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Complete 'Audition at RCA'

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Marc Myers
Jul 31, 2017
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A few years ago, I stumbled across a 15-minute black-and-white film called Audition at RCA directed in 1964 by D.A. "Penny" Pennebaker. Also known as Lambert & Co., the film features jazz vocalist Dave Lambert and four young singers he assembled for an audition at RCA studios in New York with hopes of recording a bunch of singles. The group—Mary Vonnie,…

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