[78-L] Margaret Whiting

[Taylor Bowie]

I agree,  Ray.  Whiting was the first singer I discovered "on my own" when I 
was in grade school (1963).  A friend had a little stack of 78s at her 
house,  and one of them was the Whiting Capitol of Can't Help Lovin' That 
Man b/w Come Rain or Come Shine...wow!  Even on that first listen,  I really 
dug the way she could drop into a rich lower register ("Days may be cloudy 
or sun-NY"...) and I played that copy to death.  When I later heard her do 
the same thing on "Moonlight in Vermont" ("Falling leaves,  a syca-MORE...") 
I'd get tingles...still do!  Phrasing...the best.

I was very lucky to hear her live around 1985...no, not with the Four Girls 
Four thing but here in Seattle at a small club,  just Maggie and her 
pianist.  JEEZ was she great...one of the best music evenings of my life. 
She did her hits,  also a lot of her Dad's tunes including the best Breezin' 
Along With The Breeze ever...and came back for an encore with "I'll Remember 
April" which she just NAILED and that is a hard song to sing and also one of 
my faves.

She rarely gets listed with the "greats" but that may be because people 
don't bother to listen to her past Far Away Places or maybe There's A Tree 
in the Meadow...not bad at all but they don't show her at her best.

Taylor


----- Original Message ----- 
From: "RAY KILCOYNE" <kil at roadrunner.com>
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Sent: Sunday, March 15, 2009 1:29 PM
Subject: Re: [78-L] Capitol 182



From: "Taylor Bowie"
Anyone know the Margaret Whiting record of "Passé" with Jerry Gray Orch.?
What a great sound they get with muted trombones,  shimmering (that's the
only word) violins,  harp,  etc.  Beautiful record,  nice tune...and she
could really sing.
>
Margaret Whiting was my favorite 40s female vocalist, edging out Helen
Forrest.  I do have PASSÉ by Maggie, and a nice version by Lillian Lane with
Tex Beneke and the Miller Band.  Also a version by Evelyn Knight which I
don't think I've ever listened to.  I love the post war popular music, maybe
because that's what was playing when I first got interested in records.
RayK


----- Original Message ----- 
From: <Dnjchi at aol.com>
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Sent: Sunday, March 15, 2009 5:31 AM
Subject: Re: [78-L] Capitol 182


>
> In a message dated 3/15/2009 7:02:57 A.M. Eastern Standard Time,
> vinyl-junkie at mindspring.com writes:
>
> According to Ruppli:
>
> Recorded NYC,September 20,1944
> mx:  295-2A
> Billy Butterfield,Andy Ferretti,Chris Griffin(tp) Will Bradley,Cutty
> Cutshall (or Ward Silloway?)(tb) Matty Matlock(cl,as)  Bill
> Stegmeyer(as) Eddie Miller(ts) Arthur Rollini(ts,bs) Ernie Caceres(bs)
> Johnny Guarnieri (p) Carl Kress(g) Bob Haggart(b) Nick
> Fatool(dm)  Margaret Whiting(vo).
>
> RM
>
>
>
> No wonder it's a magnificent record!
> Don Chichester
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