Music: Thoughtful Thrush

Felicia Sanders is a black-haired young vocalist with a poodle cut who got her big break after three years of trouping in the U.S.'s lesser nightspots. With a big voice (she can sing without a microphone) a handsome, expressive face and an adventurous spirit, she was still trying to decide between straight dramatic singing and belting out songs with a "progressive" band when the break came: Columbia Records' Percy Faith asked her to fill in the vocals in his version of Song from Moulin Rouge. Last week, after 17 weeks on the bestseller lists, the record had sold 1,000,000 copies, and...

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