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	Torch song - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		A torch song is a sentimental love song, typically one in which the singer laments an unrequited or lost love.
		The etymology comes from "Carrying a torch for him/her"; which means to long for a lost lover.
		A possible origin is that the singer (torch singers are almost exclusively female) sang in a sultry, jazzy way to bring out the sensual tones of the voice, thus resembling a smoldering torch...
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Torch_song (221 words)

	Re: torch song
		The dictionary defines "torch song" as "a sentimental love song, typically one in which the singer laments a lost love." Along with being too general, this definition omits what is perhaps the most obvious characteristic of torch songs: They are almost always sung by women.
		"Sing a torch song" is commonly used in Broadway late-places as a request for a ballad in commemoration of the lonesome state.
		She is sometimes a movie vamp, or a torch singer.
	www.phrases.org.uk /bulletin_board/19/messages/912.html (828 words)

	Torch Singer
		As Mimi Benton she climbs to fame as a nightclub singer and femme fatale, but when fate intervenes, she becomes the beloved host of a children's radio show.
		Bemoaning his separation from Sally, Michael wants to patch things up but is rebuffed by the hardened "torch singer." Attempting to use the radio show and her status as "Aunt Jenny" to find her daughter, she is ultimately re-united with Michael who has located the now five-year-old Sally.
		As well as entertaining with song, Torch Singer is touching and amusing, the comedy enlivened by Lyda Roberti's presence.
	www.davidmanners.com /torchsinger.html (336 words)

	Jamie and The Magic Torch Song
		Like a stagnant pond on whose surface the green waters seem void of life, Jamie and the Magic Torch Song conveys an outward appearance of sloth and mild decay.
		If you were to immerse yourself in the tepid waters of this Magic Torch Pond, you would find it teeming with all sorts of bizarre and unexpected life forms.
		The species to which that name is currently attributed, is as uncomfortable in the water as it is cumbersome on the land.
	www.magictorchsong.com (511 words)

	RUTH ETTING, SONGBIRD EXTRAORDINAIRE, PART TWO OF THREE
		It was during this period that she developed into one of the greatest torch singers of her time.
		Torch songs were almost invariably sung by women, lamenting a lost love in sultry ballads, which showed off their vocal range and seductive style.
		Today, Diana Krall is probably the best representative of the torch singer, although her style is nothing like that of Ruth Etting and the other torch singers of her time.
	www.suite101.com /article.cfm/live_and_on_stage/94617 (601 words)

	Torch singer quest - Jazz Bulletin Board
		Since at least 1927, "to carry the torch" (or "carry a torch" for someone) has meant to continue to love and pine for someone long after the object of affection has left the building and any reasonable hope of amorous success has passed.
		Torch singing per se is something of a lost art, in the US, at least.
		Each of these and there are so many others that qualify as torch songs, by the ladies you would consider torch singers, not all jazz, but all darned good.
	forums.allaboutjazz.com /showthread.php?t=5952 (1573 words)

	Torch Singer - CBS News
		Torch Is Carried In NYC By Mayor And Survivors Of WTC Victims
		The torch's 13,500-mile, 65-day journey across the United States will end on February 8 with the lighting of the Olympic cauldron in Salt Lake City.
		Others crowded the downtown area for a celebration of the Olympic spirit, waving flags and watching as a cauldron was lit.
	www.cbsnews.com /stories/2002/01/07/sports/main323313.shtml (471 words)

	Wordwizard Clubhouse - torch song (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-25)
		One who sang torch songs was known as a TORCH SINGER who often sang in cabarets, bars, and clubs.
		The archetypical example of a torch singer was Edith Piaf (1914-63) and an example of a torch song would be her famous 'La Vie en Rose.'
		CARRY THE TORCH: Since at least 1927, "to carry the torch" (or "carry a torch" for someone) has meant to continue to love and pine for someone long after the object of affection has left the building and any reasonable hope of amorous success has passed.
	www.wordwizard.com /newnav/chforum/topic.asp?TOPIC_ID=17991 (1265 words)

	Magdalena Darby - Torchsinger
		Magdalena Darby who enraptured audiences in London last year with her artistic interpretation of torch songs deserves to be called a world-class performer in her genre.
		Originally the term "torch song" came from the expression "to carry a torch for someone", which came into fashion in the period associated with the glamour and brutality of prohibition America.
		Torch songs express emotions and tell a story mostly about broken love affairs or just the longing for the perfect match.
	www.talentonline.co.nz /database/md98930.html (337 words)

	the Torch Singer
		It turns out that I was the first jazz singer in Queens Trust history to receive an award...I also received the highest amount.
		She went on to explain that she had received a call from a great drummer, Simon Barker and that he was searching for a singer.
		She insisted that I was perfect for the job and that it was indeed time for her to let me go.
	thetorchsinger.blogspot.com (5714 words)

