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No! I'll give the answer. It was Frankie goes to Hollywood (person from Liverpool taking a trip to see the (movie) Stars and of course the song was Welcome to the Pleasure Dome which is based on the poem Xanadu and also mentions shooting stars in the lyrics.
Two other things with Xanadu in the title are the film starring Olivia Newton-John and Gene Kelly and the very succcessful musical with music written by Jeff Lynne, normally known for prog rock or as a Travelling Willbury. The poem would have been longer of course if Coleridge had not been distracted by that gentleman from Porlock.
So rubbra has the Y and I feel I need to sit out the next few puzzles as I have been on this thread far too much lately.
Yes, it is one of her names, and since it's been nearly 24 hours since the last activity perhaps some further assistance would be welcome:
She starred regularly at the Bucharest opera before she moved to the USA in the late sixties. She specialised in French chansons (which is how I first encountered her in my teen years). There are variants on the spelling of her name.
The instrumentalist has a Greek surname and is one of the world's foremost players of this instrument, having recorded more than 15 albums of classical repertoire.
The dancer, deceased, was a well-known star of stage and screen. The dancer's family name is that of a famous battle, but it was changed to the stage name in 1905. The film in question was a box-office flop.
There, that should prove to be a suitable aperient...
Cheers, I'll have a large gin martini, dry with a twist, thanks!
:biggin: erm, I mean
"...the isle is full of noises,
Sounds and sweet airs, that give delight and hurt not.
Sometimes a thousand twangling instruments
Will hum about mine ears, and sometime voices..."
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