When I was a child my parents bought me a record player and the matching age appropriate records. As I got older I grew tired of Smokey the Bear and In the Little Red Schoolhouse and wanted other options. Being we were quite conservative at the time, I could not just run down to my local record store and stock up on current albums. So instead I would go down to the basement and dig through my parents old record collections and drag out whatever looked interesting at the time.
This was my first exposure to crooners like Bing Crosby, Dean Martin and Tony Bennett. I also loved the lulling female voices of Doris Day and Ella Fitzgerald. However one artist just spoke to me every time he sang. I loved listening to Nat King Cole. My favorite song . . . . Unforgettable. I was impressed that he liked someone so much to consider them unforgettable and to sing a song about it.
I want to be the person that is remembered. I want to be an unforgettable individual, wife, mother, daughter and friend. More importantly I want the things I do or say to make a difference in someone’s life and their life to be better for it. I realized this feeling translates to the music I sing. While I sing songs someone else has written and performed, I want my performance and interpretation to be unforgettable.
