Nancy Ames (born September 30th 1937 as Nancy Hamilton Alfaro) is an American folk singer and songwriter. She regularly appeared on the American version of the television series
She was born in Washington, DC. She is the granddaughter
of Ricardo JoaquĆn Alfaro (1882–1971), who served as President of Panama from
1931 to 1932. The daughter of a physician, she grew up in Washington. She
attended Holton Arms College and Bennett College, both of them for girls. By
1964 she was married to Romanian hypnotist Triaian Boyer. By 1968, they had
divorced. After the divorce with Boyer, she got married to jay Riviere, a golf
course designer, whom she also later divorced.
Her performing career included the Broadway stage, television, recordings, supper clubs and concerts.
Her “on camera” television years included starring on NBC TV’s “That Was the Week That Was” as the show’s singing and acting signature “TW3 Girl”,12 years as a guest headliner on Ed Sullivan, Hollywood Palace and the gamut of star-hosted Variety Shows until the late 70’s.
Her performing career included the Broadway stage, television, recordings, supper clubs and concerts.
Her “on camera” television years included starring on NBC TV’s “That Was the Week That Was” as the show’s singing and acting signature “TW3 Girl”,12 years as a guest headliner on Ed Sullivan, Hollywood Palace and the gamut of star-hosted Variety Shows until the late 70’s.
A folk singer with a partially Latin repertoire, she was
signed to Liberty Records; her first album was entitled Cu Cu Rru Cu Cu La
Paloma. She broke the top 100 twice in
1966; "He Wore the Green Beret," her answer song to Staff Sgt. Barry
Sadler's "Ballad of the Green Berets," hit number 89, and later in
the year "Cry Softly" also placed in the charts.
She recorded thirteen albums and co-wrote, with Mason
Williams, the theme to The Smothers Brothers Comedy Hour (1967). Also with
Williams wrote the 1960s novelty classic ‘Cinderella Rockefella’, which has
been covered by many artists including Jennifer Warnes, but is best remembered
as a cover by the husband and wife duo Esther and Abi Ofarim. This version
reached number one in Britain, Germany and all over the continent.
Since 1972, she has lived in Houston, Texas, where she
headlined her own television show, "The Nancy Ames Show", for five
years on the NBC affiliate station. She performed live concerts throughout the
world until 1987.
She and her husband, Danny Ward, run an event-planning
company, Ward & Ames Special Events; and she and her daughter, Nancy
Riviere, have a jewellery company, Alfaro Designs, that sells the jewellery she
designs based on wine motifs. In 2002, she started her wine-related jewellery
company Alfaro, A Nancy Ames Collection, for wine enthusiasts and connoisseurs.
She is also a Chevalier in La Confrerie
des Chevaliers du Tastevin.
She is also a renowned gastronome winning Food & Wine
Magazine’s top culinary award, Co-Founder of The Plumeria Society of America
and a gardener specializing in orchids and tropical plants. (Info edited from Wikipedia, IMDB &
ward&ames.com)
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For NANCY AMES - AS TIME GOES BY (1965) go here:
https://od.lk/fl/OV82MDkyMjk2X0oyUkJB
01 - As Time Goes By
02 - Once in a while
03 - Speak Low
04 - Again
05 - You've Changed
06 - You'll Never Know
07 - How Deep Is The Ocean
08 - Now Is The Hour
09 - He Wore A Green Beret
10 - For All We Know
A big thank you to John Burrows @ Heartbreak Hotel blog for link
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For NANCY AMES - 1967 - Spiced with Brasil go here:
http://www88.zippyshare.com/v/vo2waMu0/file.html
A big thank you to Patsoul @ rarealbums.blogspot.co.uk for link
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