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From:  LMorgan923@a...
Date:  Sat Sep 30, 2000  1:52 am
Subject:  Re: [vocalist-temporary] 'opera singer' was junior, church


In a message dated 9/29/00 3:26:59 PM Eastern Daylight Time, Mezzoid@a...
writes:

<< Look at Lee Ann Rimes - a
country singer who is more technically developed for her field than Church
is. She's 18, and she's not the darling of the media anymore. She may put
some albums and be well-received, but she's not the cute little thing she
once was. >>

Which is pretty much the same thing that happened with Tanya Tucker. She
was received as a phenom when she was - what? - 13 or 14? Good voice for the
style, but when she stopped being young and cute, her career tanked, with
only occasional appearances since.

Lee Morgan
Mezzo-soprano

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