTISTS WITH THE BIGGEST HITS OF
ALL TIME. THEIR BEST SELLING ALBUMS AND GROSS EARNINGS.
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AWARDS...............................................................................60-61
If you want to see the most
original talents to be found anywhere, going to the Back Stage Bistro
Awards fulfills that wish. This year’s, event took place on April 9th
at the Gotham Comedy Club in New York City.
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BREAKING
NEWS.....................................................................62
 A
Farewell to a Jazz Giant.
Alvin Batiste's body will lie in state for public viewing
at the historic Gallier Hall, 545 Saint Charles Avenue, New Orleans,
Louisiana 70113 on Friday, May 11, 2007 from 12:00 noon to 7:00 pm,
followed by a musical tribute where several New Orleans musicians will
perform in memory of the man they called "Bat."
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NEWS AND
PRESS RELEASES................................................65-72
THEY ARE
NOT FORGOTTEN...
 Nancy
LaMott Is Not Forgotten...Nancy
LaMott, probably the greatest singer of American Popular Standards of her
generation, was on the verge of stardom when she was struck down, at the
age of 43, by Uterine Cancer. Nancy came from the Midwestern town of
Midland, Michigan (or, as she used to call it, a suburb of the Dow
Chemical Company.)
P.73
 Pam
Bricker Is Not Fotgotten...It's
difficult to believe that two years have passed since our beloved Pammy
departed on February 20, 2005. For all of us who knew and loved Pam, this
remains an incalculable loss. A sweet and generous soul has passed from
this Earth, one that touched so many of us through song.
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