Sheâs 94 Now, but at 17 Her Voice Was Magical. Have a Listen.
Madeline Forman dreamed of being a singer, but life intervened. Seven decades later, she found a record in her closet that she had forgotten about completely.
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April 15, 2021Updated 1:38 p.m. ET
At the beginning of lockdown last spring, Madeline Forman and her husband, Joseph, decided to downsize. While rummaging through a closet she found a dusty old box. Inside was a stack of recordings of the songs she made in 1946 and one of her singing at her wedding reception in 1953. They included jazz standards like âNobodyâs Baby,â âCanât Help Loving That Man of Mine,â âBegin the Beguineâ and Yiddish classics like âOy Mama!â It was her voice, but from another era.