[78-L] Good topic idea, Al!

Philip Fukuda pfukuda at att.net
Sat Feb 7 12:30:24 PST 2009


 
Did Shirley Horn record any 78s?  I saw her at Yoshi's in Oakland, Calif. years ago. She was great.

Also, Martha Boswell played piano on some of the Boswell Sisters sides.

Philip Fukuda

> From: "Taylor Bowie" 
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> Dardanelle should be on Al's list...her late 40s Victor of September Song 
> was one of the first 78s I remember playing out of my parent's collection. 
> As a clumsy six-year old,  I broke it,  but years later got a nice copy 
> which I still have.
> 
> I don't know how early Barbara Carroll started singing as well as playing 
> piano,  but she still does and is still wonderful at both.
> 
> Frances Faye was truly one of a kind,  but she didn't make too many 78s. 
> Those two Caught in the Act LPs recorded live in the late 50s are classics!
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> Taylor
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> > Let's hear a vote for  ladies who sang, played the piano and recorded
> > prolifically on 78's.
> > Who votes for Ramona
> > Who votes for Hildegarde
> > Who votes for Hazel Scott
> > Who votes for Sarah Vaughan
> > Who votes for Mary Lou Williams ("My Mama Pinned A Rose on Me") you can 
> > look
> > it up 1978.
> > Who votes for Annette Hanshaw
> >
> > Who votes for those I've left out?
> >
> > Al S.
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