I am just getting my teeth in KAY THOMPSON by Sam Irvin (2010 Simon & Schuster) about the dynamite over achiever Kay Thompson, who was mentor and best friend to Judy Garland, Godmother to Liza, coached Marilyn Monroe and Bette Davis, and created nightclub acts for Marlene Dietrich and Ginger Rogers. Commandeered MGM's vocal departments in many musicals, starred as a Diana Vreeland type fashion editor in 'Funny Face' where she sang 'Think Pink', discovered Andy Williams and his brothers for her own nightclub act, and...whew...wrote the Eloise books set in her own New York Hotel, the Plaza. I have also ordered the CD set 'Think Pink' with Kay's songs that Lypsinka has used in his act for years. Last year Liza recreated Kay Thompson's nightclub act in the second half of her own shows, as a tribute to the woman who was there for her and her mother for decades.
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