Helen Morgan has long been lauded as an influential torch singer, sharing her talents on stage, radio, and film. Her strong vocal abilities and talent for delivering impassioned, dramatic song performances easily cemented her legacy as an extremely talented singer.
Christopher S. Connelly’s Helen Morgan: The Original Torch Singer and Ziegfled’s Last Star is a fitting tribute to this legend whose legacy is not often explored. Connelly calls upon numerous resources to offer detailed information regarding Morgan’s early years, life, career, and final years. I was so intrigued to learn more about Morgan’s final years, in particular, in addition to the various ways in which classic Hollywood paid tribute to her life and career. In addition to inviting prose, fascinating anecdotes, and interesting pictures, Connelly offers a stageography, radiography, filmography, and discography. Moreover, I was especially interested in Connelly’s extremely thorough listing of principal cabaret appearances in addition to confirmed benefit performances local to Morgan’s hometown and beyond.
Connelly is to be commended for this extremely thorough biography of Morgan, effectively capturing the successes and challenges of her personal life and consulting numerous sources to provide readers with an exceptional amount of detail regarding the life and legacy of this singing legend.
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