• Othella Dallas Interview with Michael Bourne

    March 14, 2008. Posted by Simon Rentner.

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    Othella Dallas

    Othella Dallas - what a name! You can visualize it now, brilliantly flashing on a marquee. It may already ring familiar to your ear. She was once a rising vocal talent in America, singing at the Apollo in the mid 1950's with Sammy Davis Jr., Sonny Stitt, and King Curtis. After she landed the lead role in New York's production of "Jump for Joy," Duke Ellington composed two songs for her. But you probably don't know this - I didn't. She curbed her singing career in America to launch a ballet school in Switzerland, one that would become very successful. Now she returns to New York and joins Michael Bourne to tell her incredible story. - Simon

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