[78-L] [78L RAMONA DAVIES

[David Lennick]

But did Hildy play the piano? Or only practice it? (Columbia 272-M)

dl

simmonssomer wrote:
> Too bad you never carried Hildegarde's groceries.
> 
> Al Simmons
> 
> ----- Original Message ----- 
> From: "George Anglin" <packardmarmon1940 at sbcglobal.net>
> To: "78-L Mail List" <78-l at klickitat.78online.com>
> Sent: Tuesday, February 10, 2009 12:32 PM
> Subject: Re: [78-L] [78L RAMONA DAVIES
> 
> 
>> My votes for Ramona. In the early sixties, I used to carry her groceries 
>> out to her car at a local super market. She used to winter in Tucson, 
>> Ariz. I was 16 at the time. One day I brought a record of hers to work 
>> with me for her to autograph. Man was she surprised. George Anglin
>>
>>
>> --- On Sat, 2/7/09, simmonssomer <simmonssomer at comcast.net> wrote:
>>
>>> From: simmonssomer <simmonssomer at comcast.net>
>>> Subject: Re: [78-L] Comparo
>>> To: "78-L Mail List" <78-l at klickitat.78online.com>
>>> Date: Saturday, February 7, 2009, 3:36 PM
>>> Nothing can be far enough from Ramona!
>>>
>>> Al S.
>>> ----- Original Message ----- 
>>> From: "warren moorman"
>>> <wlmoorman3 at yahoo.com>
>>> To: "78-L Mail List"
>>> <78-l at klickitat.78online.com>
>>> Sent: Saturday, February 07, 2009 3:46 PM
>>> Subject: Re: [78-L] Comparo
>>>
>>>
>>>> If truly limiting it to Al's criteria of
>>> "prolifically" recorded on 78:
>>>> Julia Lee, Hadda Brooks, Nellie Lutcher.
>>>>
>>>> If allowing less prolific: Una Mae Carlisle, Cleo
>>> Brown, Gladys Palmer,
>>>> Betty Hall Jones, etc.
>>>>
>>>> But if, as Al did with Mary Lou Williams' rare
>>> vocals, one is allowing the
>>>> most liberal criteria, then it opens up to the whole
>>> big blues contingent;
>>>> Someone said Victoria Spivey, I'll play Georgia
>>> White and raise you Leola
>>>> Manning.
>>>>
>>>> Most of all, I think of the most fascinatingly unique
>>> of great singing,
>>>> great piano playing women commercially recorded on 78,
>>> also a transcribed
>>>> network radio performer, and the white female singer
>>> with the most
>>>> convincingly black sounding vocal style, 'Cile
>>> Turner. Also a fine
>>>> guitarist and African percussionist; a pretty far cry
>>> from Ramona, though.
>>>>
>>>> Sat, 2/7/09, simmonssomer
>>> <simmonssomer at comcast.net> wrote:
>>>>> From: simmonssomer
>>> <simmonssomer at comcast.net>
>>>>> Subject: [78-L] Comparo
>>>>> To: "78-L Mail List"
>>> <78-l at klickitat.78online.com>
>>>>> Date: Saturday, February 7, 2009, 10:28 AM
>>>>> 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.
>>>>>/