Lee Wiley Documentary.

Sep 04, 2008 00:06

I love Lee Wiley. Her singing has accompanied me from move to move and on many a trip. A bad day feels better after I've listened to her for awhile. Even though her range wasn't large, she packed a lot of feeling into her singing. There's a certain world weariness to her voice that keeps its beauty from being too sweet or cloying. I've always tried to learn more about her. I stumbled upon a Japanese TV documentary online with an English translation. After her husband's death, Japanese actress-singer Nobuko Miyamoto heard a Lee Wiley song. Wiley's voice reached her. She, too, wanted to learn more about Lee Wiley. The videos below document her search.









great american songbook, women vocalists, singers, women singers, torch songs, nostalgia, vintage culture, lee wiley

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