Terry Gross

An excerpt from the 6/6/94 interview with astronaut Alan Shepard. He died yesterday.

Sataloff discusses the physiology of how we talk and sing. He is author of "Professional Voice: The Science and Art of Clinical Care." (1997 Singular Publishing Group) Sataloff is a Professor of Otolaryngology at Thomas Jefferson University in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. He is part of a emergency clinic there for singers who experience vocal problems. He has treated many famous singers. Sataloff himself is also a performer. He sings professionally and is the University's choir conductor.

Honky-tonk singer Johnny Bush. He hails from Texas and began his career in the 1950s. Later he went on to such best-selling singles as "Sound of a Heartache," "You Ought to Hear Me Cry," "What a Way to Live" and "You Gave Me a Mountain." He wrote the song ""Whiskey River" for his friend Willie Nelson, and later had a hit with that too. This singer with the melancoly songs never became a household name, and in the late 70s an voice ailment curtailed his career.