Listen to Britain's Got Talent star Susan Boyle's demo tape
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Listen to Britain's Got Talent star Susan Boyle's demo tape
A ten-year-old recording of Britain's Got Talent sensation Susan Boyle has been unearthed. Boyle, 47, has received international acclaim since appearing on the ITV talent show when she wowed the public and Hollywood stars alike with her rendition of I Dreamed A Dream from the musical Les Miserables. A taping of her from 1999, when she recorded two songs on a demo tape which she later gave to a handful of friends in her village of Blackburn in West Lothian, has now come to light. The tape with the tracks Cry Me a River and Killing Me Softly with His Song - penned by Charles Fox & Norman Gimbel in 1971 - was given to the Telegraph newspaper by one of Boyle's friends. It can be heard at telegraph.co.uk. Boyle had sent it to record companies as well as TV talent competitions, including Michael Barrymore's My Kind of People, but was rejected having auditioned for the show. Boyle's first CD recording came to light last week. She sang a version of Cry Me a River for a Millennium charity compilation. Singer Elaine Paige - whose success Boyle said she dreamed of emulating - are among those who have sent her messages of support since her Britain's Got Talent appearance. Paige described her a "role model for everyone who has a dream" and suggested that they record a duet. In the US, Boyle's story has been featured on morning shows and news programmes and she was interviewed by satellite from Scotland for the talk show Larry King Live.
ITN | April 20, 2009
