Radio Times magazine, of her Desert Island Discs appearance in 1987.“I was so scared and I knew nothing about anything.“I shouldn’t have done it then.“I wasn’t ready,” she added.During her appearance on the show, Elaine chose a song from one of her favourite musicals.She picked Something’s Coming from West Side Story, sung by Barbra Streisand.Her other selections included tracks from The Beatles (Here Comes The Sun), The Everly Brothers (All I Have To Do Is Dream) and Paul Simon (Diamonds On The Soles Of Her Shoes).She also included two classical pieces of music.George Frideric Handel’s Hallelujah Chorus (from Messiah) and Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart’s aria Der Hölle Rache (from The Magic Flute).Her final choices were Lena Horne with I Got A.
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