1950's Swinging Miss Loch Lomond, The (1952-1959) - Maxine Sullivan

Advantages: All 25 songs are classics in Soul and Popular music
Disadvantages: None!

...Sullivan Show to perform Come See About Me which was floating at the top of the charts that week. You really had to be somebody to be on The Ed Sullivan Show. Diana Ross rather laughably batted her eyes in a flirtatious manner and pulled funny faces at various points during her performance of Come See About Me. Even so, Diana clearly was a dynamic performer with a hypnotic presence. The Supremes became regular guest on The Ed Sullivan Show where it provided a useful tool to showcase their latest release. At this stage, The Supremes enrolled at Motowns very own Artist Development class, run by Maxine Powell. It was a sort of charm school where groups like The Supremes were taught how to refine their act, how to groom themselves correctly, how to conduct themselves at press conferences, how to walk in a gracious, lady-like manner etc. Diana... Read review

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Advantages: Contains all the familiar classics
Disadvantages: None

...and didn't fully revolve around the distinctive and crisp vocal style of Diana Ross. On 27 December, 1964, The Supremes became the first all-black act to appear on the top-rated variety television show, The Ed Sullivan Show to perform Come See About Me which was floating at the top of the charts that week. You really had to be somebody to be on The Ed Sullivan Show. Diana Ross rather laughably batted her eyes in a flirtatious manner and pulled funny faces at various points during her performance of Come See About Me. Even so, Diana clearly was a dynamic performer with a hypnotic presence. The Supremes became regular guest on The Ed Sullivan Show where it provided a useful tool to showcase their latest release. At this stage, The Supremes enrolled at Motowns very own Artist Development class, run by Maxine Powell. It was a sort of charm... Read review

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Advantages: Not well known but is an important bridge in the historic cycle
Disadvantages: Not well known and quite dated

...The operettas of Gilbert and Sullivan remain as popular now as they ever were when written over a century ago. In all, this most famous of musical collaborations produced fourteen operas. The most popular (“Iolanthe”, “Yeomen Of The Guard”, “The Mikado”, “The Gondoliers”, “Pirates of Penzance” and “HMS Pinafore”) are quite timeless and their themes remain pointed. It is not surprising that within such a catalogue, there will be some titles that have not stood the test of time so well. Here, in “Princess Ida”, is one – an opera that had a relatively short initial run, an opera relegated to the “rarely performed” list, an opera after which the partnership almost disappeared. THE PLOT The story revolves around two rival kingdoms – ruled by King Hildebrand and King Gama respectively. Twenty one years before Hildebrand’s son... Read review

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