Laz & I happily present ... Ms Toni Harper
Performing... "My Heart Is A Lonely Hunter" From her Lady Lonely Album
Specially chosen, for Episode 85

 

To Mercedes Keyes and Lawrence James: 
I am so happy to give you permission to use music from my recordings for your wonderful Bomaw website. I have fallen in love with the beautifully written story of the McPhersons.  And that you  would make my music a part of this great endeavor in any form, is quite thrilling to me. I am both honored and flattered.  Thank you for that and here is wishing you every great success.  I know that you will have it as you make many people very happy with your tremendous gift of storytelling. 

With Great Regard, Toni Harper Dunlap

http://tonidunlap.com

Here is a beautiful song performed by the great jazz singer Toni Harper. "Toni Harper's childhood was made of the magic any aspiring adult artist would kill for: a platinum record, a performance at Carnegie Hall, evenings spent sharing a stage with such performers as Cab Calloway, and invitations to appear on television with Frank Sinatra, Perry Como, Milton Berle, and Ed Sullivan. And all of the magic unfolded before she'd turned 12 years old. The jazz vocalist, who now goes by the name Toni Dunlap, got her big break in 1945 when she went up against a couple hundred other kids at an audition held by choreographer Nick Castle. Harper, who had been a dance student of Maceo Anderson, passed muster as far as her dancing, but when she sang "Waitin' for the Train to Come In", she had the audition sewn up on the spot. Castle cast her in his production of Christmas Follies, which was staged at Los Angeles' Wilshire Ebell Theatre. Harper drew enthusiastic reviews and went on to earn a platinum record when she was eight years old with "Candy Store Blues". Harper paired with Herb Jeffries for "You're Too Tall 'n' I'm Too Small", the number for which she later paired live with Calloway at Los Angeles' Million Dollar Theatre. Television beckoned the young singer and she was a guest on numerous programs, among them Sullivan's weekly variety show. When she wasn't appearing on television, she was singing at numerous New York hot spots that included the Apollo, the Strand, and the Paramount. At the age of 11, Harper topped it all off by singing at Carnegie Hall. (...) The vocalist later signed with RCA Victor, recording for the label for about four years and ending in 1963. Harper quit the business in 1966 after devoting more than 20 years to her singing career." (All Music Guide) Enjoy Toni's great style!

Streamline.Net The home of good value web hosting
 

Amber Swann Publishing Inc. holds exclusive and full rights to the characters, web set and story surrounding the Beauty of Man and Woman, story or romance of Shawn and Sylvia. Absolutely no duplication of this web set, characters, or story is allowed. Set was made by Amber Swann Publishing Inc.'s, affiliate site, Mississippi Ebone Swann Graphics Design, M.E.S.G. Set arranged using Microsoft FrontPage. Graphic Images arranged by Daz Studio. Characters created by Daz3d. Web-mistress, Mercedes Keyes. Site ownership by Lawrence James. CopyrightŠAmberswann,2004 All Rights Reserved.  
Interracial drama, interracial soap, interracial romance, white man, black woman, bi-racial relationships
 Interracial, multi-racial, bi-racial, toni harper, jazz, soap drama, drama series, interracial relationships
bomaw, mercedes keyes, lawrence james, interracial reads, beauty of man and woman, white men, black women