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I agree.fi Pg. No. 3 Earl Wilson, N. Y. Post: "Louis Prima's excellent vocalist, pretty Gia Maione, won a standing ovation." Nick Lapole, N. Y. Journal-American: "At the Basin Street opening, Gia Maione was cheered for two whole minutes. " Judy Garland: "I finally heard a singer who can belt out a song. I found myself standing up and applauding as loud as I could for Gia." George Burns: "Gia Maione is charming, delightful, refreshing - and she can sing too." Forrest Duke, Variety: "Gia Maione is just fabulous.. .and that voice I " Thus, the girl born in New Jersey, May 29, 1941, just at the outbreak of America's entrance into World War II, who knew all the top tunes on the juke boxes at the age of three, who start- ed studying piano and voice when she was nine, who starred in a high school version of'South Pacific when she was 14, who was offered three scholarships to any musical college of her choice at 17, who played drums and sang with a trio in small clubs in Florida when she was 18 through 20, who broke through as the female vocalist with Louis Prima and became Mrs.Prima when she was 21 - is truly on the brink of greatness in the world of show-business.