Blossom Dearie - Killing Me Softly With His Song

[reblawtn]

I seem to remember her appearing rather frequently on the Tonight show when Johnny Carson was the host. Can anyone confirm?

[teknotoast]

This is a great rendition by a great vocalist.  Love that guitar bit at the end too.

[imvised]

RIP

[brownsugakrs169]

Her voice can be heard in the song "Adjectives" on the ABC series "Schoolhouse Rock" in the 1970's.

[JethroWilbury]

@brownsugakrs169 :-) "Figure Eight" as well.

[wuyiting]

RIP, oh Blossom Dearie...

[BlossomDearieDotCom]

That is Toots...this recording had Johnny Mercers's final compositon, which was also the title, My New Celebrity Is You. It's available at her website, 16 tracks of pure bliss!

[mickjai]

A little bell of a voice. Sad we can hear her no more. RIP

[hobodivine]

Is that Toots on the harmonica?

(: thanks for posting! :)

[tnuocsiv]

Hello every one, I am sad to here that she has passed away ,I heard her live, playing electronic piano at the Ronny Scott club in London,and have since purchased

a volume of her piano transcriptions with a CD, Thanks to Utube her music will live for "ever"

[lovesGenet]

years ago i bought a compliation( i dont like them but i wantd to hear da words to many of gershwins songs since i usually heard instrumentals)and someone to watch over me was there with an unforgettable vocal by this little teeny hisoprano voice but the reading was unmistakably musical ,unfussy but each note with meaning and so i had to ind more of her.the piano she plays is great like Sh.Horn in that its voicings are singular.Wanted to see some old film of hers .Anyway she is unique &special!

[kitwatcher]

to norbertbk there is absolutely no comparrison between these two great artists. each unique in their interpretations. broaden your acceptance/

[edmame]

she made me hear this oldie anew! a scene with ed hopper-esque styling about characters in the song immediately came to mind....wow ms. dearie!

[lyra22blue]

She's amazing!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[rewardless]

this album is so hard to find, i am in pain....

[11777766]

Blossom was a unique talent. She wrote many of the songs she shared with us, Fran and I heard her many nights at the Ballroom in the Village. She didn't always land every note, but what the hell! Her voice came to us as if she were on the second story of a doll house, as one critic put it. She passed away just last month, but her talent always remains.

[Annamandabella]

Oh my GOD. I hadn't heard of her until this hour and I've already listened to over 10 of the most superb (cant think of a better term) songs ever.

[olafreinhardweyer]

I owe it to the folks of youtube discovering her.  How can it at all be possible that i didn't know her? Who can be blamed? Crazy!

[norbertbk]

take a lesson, shirley bassey!

[vjaydavidnerini]

j'adoreeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeee!!!!!!­

[SWsthia]

LINDAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA!!!

[fdomf]

my favorite singer

RIP

[gkkk04]

Such expressive vocals, sweet, clear, beautiful - not overblown. Compare, for instance, w/all American Idol winners, contestants for that matter! who think they have to bellow to "sing"...

[lskarin]

Agreed. The great Harry Shearer played 3 of Blossom's songs on Le Show last week. That was the week including 15Sep09. He said something like we've lost her, but not her vocalizations.

[Jazzdog40]

Blossom, dear sweet Blossom, the world is a far poorer place for your passing.

[stonegill]

Lovely! No fireworks, no sledge hammers, no pornography, no stupidity . . . just unadorned, unpretensious, understated beauty. Pure music, so refreshing. The ears of the world are thirsty for sounds like this. Dear Blossom Dearie, thank you . . .

[AdrianKimberly]

One of Blossom Dearie's enduring legacies will be that she HATED the "music" of Andrew Lloyd Webber, the biggest hack who ever claimed to be a song writer. I have loved Blossom since seeing her perform in New York in the early 70s and again in the early 80s. I think I have everything she ever released. I'm going to miss her so...

[capelipl]

yes she called herself a songwriters singer

which would explain her feeling toward alw

lol

rip delicate greatness

i will miss the sweet voice i first heard on figure 8 and unpack my adj on schoolhouse rock

[mamabearnyc]

One of a kind--will be missed.

[hiram242]

Shalom, dear lady. Thanks for the memories.....

[milknstuff]

figure 8........ is always great......

[combatescrima]

beautiful

[gramule]

wow and wow again thank you for posting

[arsamandi83]

amazing!