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Article: Trumpeting Merman. (reader forum).
- Article from:
- The Advocate (The national gay & lesbian newsmagazine)
- Article date:
- April 1, 2003
- Author:
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As an out reporter who favorably reviewed The Ethel Merman Disco Album for Billboard in 1979, I don't think you should be so quick to dismiss Merman's effort ["Disco Wrecking Ball," March 4]. At the time, she was the biggest (in many ways) Broadway star to do disco.
Disco was a fun era and must have had something going for it, since many young gays and straights are enjoying its current revival at some clubs and on major FM radio ...