This appeared in today's NY Post: December 4, 2002 --
IT'S the most famous song from "Man of La Mancha" and arguably one of the most famous ever written. It's earned a few million in royalties, and has been recorded and interpreted by a wide array of performers: Frank Sinatra (anthem), Joni Mitchell (folk), Andre Kostelanetz (Muzak), Robert Goulet (lounge), Jim Nabors (bad). And it took no more than a half-hour to write. "I got the lyric in the afternoon, went over to my apartment - I was living at 40 E. 78th St. at the time - sat down at the piano and just wrote it," says 74-year-old composer Mitch Leigh of his biggest hit, "The Impossible Dream." Anyone know anything about this? It's a typo, right?
