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" Stage Fright " is the title track of the Band 's third album, Stage Fright . It features Rick Danko on lead vocals and was written by Robbie Robertson . According to author Barney Hoskyns, Robertson originally intended it to be sung by Richard Manuel ...

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noun EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS ▪ But then, she recalled wryly, nor had stage fright . ▪ Den suffered terribly from stage fright and had some real moments of crisis which of course never showed from the front. ▪ Early attacks of stage fright were cured by a thimbleful ...

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n. fear that affects a person about to face an audience

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n. (context uncountable English) A state of nervousness about performing some action in front of a group of people, on or off of a stage; nerves; uncertainty; a lack of self-assurance before an audience.