Welcome to Divaville!

Divaville is a swellegant evening of music which airs every Wednesday from 6-9pm (Pacific) on KMHD-FM Portland 89.1 FM.

Divaville now has a MySpace page!
And a Facebook page!

The next Divaville Party will be Thursday, January 14, 2010 at Tony Starlight's Supper Club and Lounge.

Meet Christa as well as other fans of Divaville, mix & mingle, and relax with some dinner and cocktails. Tony & Christa will also challenge your knowledge of Divaville vocalists with a fun game of Name That Tune.

These parties are always a hoot... I can't wait to see you there!

Thursday, January 14. Mingling begins at 7pm, games begin at 8pm.

Tony Starlight's Supper Club & Lounge
3728 NE Sandy Blvd, Portland
503-517-8584 for dinner reservations

Here are a few of my current YouTube obsessions!

This amazing video of the Ross Sisters (singing "Solid Potato Salad") always makes me feel like I need to sign up for a yoga class:

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This is absolutely astounding. Billie Holiday does "Fine and Mellow" with Lester Young, Coleman Hawkins, Ben Webster, Gerry Mulligan, Roy Eldridge, Doc Cheatham, Vic Dickenson, Danny Barker, Milt Hinton, and Mal Waldron. Unbelievable.

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Utter goofiness from Dean Martin, Jerry Lewis and Carmen Miranda:

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This is why I adore Gene Kelly so much:

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This Bobby Darin clip is lifted from a movie about his life (which explains the weird breakaway in the middle of the song). Even when he blows the lyrics he's completely captivating. I love you Bobby!

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The fashion show in this Julie London video is a hoot! Yowza!!!

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I love Gene Kelly in "Singin' In The Rain", but Donald O'Connor steals the show in this bit. He's simply phenomenal:

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This is an incredibly, tragically brief snippet of Tony Starlight's Dean Martin birthday tribute show. Tony completely embodies every character he takes on, and his Dean Martin had us rolling in the aisles:

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I love the joy in the faces (and voices!) of Louis Armstrong and Danny Kaye! Even if you don't know anything about classical composers, I think you'll still groove on the cleverness of the lyrics:

I end every week's show with a tune by Betty Hutton. A lot of people ask why I'm so fond of this relatively obscure movie actress. Perhaps this video will help explain my obsession:

Can you name the artists in the strip above?
You'll hear all of them --and more!-- on Divaville.

From left to right:

Bing Crosby
Betty Hutton
Frank Sinatra
Peggy Lee
Bobby Darin
Louis Armstrong
Fred Astaire
Cab Calloway
Dean Martin
Sammy Davis, Jr.
Carmen Miranda
Nat King Cole
Judy Garland
Billie Holiday

Visit the Fan Pages for more great artists featured on Divaville!
 

The next Divaville Party will be Thursday, January 14, 2010 at 7pm, at Tony Starlight's Supper Club and Lounge.