Interesting information about Diplomat March 28 to April 5 1975 appearance
WITH ALL THIS prestigious historical background, I wonder how the phrase, “lay an egg” came into being to describe something that flopped? Which is an elaborate method used to back into a short note on Miss Olivia Newton-John the young lady who captured all manner of awards and kudos for her singing.
Frankly, my favorite singers hail from the Stardust, Amapola, Green Eyes, etc. vintage and I was not as knowledgeable about Olivia as I might have been. My wife, who is more aware of these matters than I, said I would be making a mistake if I did not attend her opening at the Diplomat Friday night.
She was right.
This young songstress has an appeal, a fresh and de-lightful exuberance that cap-tivated the sell-out crowd in the Cafe Cristal room of the hotel. She did not, in the theatrical sense, lay an egg. She turned out to be the biggest hit brought to the Diplomat this season despite all the great entertainers who preceded her in the past months.
There’s a small inside story in the fact that quite some time past, before Olivia had gathered in all those awards and spaceshipped into the heights of the entertainment world, she was signed by Marge and Irwin Cowan of the Diplomat into the prestigious showroom.
Lots of people thought the Cowans had booked in a country Western singer, then not so widely known, who would be shunned by the sophisticated patrons of that elegant showcase for big names.
Many pros predicted the Cowans would suffer one enormous failure. So after Olivia was booked she started grabbing off all those awards and her records were hits. And she may well bust the Cafe Cristal record.
The young lady, I add, sings all manner of songs, beautifully.