December 25, 2003

Singer Susannah McCorkle

We present two interviews from the archives: a 1987 concert featuring ballads and popular songs, and a 1988 Christmas concert performed by the jazz vocalist. She considered Billie Holliday her main influence. McCorkle died in May of 2001, of an apparent suicide.

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Susannah McCorkle

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Terry Gross

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Fresh Air with Terry Gross, December 25, 2003: Interview with Burton Lane; Interview with Susannah McCorkle.

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December 25, 2003

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Songwriter Burton Lane

He's written the scores for several Broadway shows, including Finian's Rainbow and On a Clear Day You Can See Forever. Lane died in November of 1997.

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Burton Lane

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with excerpts from her Fresh Air interviews and concerts. She died last weekend after jumping to her death. She was 55. She had 17 albums to her credit and a repertoire of more than 3000 songs. Besides being a literate interpreter of American popular song, she was also a prose writer who published fiction in Mademoiselle, Cosmopolitan and The O. Henry Book of Short Stories. We also talk with Susannah McCorkle's ex-husband and former manager Dan Dinicola.(REBROADCASTS from 7/17/87, 12/23/88, 4/12/91, 7/3/96).

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July 11, 1988

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Remembering the Music of Cole Porter

Susannah McCorkle joins Fresh Air to discuss and perform some of Cole Porter's songs. She is accompanied by pianist Ben Aronov and bassist Chip Jackson.

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April 2, 2012

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Doris Day: A Hollywood Legend Reflects On Life.

Day started singing and dancing when she was a teenager, and made her first film at 24. After nearly 40 movies, she walked away from that part of her life in 1968, and started rescuing and caring for animals. Here, she speaks to Terry Gross in a lengthy interview about her career in film and music.

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