From Piano to Pop Organ Fran Finds New Career
A San Diego music store encounter with organist Bill Irwin changes Fran’s life. She switches from classical piano to pop organ teaching, buys a Hammond spinet then an AIM, teaches, and becomes a professional entertainer in Long Beach area clubs and hotels. She adds singing and performs soprano in church.
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Long Beach inn hosts Fran headlining weeknights in lounge
Fran opens at the Camelot Image on Long Beach Blvd replacing veteran Mike Harris as musical headliner. The launch drew a wall to wall crowd with 12 plus guest organists and vocalists, performing pop hits and Floyd Cramer style arrangements into the night.
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