	BBC NEWS \| Entertainment \| Torch singer Almond lights up Russia
		British pop singer Marc Almond hit the big time in the 80s with his group Soft Cell and hits including Tainted Love, and now he aims to reclaim the charts with his latest album, Heart on Snow.
		Since his rehabilitation the torch singer has been more prolific than ever - writing, performing, temporarily reforming Soft Cell and telling (almost) all in his autobiography Tainted Life.
		The singer says Russian listeners reacted "kindly and enthusiastically" to his versions of their beloved songs.
	news.bbc.co.uk /2/low/entertainment/3240081.stm (584 words)

	Re: torch song
		: : It is a pun, the article is called "torch song" and it is about "fusion torch" - and invention that is connected with noclear power, and that was never implemented.
		: "Sing a torch song" is commonly used in Broadway late-places as a request for a ballad in commemoration of the lonesome state.
		: She is sometimes a movie vamp, or a torch singer.
	www.phrases.org.uk /bulletin_board/19/messages/920.html (881 words)

	Torch singer - smh.com.au
		In an industry noted for its dress-wearing, big-haired female singers, lang was something of a rarity - a woman with a style vastly different from the likes of Dolly Parton and Tammy Wynette, yet possessing a voice rivalling Nashville's finest.
		For lang, though, this is yet another adventure in a career full of adventures ranging from appearing in film to being shaved by Cindy Crawford for the cover of Vanity Fair.
		From the release of her first major label album, Angel with a Lariat (1987), it was clear lang was a talent to watch - even if some in country music had trouble pigeonholing the somewhat androgynous singer.
	www.smh.com.au /articles/2002/10/24/1035416932776.html (567 words)

	Cristina Branco review: Post Scriptum Portuguese singer carries a torch for fado melodies
		The label "torch singer" is decades old, referring to a singer specializing in songs about unrequited love, a form that can flirt with banality if the performer exudes mere sentimentality.
		Branco was inspired to start a singing career in her teens when she heard a recording by Amalia Rodrigues, the most popular Portuguese recording artist of all time and a master of the musical style known as fado.
		Like torch singers before her - Edith Piaf comes to mind - Branco's delivery exudes dignity and composure, emotional dynamism shaped by childlike sincerity.
	www.melomusic.nl /cd_pseng2.htm (604 words)

	Songbirds: Various Artists: Torch
		I would guess that one reason for the demise of torch songs and singers is that the lament has become either passé or relegated to country music (same thing).
		Also included on this CD are a number of singers not closely associated with torch singing, such as Alice Faye, Ginny Simms, Helen Ward, Maxine Sullivan, Kay Thompson, Dinah Shore and Jane Froman.
		More in the classic torch mode are Helen Morgan's I Was Taken by Storm; pianist, singer, songwriter Una Mae Carlisle's earthy rendition of If I Had You; Jane Froman's Please Believe Me; and Ruth Etting's Things Might Have Been So Different, a great torch song written by J. Fred Coots and Sam Lewis.
	www.mrlucky.com /songbirds/html/oct99/9910_torch.html (840 words)

	Wordwizard Clubhouse - torch song (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-25)
		<“For all these years she carried a torch for her first love.”> It also can be used to mean to crusade for a cause, to stand up for, support.
		Then finally, in the 1920s, it came to indicate anyone who campaigned to regain a lost love or to win the love of one who did not reciprocate.
		TO CARRY A TORCH [1940s and still in use] (originally U.S.): To mourn a dead love affair, to feel love without its being returned.
	www.wordwizard.com /ch_forum/topic.asp?TOPIC_ID=17991 (1265 words)

	Queen Of The Beatniks \| MetaFilter
		Dinah Washington could easily be called a torch singer, certainly at least when she covered standards--as one could call, say, Peggy Lee a torch singer.
		She doesn't appear to me to be a "torch singer" as much as a former folk singer who's doing cabaret and Mildred Bailey/Janis Joplin blues.
		I couldn't care less about labels like "torch singer," and I'm as big a fan of Julie London and Dinah Washington as I am of Judy.
	www.metafilter.com /comments.mefi/38778 (2129 words)

	Amazon.ca: Torch [CD]: Music (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-25)
		This is classic torch at its slit-your-wrists best, a bonfire of dying emotions.
		Carly Simon is not only a talented/multi-awardee singer but a very prolific songwriter as well.
		I bought "Torch" in an album format when it first came out in the 80's and upgraded it to a CD just a few years back.
	www.amazon.ca /exec/obidos/ASIN/B000002KMN (666 words)

	Here's one torch singer who doesn't sing the blues \| csmonitor.com (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-25)
		Garland's life is never far from Monheit's mind when she performs "Rainbow." "I have never had to go through the ridiculous amount of heartache that she went through her entire life," she says.
		Perhaps recognizing that jazz has a limited following, Monheit says she considers herself as simply a singer, not a jazz singer.
		Though she's more than ready to scat and twist tunes with peppy abandon, she also can sell a ballad with a voice as silky and sweet as a crème brûlée.
	www.csmonitor.com /2005/0218/p12s02-almp.html (829 words)

