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Patty Duke Sings Songs From Valley of the Dolls and Other Selections

Year:

1967

Record Company:

United Artists Records

You get:

It's Impossible

Come Live with Me

Give A Little More

I'll Plant My Own Tree

Theme From Valley of the Dolls

My Own Little Place

Half-Hearted Kisses

Roses Are Red (My Love)

A Million Things To Do

Forever Yours

Learn To Live With Your Heartbreak

I Want Your Love (Unreleased)

Liner Notes:

What you will hear in this superb collection has been hailed as 'the excited voice of Patty Duke,' which is

not, as it sounds, a misnomer, but which is a deliberate way of suggesting that Patty Duke's lustrous,

range-rich and expressive voice displays the very essence of excitement itself. Of course, Patty is an

exciting singer, but precisely because her voice is excited and emotional and full of action.

The songs themselves are diversified, in keeping with Patty Duke's own wide and considerable talents.

The numbers demonstrate the subtle nuances of character, of mood and of motivation, of deep human

understanding of the troubled soul who sings them. This is the personality of 'Neely O'Hara' in

"Valley Of The Dolls", the destroying and self destructive, self-centered and eruptive singer which

Patty Duke portrays with such power and verisimilitude.

The combination of singer and actress is a rarity in show business, as the long history of the musical stage

has so often attested. Patty Duke combines both talents in a stirring and striking blend of rare

accomplishment. Her achievements as a stage and motion picture actress, crowned with a coveted and

much deserved Academy of Motion Picture Arts & Sciences Oscar Award for her unforgettable performance

as young Helen Keller in 'The Miracle Worker' are well known. If it were at all possible, Patty Duke

surpasses herself as Neely O'Hara in "Dolls", and one detects the magic of her talents in the warm

modulations of her voice, in the heart-touching airs, the nostalgic themes, and above all, the deeply moving

arias which come through.

What impresses above all is the diversity and range of Patty Duke's performance. Here gathered together

are different songs which express the gamut of emotions which charge through vibrant and dynamic

Neely O'Hara. And different they are, for they exhibit the changing moods of a woman alternately in

ecstasy and anguish, self-pity and romance, bitter cynicism and bright hope, yielding softness and brassy

harshness. There are few performers who can offer this gamut of human emotions with such clarity and

with such controlled power. Patty Duke has added to her laurels, and added to your entertainment pleasure.

-Gene Kelly

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