Sunday, November 14, 1977
Town Hall Tonight, A Benefit for The Town Hall Foundation
Miss Marion Anderson, Honorary Chairperson
Licia Albanese, John Alexander, Polly Bergen, Eubie Blake, Jorge Bolet, Barbara Cook, Abram Chasins, Aaron Copeland, Mignon Dunn, Nancy Dussalt, Anita Ellis, John Fircke, Erick Friedman, Frances Gershwin, Brendan Gill, Leonard Harris, Kitty Carlisle Hart, Hildegarde, Raphael Hillyer, Celeste Holm, Constance Keene, Greta Keller, John Kirkpatrick, Katherine Malfanto, Mabel Mercer, Karen Morrow, Leonard Pennario, Rex Reed, Francis Robinson, Marian Seldes, Eleanor Steber, Rise Stevens, Virgil Thomson, Christine Walevaska, Mary Lou Williams and Ronny Whyte

Mabel Mercer (1900-1984)
A Cabaret singer. Famed for her unique singing style mixing cadenced speech with vocalizing as a way of emphasizing lyrics, inspired such singers as Leontyne Price, Billie Holiday and Frank Sinatra.