Previous posts for February 10th are here: Leontyne Price (2020), Robert Flack; Leontyne Price (2021), Larry Adler; Jimmy Durante (2022). and Leontyne Price (2023)
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Leontyne Price (b. 10 February 1927) is one of the greatest sopranos of her generation.
Fourth Time’s the Charm
Author's Note: Miss Price has appeared here in 2020, 2021, and 2023
Though the limerick’s a casual device,
And I’ve already written them thrice,
I will offer five lines
As the humblest of shrines
For the birthday of Leontyne Price.
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Roberta Flack (b. 10 February 1937) is an Grammy-winning American singer.
Flack Jacket
Jason King argued that she occupies a complex place in popular music, as "the nature of her power as a performer… is not too easy to claim or make sense with the limited tools that we have in music criticism." – Wikipedia
There are critics who attack
The gentle singing of Ms. Flack,
Complaining, as they write, that she
Is neither soul nor R and B,
Others say that this invective
Hears her from the wrong perspective,
By the very tools in use,
For giving plaudits or abuse.
The lexicon, were it more spacious,
Would find the words for art so gracious.
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