Recorded live in London in 1963, Dolores Gray’s show, “Let Me Entertain You” at the Talk of the Town Nightclub was a huge success. This section includes the songs, “Mornin’ Train” & “Foggy Day.” This is from a review by Ken Mandelbaum of the Talk of the Town recording on Broadway.com in 2005 : There’s much more patter and audience interaction on Let Me Entertain You: Dolores Gray at the Talk of the Town. This Philips LP captures the great Broadway belter in prime form at London’s most glamorous theatre-restaurant, the Talk of the Town, in 1963, a few years after Gray’s Broadway run in Destry Rides Again and a few years before her return in Sherry! Gray was a London favorite from her three years spent there starring in Annie Get Your Gun. In the ’70s, Gray would return to London to replace Angela Lansbury in Gypsy. In the ’80s, she made a final West End appearance, singing “I’m Still Here” in Follies. In sensational voice in ’63, Gray opens with a current show tune, “Once in a Lifetime,” when “a girl has a moment.” She pays tribute to the venue and the crowd with “Around the World,” followed by a powerful “Cry Me a River.” Warning the crowd with the words “Hang on to your hats, here’s where the fun starts,” she repeats her Designing Woman song, “There’ll Be Some Changes Made,” during which she elicits participation from a male audience member, who helps her unzip part of an outfit. With “Lucky Day,” Gray recreates a problematic appearance flubbed light and sound cues at …
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