blossom dearie is probably best known for her contributions to schoolhouse rock!, but her career was long and varied. here's the ever-so-funky "i like london in the rain" from her 1969 album that's just the way i want to be:
i have yet to hear a bad blossom dearie record. i love her voice and piano playing and she chooses great songs to interpret. the album pictured up top is from 1983. i found it (and this one) last summer while digging at the uptown cheapo. it turned out to be autographed on the back:
here she was on the jack paar program sometime in the early 60s. RIP:
