Artist:Pamela Blair
Song:Dance, Ten: Looks, Three
Album:A Chorus Line: 40th Anniversary Celebratiion
Pamela Blair's claim to fame is she originated the role of Val in the original Broadway cast of A Chorus Line and her big song Dance, Ten: Looks, Three. She's also a Daytime Emmy winner. She was born Dec. 5, 1949 in Bennington, VT. She dreamed of becoming a Radio City Rockette and she also wanted to meet The Beatles. So at age 16 Pamela moved to New York. She was at dance class when she was told that Michel Bennett was looking for dancers for Promises, Promises. That was Pamela's first Broadway show appearance. After a few more appearances, Bennett asked Pamela to participate in workshops that developed into A Chorus Line. She won the role of Val which is based partially on her own life. Dance, Ten: Looks, Three is one of A Chorus Line's more memorable songs with the "tits 'n' ass" refrain. So the show was very successful and Pamela followed that with the role of Amber in the 1978 Broadway musical The Best Little Whorehouse in Texas. After that Pamela got into TV especially daytime soaps. She was on Loving from 1983-85. But she also appeared on Ryan's Hope, Another World and she won a Daytime Emmy for All My Children. She also did guest shots on The Cosby Show, Law & Order and Sabrina the Teenage Witch. And she appeared in the TV movie Svengali and the features Mighty Aphrodite and 21 Grams. Pamela's most recent appearance was in the 2009 Lifetime movie Maneater. Since then she moved to Arizona where she owns a therapeutic massage studio. The bonus tracks on the 40th anniversary edition of A Chorus Line are Marvin Hamlisch's demos. It's available as a budget CD. Here's a video of Pamela Blair performing Dance, Ten: Looks, Three from the 1976 show A Chorus Line.
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