Originally Posted by panbient

to consider that some dude born in 1941 is the most important person to the most basic communicative artform available to our species even predating the written word is kind of absurd. no?

maybe, like satchmo said, if things were limited to contemporary styles, and still, if there was no elvis would there have been a bobby d?

Originally Posted by Sara_smile

Broadway is the benchmark for good singing. In order to get a part in a musical such as 'The Phantom Of The Opera' you have to be extremely gifted as a vocalist.