October 02, 2007

Betty Buckley's Bop Down Broadway In the Summer Of Love

Bettyb Forty years ago, before anyone was thrilled/appalled by "Cats," a 19-year-old Betty Buckley
went into a Ft. Worth, Texas, studio with, of all people, T Bone Burnett as her engineer. The album, recorded two years before she made her Broadway debut in "1776," was never released.
Sony BMG’s Playbill Records has signed Buckley and will make her debut recording - the one she made four decades ago - available starting Oct. 16. Album, which features “Bye, Bye Birdie’s” “One Boy,” “They Can’t Take That Away From Me,” “Call Me” and the divine “Where is Love?” from "Oliver," will be pressed on limited-edition vinyl LPs and offered at Playbill's website.
A new Buckley recording, “Quintessence,” will feature the singer with a quintet led by pianist Kenny Werner. Among the tunes are “Amelia,” “I've Grown Accustomed to His Face,” “Cry Me a River,’ “No One Is Alone” and “So Many Stars.”
Buckley, whose first released album was 1993's "Children Will Listen," made her  will make her debut at New York’s Town Hall on Oct. 20.

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