	Hot Springs Jazz Fest 2006 \| Artists
		Influenced by singers like Shirley Horn, Chet Baker, and Carmen McCrae as well as players like Stan Getz, John Coltrane, and Oscar Peterson, Rosana draws listeners in with a sincere approach to lyrics and an instrumentalist’s approach to scatting.
		Her parents, both singers of acappella barbershop harmony, filled the home with music from groups like Brazil 66, The Four Freshman, The Glen Miller Orchestra, and Singers Unlimited.
		She has sung back-up vocals for various recording artists including contemporary Christian singers Matthew Ward and Annie Herring, and she can be heard on hundreds of jingles and radio Ids around the country.
	www.hotspringsjazzfest.org /index.php?page=artists (2968 words)

	B A R B È S -- c a l e n d a r
		DOUG WAMBLE is a guitarist, singer and composer whose musical world encompasses gospel, blues, jazz and pop.
		SANDA WEIGL - Romanian-born Sanda Weigl has had a tumultuous carreer, first as a singer for the popular east-german rock band Team 4, then as an imprisoned dissident and finally as a New York -based musician who has collaborated with such luminaries as Roberet Wilson and Pina Bausch.
		MATT MUNISTERI is a guitarist, composer and singer who likes pop music from the past 80 years - from Hoagy Carmichael to Bob Dylan - and his own songs should one day figure in the American pantheon of Great Tunes.
	www.barbesbrooklyn.com /calendar.html (6080 words)

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		Torch Singer (1933, directed by Alexander Hall and George Somnes)
		Torch Singer (1933, directed by Alexander Hall and George Somnes) features Claudette Colbert as a woman who gives up her illegitimate daughter for adoption and then goes on to success as a notorious torch singer.
		When she subsequently finds success as the host of a children’s radio show, she uses it to find her lost daughter.
	www.tranquility.net /~benedict/precode1.html (1050 words)

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		They got their start as back-up singers for Marvin Gaye, another Motown star, and then launched a successful career as aggressive and flamboyant performers.
		A famous jazz singer, Billy Holiday was extremely popular with the politically left-wing white intellectuals in New York.
		A 1936 Paramount film, Klondike Annie starred Mae West as a "torch singer on the run" who, disguised as a missionary, revitalizes a mission in the Klondike (Halliwell 542).
	madelyn.utahunderground.net /vendetta/vendetta2.html (4861 words)

	Playwickey Cattery: GC RW Playwickey's the Torch Singer aka "Piaf", Best Tortie Lynx Point Himalayan
		This little tortie lynx point was a solemn, quiet little youngster, again an only kitten for her Mother, CH.
		Kitty Charm's Vanna of Playwickey, I quickly dubbed her Piaf, after the French singer, Edith Piaf.
		Like her sister, Alexandra, she had a foster mother, except this time, I didn't have to hand raise her.
	www.playwickeycats.com /cat15.shtml (604 words)

	ThePittsburghChannel.com - Olympics Torch - Singer Billy Preston Recovers From 'Catastrophic' Infection
		ThePittsburghChannel.com - Olympics Torch - Singer Billy Preston Recovers From 'Catastrophic' Infection
		PHOENIX -- Musician Billy Preston is recovering from a serious infection of the sack encasing his heart.
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	www.thepittsburghchannel.com /olympicstorch/6060325/detail.html (333 words)

	Torch Singer Detailed Movie Reviews
		Sally Trent is an unwed mother who cannot afford to care for her young daughter.
		She puts the child up for adoption, and eventually finds fame as a "torch singer," or a nightclub singer who laments about love and loss.
		Climbing the ladder to success, she becomes cynical and bitter, drinking heavily and taking numerous lovers.
	www.allwatchers.com /Topics/Info_23132.asp (270 words)

	Bernadette Seacrest - vintage torch jazz/swing from Albuquerque, New Mexico
		Bernadette Seacrest - vintage torch jazz/swing from Albuquerque, New Mexico
		The former "Yes Men" have posted a slick new website with their new band called "The Bitter Sermon" See it here www.thebittersermon.com
		Calling her style torch/swing/vintage jazz, Bernadette Seacrest has been referred to as a modern-day chanteuse.
	bernadetteseacrest.com (329 words)

	788.684-050 - FLAMER (boot & shoe) alternate titles: shoe singer; singeing-torch operator; singer and - DOT Dictionary ... (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-25)
		788.684-050 - FLAMER (boot & shoe) alternate titles: shoe singer; singeing-torch operator; singer and - DOT Dictionary of Occupational Titles Job Description
		FLAMER (boot & shoe) alternate titles: shoe singer; singeing-torch operator; singer and
		unloader Singes surplus threads from shoe uppers, using gas flame or torch, or cuts excess threads, using knife or scissors.
	www.occupationalinfo.org /78/788684050.html (107 words)

	Torch singer inspires Myers
		Cincinnati and Broadway's Pam Myers would love to do a show about "Body and Soul" singer Libby Holman, the Cincinnati-born torch singer who had a life so big it's hard to believe she's a footnote.
		Holman (born "Holzman") had a career that stretched from the Prohibition to civil rights eras and was packed with millions, murder, scandal and suicide.
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	www.enquirer.com /editions/2003/12/21/tem_tem2nte.html (467 words)

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