I think having a singing voice is a unique talent. It's kind of like a diamond. You can't manufacture a diamond - if you do it's a fake. But, it does have to be polished and put in its proper setting in order to be appreciated. - Sills interviewed in "Reverberations" by Robert Jacobson
miscellaneous live recordings
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October 26, 1939
Major Bowes Amateur Hour - contestant Capitol Theater Building, New York City Sills sings "Caro nome" from Rigoletto to piano accompaniment Recording includes the interview with Bowes and the finale of her number |
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November 19, 1939 Major Bowes Capitol Family Hour - guest soloist Capitol Theater Building New York City Sills sings "Caro nome" from Rigoletto to orchestral accompaniment Recording includes interview with Bowes before Sills sings and the full aria |
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July 09, 1947 Arthur Godfrey Talent Scouts - contestant CBS radio studios, New York City Sills sings "Romany Life" Recording includes inteview with Godfrey before Sills sings |
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1962 WCBS-TV American Musical Theatre Workshop: Profile of Douglas Moore -soloist WCBS Studios New York City CBS Symphony Orchestra, Alfredo Antonini , conductor Sills sings Willow Song (Baby Doe) & When All is Still and Fair (Wings of the Dove) Audio-only Recording includes interview with Sills after the 3-19-01 showing at the Museum of TV & Radio |
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May 11, 1969 Camera Three - CBS TV Sills sings "Martern aller Arten" from "Entfuhrung aus dem Serail" and "Da tempeste" from "Giulio Cesare" Audio only recording includes interview with Michael Steinberg, Boston Globe music critic |
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June 23, 1969 Dick Cavett Show - guest Sills sings "Je suis Titania" from Mignon Audio only recording includes interview with Cavett |
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1970s |
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March 05, 1971 David Frost Show - guest Little Theater (now the Helen Hayes), New York City Sills sings Willow Song (Baby Doe) Audio-only recording includes interview with Frost |
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September 23, 1971 The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson - guest NBC Studios New York City Sills sings "The Italian Street Song" |
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November 15, 1971 Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson - guest NBC Studios, Burbank, California Sills sings "The Rose and the Nightingale" and performs with Johnny in a Carson Art Players spoof of the Nelson Eddy/Jeannette McDonald movies, in which the two sing "Who Stole My Heart Away" Audio only recording includes interview with Carson |
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March 23, 1972 The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson - guest NBC Studios, Burbank, California Sills sings Ah vous dirai-je maman Audio-only recording includes interview with Carson |
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September 15, 1972 Dick Cavett Show - guest New York City Sills sings Ouvre ton cour Audio-only recording includes interview with Cavett |
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 November 29, 1972( date of videotape; first aired on Dec. 20, 1972) Merv Griffin Show - guest Los Angeles, CA Sills sings "Wunderbar" and "So In Love," both from Kiss Me Kate, as part of a Cole Porter salute Audio-only recording |
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September 16, 1976 The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson - guest NBC Studios, Los Angeles, California Sills sings All the Things You Are Audio-only recording |
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January 19, 1977 Jimmy Carter Innauguration - guest Kennedy Center Sills sings Una Voce Poco Fa Audio-only from CBS telecast |
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October 28, 1979 Benefit Concert for Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center, Metropolitan Opera Frank Sinatra main performer - joined by Beverly Sills, Shirley Verrett, Robert Merrill, Itzhak Perlman New York Cultural Symphony, Zubin Metha, cond. Sills sings "Guys and Dolls" with Sinatra and Merrill |
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