And in this video you can see why and hear what the term means. Dorothy Loudon had a hit on Broadway in “Annie” just before her turn in “Ballroom,” from which this song comes. Sentimental odes to marital infidelity don’t come around that often, much less sympathetic ones, but Loudon pulls it off.
Two American cultural giants — Mary Martin (l) and Ethel Merman (r), of course — perform during the legendary production put on to commemorate Ford’s 50th anniversary in 1953. It is safe to say that we shall never see the like again.
Remember when a putative pop star could have scrawny arms?
I love this number, but I have no idea who these performers are, or why there are subtitles. Furthermore, I don’t know even know what language those subtitles are in (Swedish? Danish?). Just one of those oddly watchable Internet discoveries I guess.
