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Thank you! One of my all time favorite songs. One of the greatest musicals. Keep up the good work. This site keeps me young!

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Sep 15Liked by Debra Esolen

I’ve loved this song since I was a kid ❤️

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Sep 14Liked by Debra Esolen

The lilting loveliness of that! His voice is wonderful on those long melidic lines, and the lyrics so evocative. Thank you!

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He was perfect for Broadway. And this song certainly put him on the map.

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Thank you. I loved ,&, of course learned,this song when it first came out. I was in my early twenties. Now I am deep in December, with a well-filled heart.

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Mary, I agree. What a fine song, encompassing what life is like in youth and as we grow older, looking back on it.

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And for a somewhat younger generation, Orbach also voiced Lumiere in Disney's Beauty and the Beast.

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Yes! My son told me that late last night. He was a busy fellow.

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Sep 14Liked by Debra Esolen

Wow. I didn’t know Lenny could sing. Lenny, my favorite TV character of all times. RIP

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He could sing. He won a Tony award for "Promises, Promisers!" He did a bunch of Broadway musicals. And just a lot.

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Sep 14Liked by Debra Esolen

boy

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Sep 14Liked by Debra Esolen

Dear Mrs. Esolen, you just keep nailing it for this old Levittown

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Jerry Orbach was a Pennsylvania wonder!

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Sep 14Liked by Debra Esolen

“Without a hurt the heart is hollow” still gives me goose bumps.

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I agree, Ed. That is a particularly well done line from an altogether fine lyric and a lovely tune.

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