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Quite a voice
Quite a voice

Quite a voice

Date8/30/1987
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Original Toronto Star caption: Quite a voice: Whitney Houston is blessed with a remarkable set of pipes: Craig MacInnis reports. It's a voice that flies freely in the higher registers and quavers sensously in the lower range.
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      ProvenanceFrom the Toronto Star Archives
      CollectionToronto Star Photograph Archive
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      Copyright HolderToronto Star (Firm)
      Object NumberTSPA_0055736F
      Robbie Lane, who opened at the Friar's Tavern last night, has the voice to go with his looks but it doesn't quite hold up on higher notes says critic Eli Silas
      Robbie Lane, who opened at the Friar's Tavern last night, has the voice to go with his looks but it doesn't quite hold up on higher notes says critic Eli Silas
      Robbie Lane and the Disciples (Musical group)
      6/15/1970
      For 35 years Don Parrish has made his living with his voice, doing everything from reading the news to doing voice-over on commercial. In April he cel(...)
      For 35 years Don Parrish has made his living with his voice, doing everything from reading the news to doing voice-over on commercial. In April he cel(...)
      Beaty, Keith
      1/22/1981
      Commanding voice: Quadriplegic Judy Kramer tries out a Heath Zenith computer equipped with a special chip that translates voice commands into signals the machine reads as though they were keystrokes
      Commanding voice: Quadriplegic Judy Kramer tries out a Heath Zenith computer equipped with a special chip that translates voice commands into signals the machine reads as though they were keystrokes
      Griffin, Doug
      10/4/1989
      Singer Julie Amato has a TV show coming up for the fall season and although everything should be rosy it's not quite that way at all, according to Sta(...)
      Singer Julie Amato has a TV show coming up for the fall season and although everything should be rosy it's not quite that way at all, according to Sta(...)
      Amato, Julie
      8/31/1976
      Hardee Lineham: Will play King Richard as a cold cripple with an acid tongue that's quite witty and macabre in Richard 03 at Bluma Appel Theatre.
      Hardee Lineham: Will play King Richard as a cold cripple with an acid tongue that's quite witty and macabre in Richard 03 at Bluma Appel Theatre.
      Lineham, Hardee
      9/24/1992
      It caused no little stir quite recently when a Harvard professor passed through border customs with a dodo tucked under one arm. [Incomplete]
      It caused no little stir quite recently when a Harvard professor passed through border customs with a dodo tucked under one arm. [Incomplete]
      Toronto Star (Firm)
      4/22/1939
      A worker at the John Inglis plant, which the Duke of Kent visited Thursday, finds himself quite at ease as he chats with the royal visitor
      A worker at the John Inglis plant, which the Duke of Kent visited Thursday, finds himself quite at ease as he chats with the royal visitor
      Kent, George, Duke of, 1902-1942
      8/22/1941
      Good try: A couple of supporters try to hoist Canadian junior team player, Brendan Shanahan, to their shoulders but they're not quite able to make it, when team arrived home yesterday
      Good try: A couple of supporters try to hoist Canadian junior team player, Brendan Shanahan, to their shoulders but they're not quite able to make it, when team arrived home yesterday
      Slaughter, Mike
      1/5/1987
      It's a gruesome Gryllotalpidan, But it's better known as a mole cricket, and a Diamond cabbie made quite a find when he encountered it on his sleeve i(...)
      It's a gruesome Gryllotalpidan, But it's better known as a mole cricket, and a Diamond cabbie made quite a find when he encountered it on his sleeve i(...)
      Dutton, Don
      6/23/1986
      Country Boy who never quite became an urbanite, Mr
      Country Boy who never quite became an urbanite, Mr
      Frise, James, 1891-1948
      6/14/1948
      Britnell. Many of us were told quite bluntly that we weren't spending enough money, had to upgrade our services, build more roads, water towers and th(...)
      Britnell. Many of us were told quite bluntly that we weren't spending enough money, had to upgrade our services, build more roads, water towers and th(...)
      Britnell, Margaret
      4/1/1982
      Ben Sweet: He was quite comfortable in Don Jail and didn't want his colleagues to spring him
      Ben Sweet: He was quite comfortable in Don Jail and didn't want his colleagues to spring him
      Spremo, Boris
      4/2/1980