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Suzanne Lanoue (@suzanne) |
Long before these karaoke sites were around, there was JOLT Forum on karaoke.com that many of us used to frequent to chat, argue etc. about karaoke and other things. We used to have JOLT projects where one of us would say, "OK, I'm going to do a project about X" and then everyone who was interested would mail a tape or CD of themselves singing a few songs with their karaoke machine or whatever. And then the person would compile them into an album and send us all copies. We had country, disco, showtunes, 60's songs, multiple decades, colors...all sorts of themes. It was a lot of fun. This was, of course, before there was much streaming on the internet. Anyway, one of the people who participated sometimes was Alan Zukof. He was a very nice guy with an amazing tenor voice. Here is a duet that he and I did. This was sometime around 25 years ago. Sorry for the weird sound at the beginning. I don't know if the tape got warped or what. Later, most of us became Facebook friends. Alan had just posted on January 18, so it was a shock to learn that he had passed away Feb. 10, just shy of his 68th birthday. He was very active in his community and his synagogue as well as on Facebook. He had over 3,000 Facebook friends. He will be missed. I wish I had gotten to know him IRL and had been able to sing with him more.
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Bev:
@suzanne Beautiful song and sing. I am so very sorry about your friend. Loved my listen this morning. Thanks for sharing. ♥♫
Feb 18th 2023, 4:17 am Report
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admin:
@suzanne Wonderful from you both and so sorry about your friend. Loved my listen ❤
Feb 18th 2023, 7:42 am Report
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Qwilleran:
Today the night is bright and lovely listening. Great duet.
Feb 18th 2023, 9:15 am Report
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Aragorn:
@suzanne This is great, Suzanne :) I'm sorry to hear he has departed.
Feb 18th 2023, 7:40 pm Report
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Gail Varnado:
@suzanne Hi Suzanne... you have a very beautiful voice... wonderful duet....Very interesting info on early days of Karaoke...sounded like a lot of fun....
Feb 18th 2023, 9:33 pm Report
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Jay Dotson:
Jay455Terrific performance Suzanne much enjoyed my listen today
Feb 19th 2023, 8:43 am Report
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TonyTiber:
tony_tiber@msn.com An excellllllllllllllllent performance guys....
Feb 19th 2023, 6:41 pm Report
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Suzanne Lanoue:
@bevb Thanks, Bev!
Mar 27th 2023, 9:15 pm Report
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Suzanne Lanoue:
@admin Thank you!
Mar 27th 2023, 9:16 pm Report
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Suzanne Lanoue:
@qwirky Thanks!
Mar 27th 2023, 9:16 pm Report
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Suzanne Lanoue:
@aragorn Thank you!!
Mar 27th 2023, 9:16 pm Report
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Suzanne Lanoue:
@abbygail25 Thanks! That was not the early days of karaoke...that was the early days of karaoke on the internet! :) JOLT was in the early 2000's. Karaoke started in the U.S. in the 80's (possibly earlier). I first sang in karaoke in 1989, after I heard about it.
Mar 27th 2023, 9:21 pm Report
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Suzanne Lanoue:
@jay455 Thanks, Jay!
Mar 27th 2023, 9:22 pm Report
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Suzanne Lanoue:
@tony Thank you!
Mar 27th 2023, 9:22 pm Report
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