Comments on: Bobby Short

Bobby Short

goatdog — Mon, 21 Mar 2005 13:45:09 -0800

R.I.P. Bobby Short. One of the finest cabaret singers of all time, and a Manhattan fixture at the Carlyle Hotel since 1968, Short died of leukemia yesterday. He was 80. Listen to an NPR tribute. Time Magazine once said of him, "In an increasingly inelegant world, Bobby Short is the very symbol of elegance." Thankfully, many of his best recordings are available on CD. (Requisite Wikipedia entry.)

By: bashos_frog

bashos_frog — Mon, 21 Mar 2005 14:40:43 -0800

First the Plaza story, and now this. Elegance in New York is fading fast. .

By: pmurray63

pmurray63 — Mon, 21 Mar 2005 14:53:18 -0800

A classy guy and good singer. He will be missed.

By: tommasz

tommasz — Mon, 21 Mar 2005 14:56:54 -0800

His picture should be in the dictionary next to classy. And cabaret singer.

By: LinnTate

LinnTate — Mon, 21 Mar 2005 15:18:20 -0800

Mr. Short's appeal was so broad, his appeal was so great. I have rarely spun a track for friends without bringing a smile to their faces and my own. Thanks for posting the rememberence, goatdog.

By: Doohickie

Doohickie — Mon, 21 Mar 2005 16:41:23 -0800

I had never heard about this guy until the piece NPR did on him this afternoon. Maybe they just didn't pick the right clips, but the guy sounded rather schmaltzy and campy to me. He sounded like a bad lounge singer, as parodied on Saturday Night Live.

By: pixelgeek

pixelgeek — Mon, 21 Mar 2005 16:54:09 -0800

-- He sounded like a bad lounge singer, as parodied on Saturday Night Live. Jeez...trolling in an obituary topic. Thats schmaltzy I'm sad to hear of his passing. Certainly marks the end of an era. The 60's gave us Bobby Short and the new millennium gives us American Idol

By: alms

alms — Mon, 21 Mar 2005 17:54:44 -0800

He was one of my mom's favorites. I remember her listening to him when I was a kid. Maybe now she'll get to go to another one of his shows...

By: lilboo

lilboo — Mon, 21 Mar 2005 19:47:58 -0800

By: Doohickie

Doohickie — Tue, 22 Mar 2005 08:14:00 -0800

Well, since it's an obituary link and all, maybe I should just say: "I suppose he sounded better live than on NPR".

By: Ben Grimm

Ben Grimm — Tue, 22 Mar 2005 11:59:07 -0800

If you want a good look at Bobby Short in action, check out Woody's last great movie Hannah and Her Sisters (1986).