beverly kenney//isn't it a pity?
(gershwin, 1958)









johnny hartman/what's to become of me? (1947)
very early recording, already a masterpiece









beverly kenney/johnny smith (guitar)/surrey with the fringe on top (1956)
la voix de beverly kenney est mutine et enchanteresse, plus fragile et plus belle que celle de jeri southern (voir le duo jeri southern/johnny smith, plus bas), mais l'équilibre guitare/voix est moins accompli ...




beverly kenney/born to be blue (1958)
somewhere between a young blossom dearie and an even younger billie holiday ...






beverly kenney/where can i go (1958), paroles de peggy lee











































FOUR OR FIVE VERSIONS OF A GREAT SONG (FOR ALL WE KNOW)

beverly kenney/for all we know



nat king cole trio/for all we know (1949)


nat king cole/gordon jenkins/for all we know (1958)

...and
two versions of
for all we know
(1957/1956) by the ...

the four freshmen/for all we know








BONUS BEVERLY KENNEY

beverly kenney/yours sincerely (1952)
earliest of recording of beverly kenney available, apparently for radio use (she was barely 20)





beverly kenney/a foggy day in london town (1954)

an early demo, she was just 22 .....
beverly kenney has become my favourite singer, insensiblement, sans même que je m'en aperçoive ...
i can't seem to live without her, je connaissais à peine son nom, elle ne me quitte plus ...
eternelle jeunesse, perfect pitch, ensorcellement assuré, quelque part entre billie holiday et allison statton ...
beverly kenney a fait six disques, très durs à trouver (très chers plutôt, ils viennent du japon), et deux inédits publiés récemment, plus de quarante ans après sa mort ...
elle s'est suicidée en 1960



bob dylan/visions of johanna (melbourne 1966)

it's supposed to be one of his worst singing years, and then you hear this slow, fantastic, hurting version of tears of rage, and you don't know where you are, do you mister jones?

bob dylan/tears of rage (birmingham, 1995)