The lady has sung with Sinatra, Bennett, Tormé, and Como and began her career way back with the Dorsey Brothers. It’s two years to the month since she came to SMJ last and she just keeps on singing, recording and picking up plaudits from the press wherever she goes. One from The Newark Star Ledger in her New Jersey back yard said ‘A national treasure. Marlene VerPlanck owns the American popular song book’. Her new CD One Dream At A Time has some wonderful songs superbly sung. Sample on www.marleneverplanck.com but come and hear her. She’s magic, and so is Chris Holmes on piano