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OPEN POST: Manor Music Monday With Felicia Sanders!

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Welcome, music sluts, to another swingin' edition of Music Manor Monday, where DJ Li'l Scratch is playin' and slayin' tonight at our exclusive "Boots Knocking" lounge with none other than Miss Felicia Sanders. "It's not the brains you reach for, it's the heart," she once said when asked to explain her singular singing style.  She sang for years (and years) in small, sometimes ratty, nightclubs in Hollywood throughout the 1940s and early 50s, where she was considered an "underground success" and dubbed "America's Edith Piaf." But for some dumbfounding reason, no one wanted to record her. Yet years later, at NYC's tiny, but influential  Blue Angel Supper Club , she wowed everyone in town and could no longer be ignored. Record companies at last came calling. The result was her terrific first album, "At The Blue Angel," a generous mix of jazz standards which she wholly revitalizes with her unique, deeply felt...

Post A Pup Sundays! Paul Newman and Joanne Woodward (photos)

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  I was going to do a profile of Paul Newman (I still will), but there were so many adorable photos I decided to share them. I hope you are all having a Happy Sunday! You can see that they really enjoyed their dogs, and it was a passion they shared.