Crooner's Corner
In near-perfect harmony, a 26-voice chorus chimed in on the most recent Last World puzzle. Not only did you enchant us with your lyricism; you also taught us a few things we didn’t know. For example, we learned that “Mack the Knife” actually belongs to a genre called the moritat (roughly translated, “murder deed”) — a ballad about legendary criminals traditionally sung at German street fairs. Hmmm. And we also discovered that the Singing Nun has no fewer than three aliases: Soeur Sourire, Sister Luc-Gabrielle and Jeanine Deckers.
Most of the people who entered got all the answers right, so we resorted once again to the tried-and-true random selection process to find our five winners. Receiving Borders Books and Music gift certificates are: Don Beckwith ’59, Jeannette Rottner Bovard ’70, Gary L. Campbell M.F.A. ’91, Anne C. Cummings ’75, M.A ’77 and Dan Violette ’83. We feel confident they’ll spend their winnings on ’50s-era CDs.
The correct answers to Crooner’s Corner are listed below. If you thought this Last Word was without precedent, click here for a quiz on the Supremes’ Greatest Hits (we’re not talking about the Motown group).

 


1. Bobby Darin, “Mack the Knife” (from Threepenny Opera, by Kurt Weill and Bertolt Brecht)
2. Jacques Brel, “Amsterdam”
3. Edith Piaf, “Non, Je Ne Regrette Rien”
4. Domenico Modugno, “Volare” (Nel Blu Dipinto Di Blu)
5. Steve Allen, “This Could Be the Start of Something Big”
6. Bing Crosby, “Swinging on a Star”
7. Gordon McRae, “Desert Song”
8. Doris Day, “Que Sera, Sera”
9. Frank Sinatra, “My Way”
10. The Singing Nun, “Dominique”

 

 

 
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