The young people look great on television. They're youthful and have a lot of zip and energy, but when you see them live, they can only do about 20 minutes because they haven't got the training to hold an audience for an hour and a half or so.

Sharon told Bennett that a career singing "sweet saccharine songs like 'Blue Velvet'" wouldn't last long and encouraged Bennett to focus even more on his jazz inclinations. Da Capo Press. Morgan as co-hosts of the summer-long Perry Presents.

Raised in New York City Bennett began singing at an early age. Several top hits such as "Rags to Riches" followed in the early 1950s. Army in the European Theatre.