Robert Goulet passed away last week at the age of 73.\u00a0 Now that this\u00a0handsome man with the big, beautiful baritone and the wicked sense of humor has left us, it’s\u00a0not likely\u00a0we’ll hear a voice like that coming from a\u00a0face like that, with a twinkle in the eye like that, ever again.\u00a0<\/p>\n
Many of us ladies were introduced to him in our teens, when slightly older women of our acquaintance obtained a copy of the 1960 cast album from “Camelot.”\u00a0 In my house we had lots of music – bluegrass and blues, old church hymns and southern gospel and lots of country, but we had nothing from Broadway.\u00a0 Those songs were a world away until cousin Mildred, a sophisticated woman in her early twenties, from Odessa, Texas, got hold of that record with Mr. Goulet singing “If Ever I Would Leave You” and we were gone, all of us.<\/p>\n
In 1972 when\u00a0his “Wonderful World of Christmas” LP was released, my young family declared it an instant favorite.\u00a0 Every Thanksgiving evening for many years we ceremoniously stacked the Christmas records by the turntable and welcomed the season.<\/p>\n
Today I’m delving into boxes\u00a0to retrieve\u00a0the Christmas CD’s that replaced the vinyl.\u00a0 I have a hankering to hear Mr. Goulet sing “Hurry Home For Christmas” right now.\u00a0 When the\u00a0season is over and I pack up the music to go back to storage, I’ll be keeping this one out.<\/p>\n