Maxi Borgaro – Unchained Melody
An evening pause: Nice cover, sung by someone who’s first language is not English.
Hat tip Jim Mallamace.
On Christmas Eve 1968 three Americans became the first humans to visit another world. What they did to celebrate was unexpected and profound, and will be remembered throughout all human history. Genesis: the Story of Apollo 8, Robert Zimmerman's classic history of humanity's first journey to another world, tells that story, and it is now available as both an ebook and an audiobook, both with a foreword by Valerie Anders and a new introduction by Robert Zimmerman.
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"Not simply about one mission, [Genesis] is also the history of America's quest for the moon... Zimmerman has done a masterful job of tying disparate events together into a solid account of one of America's greatest human triumphs."--San Antonio Express-News
A very creditable effort. Borgaro is obviously a student of the canonical performance of this song by the late, great Bobby Hatfield as he uses the same phrasing and fluorishes. Borgaro is not as good as Hatfield, but then no one has yet been when singing any of Hatfield’s signature numbers. No shame in that.
I am reminded of something Charlton Heston wrote in his first autobiography about why he had played Shakespearian roles throughout his career. “If you do not at least attempt the great, man-killing roles, you have no right to call yourself an actor.” By that standard, Borgaro has definitely earned the right to call himself a singer.