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Rumer On Song Travels

"Judy Garland used to live the song, live the lyric and everything else," Rumer says. "So when I sing a song, I have to live the song."
Rebecca Miller
"Judy Garland used to live the song, live the lyric and everything else," Rumer says. "So when I sing a song, I have to live the song."

Raised in England and Pakistan, Rumer possesses a deep connection to the heyday of the early-'70s singer-songwriter era, along with shades of Broadway, '30s jazz and gospel. Her debut album, Seasons of My Soul, reached No. 3 on the U.K. charts and was certified platinum.

Here, Rumer joins host Michael Feinstein to talk about Judy Garland, Burt Bacharach and old Hollywood, all of which inspire her to perform a few tunes from the Great American Songbook, as well as a few of her own songs.

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This program originally ran April 27, 2012.

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