As many of you will recall or know, when Peggy Lee introduced
Is That All There Is? in 1969, many thought that it was an autobiographical sketch. She seemed to inhabit its words so well; she seemed to have experienced each of the moments described.
Nonetheless, when Diana Ross left The Supremes in 1970, she chose to borrow the song for use during her earliest solo appearances. Being 24 years younger than Miss Lee, however, she had to adapt certain portions of the narration slightly to fit her own life experiences. But in their own way, especially in the third vignette, Diana's recollections were as timeless and as ahead-of-their time as those in the original recording.
Now, at last, the Diana Ross version, unheard for some 47 years, has found its way to YouTube, and you might be interested to learn that "there is more" to be found in both the lyrics of the song and in life (as Miss Lee, herself, would go on to acknowledge in one of the songs from her Broadway show.
See what you think:
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