I Think I Wanted to be Shirley Jones

It just hit me…I think all throughout my midteens to late twenties I had a subconscious desire to be Shirley Jones.  That makes me laugh.  But it’s true.  I wore my hair exactly as she is wearing hers in this scene.  I wanted to sing just like her and loved all the songs she sang in all the musicals she appeared in.  Yes, I think, it must be true…I wanted to be Shirley Jones.

Truthfully, I do think I came along about 15 years too late because I loved this kind of singing and performing, but by the time I was in high school, it was the 70’s and “If I Loved You” and anything that came anywhere close to it was considered TOTALLY stupid, out of style, out of date.

Yep, I was born in the wrong time when it came to my singing!

But hey, Gordon MacRae.  Does it get any better than this?  What a tremendous, unbelievable talent he had.  I don’t think anyone performing these songs today comes near him.  He was so masculine and could sing so beautifully.  Whew.  So good it makes me want to cry.