Whiffenpoofs of 1973 Sunshine Girl
In 1973, with the drums of war thumping just off campus and the women's movement questioning any club exclusive by gender, fourteen men carried on a revered and hardly "relevant" Yale tradition. Daily they practiced the art of singing in close harmony and injecting mirth into a very serious world. The 1973 Whiffenpoofs is the first Whiffenpoof group to include a female vocalist on their album and the first and probably only group to decline a White House invitation. Whether performing "A Quiet Girl" for Leonard Bernstein at Harvard, or singing quartets while donating blood for a hotel guest taken ill at the Castle Harbor Club in Bermuda, the group knew how to inject something magical into world gone nearly mad. Their musical influences were as diverse as their era. The album begins with a live performance which highlights their breadth. First, a close harmony quartet joined by the beautiful Debbie Greenman. Next, jazz classic Java Jive performed at near fever pitch. Later in the track list, another selection from that same performance, the inimitable Irish tenor, Jerry Kelley stretching out with a stunning and unforgettable rendition of Danny Boy. Members of the group have gone on to become an Admiral, an Israeli Supreme Court Justice, an inventor, an aviator, financial wizards, doctors and lawyers. For a year in their lives they were like brothers, joining each day to produce something delightful and irrelevant. The album was digitally remastered on the occasion of their 35th reunion. Song list: Aj lúcka lúcka - Java Jive - Lida Rose - Delia - My Kind of Girl - Losing My Mind - Teasin/Quitcha Medley - Scarlet Ribbons - MacNamara's Band - Danny Boy - Song of Long Ago - Beautiful Lies - Porgy Tirebiter - A Quiet Girl - You'll Have To Put a Nightie on Aphrodite - One Minute More - If - The Sunshine Girl - The Whiffenpoof Song
Whiffenpoofs of 1973  (Performer),     Whiffenpoofs  (Author)    Format: Audio CD
{"Run time": "44 minutes", "Date First Available": "June 15, 2008", "Number of discs": "1"}