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Letters From Singers
Keep on Singing!
My dearest memory of how a simple song can touch people occurred during
a 1954 tour of England. The command performance was an incredible
professional thrill, but the personal highlight for me was the time I
spent with a little six-year-old girl named Jean Hancock. Her feet were
amputated aafter a street car accident, and for a while the doctors
feared for her life. They gave her artificial limbs, and learning to
walk on them was a traumatic ordeal for her. While she was convalescing
she would listen to Frankie Laine Time, a show that was broadcast over
radio Luxembourg. She wrote to tell me that my songs (particularly her
favorite "Wild Goose") had helped her to forget her pain.
Each year I freely donate several concerts to my community. I love
singing and I love this gift to my community. From the thousands who
attend, from the letters and remarks to me, and the general feedback, I
feel, gratefully, that this gift of song has been a grand help in the
community -- love reflecting love.
Dear David,
Do you have a story to share about how singing has changed your life? If so, please send it to Dayton@singandchange.com and it may appear on this website or in Sing and Change the World Volume Two to inspire others with the power of positive singing.
More great letters about singing from Yoko Ono, Robert Goulet, Frankie Laine and others in Sing and Change the World.
Copyright ©2002-2003 David Dayton