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OPEN POST: Manor Music Monday With the Classic Supper Club Crooning Of Ann Williams!

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Greetings, music sloots, and welcome to another edition of Manor Music Monday, tonight served with beef stroganoff, a relish tray, a Brandy Old Fashioned, and for your entertainment, a truly classy songstress. When I first heard the term "supper club singer," it conjured up images of a hard-bitten chippy singing slightly off-key at the "Pour Decisions Lounge" in Seaford, Long Island (right next to the abandoned HoJos) (the town's strong odor of sewage is just a bonus!). But back in the day, a "supper club singer" was high praise, denoting a group of gifted jazz birds who could be counted on to deliver the goods - and the crowds - at posh eateries on both coasts and abroad. One of them was Ann Williams, whom DJ Li'l Scratch will be spinning tonight at the Manor's "FlufferNutter" lounge and dinette. You won't want to miss out. Oh, and just look at her picture. Yes, she's that kind of gal. Big blue eyes, provocative curves and a ...