The musicians recommend that I sing a sing the way it is written the first time and then start to look for other notes that aren't in the melody.
Margaret WhitingJohnny Mercer was my father's best friend and became mine as well. And Harold Arlen, whom I would call Uncle Harry, and Harry Warren: those were ones who I really became close to.
Margaret WhitingThe way I teach people to sing... I have them talk the lyric out until it sounds like something they really believe, like an actor with a monologue.
Margaret Whiting