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Lena Martell sings this song best.

This is perfection

Ella shows respect for the melody and sentiment, she glides effortlessly throughout maintaining the melancholy the song commands,

So many singers ruin this song by over egging it, there is a geat skill in keeping a lid on a song and Ella mastered this to a fine art. As she glid...

Awful

He should stick to pop. This exposes his inabilities.

He cant cope with the melody, his diction is appaling and slightly slurred.

Simply Red did a beautiful version of this song, however i plead with you all to listen to Ella Fitzgerald singing it. She makes such light work of this very tri...

at 1.54 look at her timing as she says "circus" with precision time to the music. it is a very difficult song to get right.

I could do better myself.

What a load of crap.

You call this singing?

Notice how most of the fruit had sunk to the bottom half of the cake when she sliced it?? This is because she said she adds the almonds half way throough. Never take a cake out of the oven half way through or else it will collapse and that is what happened here. Also she beat the flour in with a...

This is the way NOT to make a dundee cake

Firstly you should gently fold in the flour with a large metal spoon to avoid losing air, instead she beat it in with a food mixer knocking all the air out, This is why when she sliced the cake at the end all the fruit had sunk to the bottom, there was no...

Listen to how Ella gently shades her voice to suit the song's sad sentiment. Ella Fitzgerald was simply fantastic.

She sang so perfectly with such ease and grace. And they say she never had an ego.

How times change!

she shades her voice very subtely with this song to match its slight sadness.

This kind of skill is what sets her apart from the rest. Ella never really had a rival.

karen is lip synching. Ella is singing live, as always.

Barbara is a brilliant singer.

Such a relaxed technique. Her voice is so soothing and calming.

Not an ounce of strain on her face when she sings. And her voice matches the sentiment beautifully. Effortlessly expressing regret and reflection.

Barbara Dickson has the knack of singing songs that sui...

brilliant

This is singing at its absolute finest.

There will never be another Ella.

Im always amazed at how humble Ella Fitzgerald appeared to be about her talent.

She didnt "big" herself up or act like a superstar. Yet she was greater than all of those who do.

How times change!

Some people here are not compairing like with like.

Ella was mature in this video, her voice had lost some of its smoothness and fullness but Karen was in her heyday. Also, Karen is lip-synching, Ella isnt. I dont mean to be disrespectful to Karen becausee I consider them both to be two of the ...

There have been so many great peole like Amy, Judy Garland, Marilyn Monroe,Billie Holiday, Karen Carpenter, Michael Jackson ...... who had so much talent but the frailty of their persona was unable to deal with it and they succumbed to dring, drugs and anorexia and ruined themselves. Their mana...

tammtanddottie, youre right about the harmonizing- Tammy does it brilliantly and effortlessly.

Ramblin man? more like ramblin woman. whats she going on about?

fantastic song. Weird video though. Billie jo is singing a country ballad but the audience is having a hoe down and appear to be dancing and clapping to a completely different song.

hockbabe

ive got it on a cd. do u want a copy?.

hey dayday,

i was there too. i only went to see Lena Martell coz shes been my favourite singer forever.

It was a good nights entertainment to see Lena sing One day at a time and Billie Jo sing Blanket on the ground all in one show, eventhough theyve lost the power in their voices i still enjoyed ...

even a non-jazz fan like me can hear her impeccable timing. And her clarity of tone is astounding.

Ella Fitzgerald brought jazz to people who otherwise wouldnt have listened to it.

She sang with power and restraint at the same time. And the clarity of her voice added a touch of innocence and naiv...

That's unbelievable. Great singers sound great while complementing each other's performance. That much talent and no ego in sight. How times change.

It's actually on a cd called Lena's music album. But this is somebody else's vocals put over the original music. This is awful. But Lena's version is incredible, like everything she sung.

Lena, you've got a lifelong fan in me. You're a lovely lady and an incredible singer. Come and do some more concerts in England .

What an incredible vocal. Lena Martell was fantastic. Puts Susan Boyle in the shade.

This shows how great she is. Her diction is impeccable.

Marvellous

Louiswalsh, I was at that show too. She was amazing. I've lost count of the number of times I have seen her in concert.

She sings with so much passion in this song. Her voice is forceful yet controlled, particularly the very last note.