The rumors we reported last week of Susan Boyle appearing on America’s Got Talent were indeed true!  Ms. Boyle fulfilled yet another of her dreams by performing in the United States of America for the first time, and it was only fitting it would be on the American counterpart of the site that launched her to international stardom.

Appearing before a cheering crowd, and Piers Morgan, one of her biggest supporters, Ms. Boyle performed the Rolling Stones classic “Wild Horses” as it will appear on her debut album due in November, I Dreamed A Dream.  If this is a hint to how the rest of her album is going to sound, it seems like it will be an interesting take on some modern classics coupled with her powerful voice.

Without further ado, here is the video from her appearance tonight on the show, and we couldn’t be happier with how she sounded, how the audience reacted and also that she looked healthy & rested!

It’s hard to believe the world was introduced to Susan Boyle a mere six weeks ago, but it’s true.  Now it’s time for the semi-final rounds of this year’s Britain’s Got Talent, and that means that Ms. Boyle is back on the stage to fight for the prize of performing for the Queen.

She performed “Memories” from the famous musical Cats, and except for a very slight warble in the opening lyrics, it was a spectacular rendition that not only got a standing ovation from the audience, but also from all three judges… yes, even Simon Cowell.

Since this is where the public enters in to the voting process, it would be shocking if she did not make it past this round and into the finals.  Since those of us here in the United States have not seen anywhere near all of her competition, it is hard to judge just how stiff the competition will be, but judging from this performance, they had better be pretty good.

The Daily Record has struck again!  This time they located a video of Ms. Boyle singing Barbra Streisand’s hit “The Way We Were” at an amateur night in 1984 at the Motherwell FC’s Fir Park Social Club.  It sems she was a last minute replacement for someone else in the competition that pitted locals against visitors from a Midland’s Club.

While you can tell she was a bit shy at first, her confidence grew as she went on singing.  This video doesn’t have an exact date, but it is known it is from 1984, making her either 22 or 23-years-old at the time it was recorded.

Kudos to the Daily Record as this is the third recording they have unearthed thus far.  The first was her charity CD recording of “Cry Me A River”, and the other was her auditioning for My Kind of People.

The Daily Record unearthed a home video shot of Susan Boyle auditioning for Michael Barrymore’s My Kind of People back in 1995.  The audtion was held at the Olympia Shopping Centre in East Kilbride, and was caught on camcorder by the 18-year-old daughter of one of the other contestants.  Michael Barrymore, a well-known comedian in the UK, mocked Ms. Boyle as she performed, and even attempted to look up her skirt as she sang.  To Ms. Boyle’s credit, she kept on going without missing a note of the song.

Mirror.co.uk has come into possession of a home movie shot 23 years ago of Ms. Boyle (then age 25) singing “I Don’t Know How To Love Him” from Jesus Christ Superstar at her parents 50th wedding anniversary. While the video image is a bit grainy, the audio is surprisingly clear, and only drops a bit in one section.

What I find interesting is the silence in the room.  Gerry Boyle, Susan’s older brother is quoted in the article as saying:

It was a very emotional night. It goes quiet when Susan sings, it always does. She always has that effect.

So it seems she’s alwas had the ability to make people listen up when she sings.  Good to know!

Telegraph.co.uk has come into possession of a recording that Susan Boyle made in 1999 of the 1973 hit song “Killing Me Softly” by Roberta Flack.  It seems Ms. Boyle made the recording at her own expense to attempt to get on various television and radio talent shows, all of which she was not accepted to.  At the time she made the recording she told her friends that she had spent all of her savings on recording thsi song and an earlier demo version of what would become her “Cry Me A River” release on a charity CD.

Personally I don’t think this song fits her as well as the others, but it is still enjoyable.

Last night on Late Night With Jimmy Fallon, they did a sketch built around the premise that every one in the office was angry about something, or something horrible had just happened in their life. As everyone in the office has their life falling apart, one member of the staff is in the conference room and pulls up the video of Susan Boyle singing “I Dreamed A Dream”. As Jimmy storms down the hallway in anger, he hears the song, and it stops him dead in his tracks. He goes back to the room, and he is instantly mesmerized by the song, and forgets all of his troubles.

As the song progresses, more and more staff come into the room, ready to complain about this or that, but as soon as they hear Susan singing, they forget all of their worries. My favorite person coming in has to be the soldier, but I won’t say what he came in to report as I don’t want to ruin it for you. Overall it’s a very cute video, and I’m not even a Jimmy Fallon fan!

Sadly this video won’t play outside of the United States. Sorry, folks!

The tour of US talk shows seems never ending for Ms. Boyle right now, but at least she gets to do all of them from the comfort of her own home!  This time around it was on Larry King Live, and they also brought on Britain’s Got Talent judge Piers Morgan to talk about her at the same time.

Some of the stuff with Piers was fascinating, such as him actually apologizing for not treating her with more respect when she first came out on the stage.  It seemed very sincere and heartfelt.  He explained that they had already had a long day with some really horrible acts, and he admitted that he thought she was going to be one of the joke acts that gets sent out to them just to make them suffer.  It was a very sincere, and genuine sounding apology, which Ms. Boyle gladly accepted.  He also asked her out for dinner in London, to which she rather enthusiastically said “yes” to.

There are also some hints from Mr. Morgan that Simon Cowell has indeed signed Ms. Boyle to his record label, though he never spells it out completely.

The only thing about the interview that troubled me some was when Larry King asked what in her life would change due to this, she replied that she would no longer be lonely.  I really, really hope she has some solid, grounded friends around her that will help make sure no one takes advantage of her and her considerable talent.

We have posted both halves of the interview below for you, but if you just want to get to her singing “My Heart Will Go On” from Titanic, it is in the second video at approximately the 2:25 mark.

This morning Susan Boyle joined Matt Lauer and Meredith Vieira via satellite from her home in Scotland for yet another interview.  This poor woman has to be just about interviewed out at this point!  The nice thing was that before her itnerview, they showed a pre-recorded bit with Britain’s Got Talent judge Amanda Holden about the Ms. Boyle’s sudden rise to fame.  The good news is that she says they have no intention of doing a make-over on Ms. Boyle as they don’t want to add that pressure on her.

It’s a good interview, with a nice surprise visit by Paul Potts, the winner of season 1 of Britain’s Got Talent towards the end of it.  He compliments her performance and tells her he thinks she is doing a wonderful job keeping a level head through out this entire ordeal.  If anyone can relate to this, he certainly can.

Here is the video, sorry that it won’t play outside of the USA.  If the player below isn’t working, you can find it here.

Okay, maybe it isn’t “at long last” since she only came to international attention a few days ago, but it is nice to finally have a new song from her!  The Daily Record located a copy of a charity CD that was released in 1999, and only a thousand copies are known to exist. On it, Susan Boyle sings “Cry Me A River”, and let me tell you, not only does she nail another song, but her style is totally different than it was on “I Dreamed A Dream“. Where that performance sounded like any Broadway singer, this one sounds like she would be right at home in some hazy jazz club in a basement space in New York City.

It’s interesting that while she is a powerful singer, you have to wonder if anyone would have taken note of her if not for her physical appearance and personal history.  There is no question she is talented, but without those other aspects, would people be rallying around her like this?  Honestly, who cares, she is just a joy to listen to, and I don’t care what she looks like!

We have included two different copies of the song on the off chance either one of them gets pulled over copyright concerns.

The second copy is from a website in Japan.