Alice Fredenham

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Alice Fredenham
« on: 12 Aug 2019, 05:51 pm »
I recently discovered this young lady on a 'Britain's Got Talent' Youtube from 2013, and immediately fell in love with her sultry voice and classic beauty.  In fact; I never want to hear anyone else sing "My Funny Valentine" or "I Only Have Eyes For You"-- for me; she OWNS those songs now.  Check out the videos below. 

I also found and downloaded her later album, "Under The Covers" on Itunes.  I love the voice but the album producers stepped all over her with the heavy instrumentation and songs that mostly don't fit for her .... they even messed up the album version of "My Funny Valentine". I can only hope that some really good producer discovers this girl and does her justice. 

Britain's Got Talent audition: https://youtu.be/IChJ6eO3k48
Her Youtube "I Only Have Eyes For You": https://youtu.be/yuufA7SdWAg

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Re: Alice Fredenham
« Reply #1 on: 12 Aug 2019, 11:11 pm »
The lady definitely has talent, and a great voice. As you say, hopefully she finds the right folks to grow her career. I'd put her version of "I Only Have Eyes For You" right up there. That said, was watching The Bletchley Circle on PBS a bit back, the second series set in San Fran, and a club singer sang it in a scene. Can't find a video, but it was a very well done version that prompted me to search out the 'original'. I've still got to give the Flamingos the top spot on this one.   https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hWMR2KMa7Ig
In fact the whole Flamingos album from '59, Flamingos Serenade is a classic imo.

Thanks for the tip Jazzman53, will check out more of her work. Sweet lady, deserves recognition of her skills.