Barbara McNair
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Barbara Jean McNair (March 4, 1934 â February 4, 2007) was an American singer and theater, television, and film actress. McNair's career spanned over five decades in television, film, and stage. McNair's professional career began in music during the late 1950s, singing in the nightclub circuit. In 1958, McNair released her debut single for Coral Records, "Till There Was You", which was a commercial success. McNair performed all across the world, touring with Nat King Cole and later appearing in his Broadway stage shows I'm with You and The Merry World of Nat King Cole in the early 1960s.
By the 1970s, McNair gradually changed over to acting in films and television; she played Sidney Poitier's wife in They Call Me Mister Tibbs! (1970) and its sequel, The Organization (1971). In her later years, McNair returned to performing in nightclubs and on cruise ships. McNair died from throat cancer on February 4, 2007, at the age of 72.
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Barbara McNair
I Feel A Song Coming On / Somewhere Over The Rainbow / I Feel A Song Coming On (Reprise)
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- My World Is Empty Without You
- Around and Around
- Ain't It a Shame
- Talking in My Sleep
- All I Want Is A Little Bit Of Love
- The Touch Of Time
- Lover, Come Back To Me/Come Back To Me/Lover, Come Back To Me (Reprise)
- People Got To Be Free
- You're Gonna Love My Baby
- The Real You
- Fancy Passes
- Until It's Time For You To Go
- Steal Away Tonight
- Here I Am Baby
- You've Got Possibilities
- Where Would I Be Without You
- Baby A Go-Go (countin' On You, Babe)
- You Could Never Love Him
- For Once in My Life
- The Second Time Around
- Put on a Happy Face
- What Now My Love
- Day in-Day Out
- Smile
