I have finally broken the Rule of my "Blog All the Records By Forty". I think I can honestly say that even if I get to 80, or 120, I will never, ever play this record again except with the express intent of irritating people.
It's dire. Everyone knows it's dire. Well, everyone except Florence Foster Jenkins
At the age of 76, Jenkins finally yielded to public demand and performed at Carnegie Hall on October 25, 1944. So anticipated was the performance that tickets for the event sold out weeks in advance. Jenkins died a month later.
Click on the first link, and you'll be able to hear CD audio samples. Never be so thankful for a webpage that doesn't start the music immediately on opening, but requires you to click another link...
