Humble Pie

The great late writer/dircetor Billy Wilder, once, recalling during an interview the diffculting the great composer conductor Andre Previn (who later became conductor of the London Symphany) had in teaching yours truly how to sing a song during the filming of Billy's film "Kiss Me, Stupid," said: "Cliff Omond? Yes, yes. Wonderful actor. He has the musical ear of Van Gogh."