A singer in black velvet and sparkling jewels stands alone in a spotlight beside a grand piano. The songs of Gershwin and Arlen pour from her heart and ring out across a hushed room of ardent listeners. The moments are magic, and Kelly Harland is in her prime.

But the road to this wonderful evening has been long and adventure-filled and surprising to anyone who hasn't followed Kelly's amazing career. From a debut at the Hollywood Bowl at the age of sixteen, through a period of education in rock'n'roll semi-stardom in London where dinners with Ringo Starr and pub lunches with Eric Clapton were part of the training program, to rousing back-up performances behind Etta James and Ray Charles -- this is a singing career that has spanned all areas and styles of the music industry and at last, in a shining moment on a starlit stage, has found the very niche it was destined to find.