[78-L] LOUD

[David Lennick]

There was a great line in "Take It From Here" some time in the 50s..we're 
hearing two sides of a telephone conversation, one side of which is in the 
presence of some noisy sheep, and the other party asks "Is someone playing a 
David Whitfield record there?"

Not only was Cara Mia covered by a rock group..don't forget, its composer 
Trapani was actually Mantovani!

dl (by whom the Street Sweeper can also drop dead, he should live so long)

Michael Biel wrote:
> Randy Skretvedt wrote:
>> I hadn't heard David Whitfield's "Cara Mia" before, so I sought it out and found it here in a format that's unbreakable (unless of course you smash your computer):
>>
>> http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iGVZzFRY8mc
>>   
> 
> When we were working on Leah's documentary--in Brooklyn--this was where 
> we were going to steal the audio from because my copies of it were--in 
> Kentucky.   Safe from Lenneck's clutches. 
>> He reminds me a bit of Arthur Tracy, The Street Singer 
> 
> AAnnnddd   yyoooooouuuu  caaannnn  unnn  deeerrrrr  stttaaaaannnnddddd  
> eeevvvvv  eeeerrrrrr eeeeee  wooorrrrrddddd. 
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> MMMMaaaaaaaaaaarrrrrrrrr  ttttttaaaaaaaa   ,  rrrrraaaaaaammmmmm  
> bbbbbbllllllliiiiiiinnnnnnnnnnnggggggggggg rrrrrooooossssssss  
> oovvvvvvvvvv  tthhhhhhhhe  wwwwwiiiiiiiiiiilllllllllddddddddddd   
> wwwwwuuuuuuuuuuuddddddddddd
> 
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>> As for "Cara Mia," I think I prefer the version by Jay and the Americans.
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>> --Randy Skretvedt
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> I had forgotten that they were the ones that had done the 60s rock 
> version.  You're right, he is pretty good at it.  Proves that some rock 
> singers COULD sing.   I love it when the Shindig go-go dancers show up 
> halfway thru the song!   Gene Pitney's version sounds like a parody!!  
> Did Elvis ever do it? 
> 
> The Whitfield record is beautiful, but I have two problems with it.  One 
> is the rolling of the R in Cara.  It is a startling way to start the 
> song and is pretentiously unnecessary.  The other problem is that he has 
> only two levels :  Louder and LOUDEST!!  No subtlety.  Mario  Lanza was 
> his contemporary on this side of the pond, and he could be more 
> dynamically variable.   bbeeee  mmmyyyy  LLOOOOVVVVE !!
> 
> Now, compare these records with Perry Como singing "Magic Moments"!!!! 
> 
> Mike (we'll leave the blob out of this)  Biel   mbiel at mbiel.com 
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