Bernie Siben

Bernie Siben’s mother always claimed that he memorized his first song when he was 3 years old. The song was called “Where is your Heart?” and it was the theme from a 1952 film biography of the artist, Toulouse Lautrec. Yes, he was an odd child. Today, 68 years later, he still includes this song occasionally in his cabaret act.

Since 1975, he has been a professional singing actor, working at clubs and theatres in Austin, Dallas, San Antonio, Houston, West Palm Beach, and Visalia (a small city in California). His early cabaret repertoire was very broad, encompassing a variety of genres with songs dating back to 1926. As time went on, with other singers covering mostly the popular music of the day, R&B, and jazz, his performances narrowed almost exclusively to the Broadway repertoire, and his focus is now primarily on “story songs.”

During his 45+ years as a cabaret performer, he has lived by the mantra, “if the song is not memorized, it’s not ready to go onstage.”