This afternoon I saw the movie Black or White, which I thoroughly enjoyed.  

There were no real surprises in the plot, though there were a surprising number of laughs.  Rene had arranged the outing, which included Penina and Ann (all 4 of us used to volunteer at a facility that recorded textbooks for the blind) and Judy.

On the drive home I heard a blurb about soprano Anita Darian, who passed away earlier this month.  I may not have recognized her name, but I certainly recognized some of her work. 

According to The Official Masterworks Broadway Site, "Darian's most widely distributed recording by far, although it was made anonymously, was The Tokens' 1961 hit single "The Lion Sleeps Tonight" ("Wimoweh"), on which she provided the extremely high wordless soprano vocal during the saxophone solo in counter-melody to the lead."  Ms. Darian also sang behind Mickey & Sylvia on their 1957 hit “Love Is Strange” and recorded with Burt Bacharach, Dinah Washington, Patti Page and others, usually without credit and often emulating the eerie sound of a theremin.