[78-L] Vaughn DeLeath

[simmonssomer]

In my opinion DeLeath was no good. One of the worst singers of the eras, 
just behind Frank Trumbauer.

Al Simmons

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Sean Miller" <smille1 at nycap.rr.com>
To: "'78-L Mail List'" <78-l at klickitat.78online.com>
Sent: Friday, April 03, 2009 10:26 PM
Subject: Re: [78-L] Vaughn DeLeath


> Yep, it's a DD and also apparently on needle type, but I've never seen it.
>
> Here's a transfer I did of the DD awhile back...
>
> http://www.box.net/shared/moo0agqm6o
>
> Sean
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: 78-l-bounces at klickitat.78online.com
> [mailto:78-l-bounces at klickitat.78online.com] On Behalf Of Taylor Bowie
> Sent: Friday, April 03, 2009 10:22 PM
> To: 78-L Mail List
> Subject: Re: [78-L] Vaughn DeLeath
>
> Thanks,  Sean..I will seek out the Edison.  I assume it's a thick one if
> it's the tune I'm thinking of from 1927 (I Like What She Likes,  She Likes
> What I Like...).
>
> No word yet from the front lines about Maurice J...the guy who puts the
> "Gunk" into  Gunsky.
>
> Taylor
>
>
> ----- Original Message ----- 
> From: "Sean Miller" <smille1 at nycap.rr.com>
> To: "'78-L Mail List'" <78-l at klickitat.78online.com>
> Sent: Friday, April 03, 2009 7:08 PM
> Subject: Re: [78-L] Vaughn DeLeath
>
>
>> Taylor...
>>
>> Really???!!!  I love VDL...always have!  She did a really funny laughing
>> record that came from Gennett matrices that I have on a Supertone.  It's
>> priceless.  Her "Anything We Like We Like Alike" on electric Edison is
>> fabulous as well!
>>
>> Sean
>>
>> -----Original Message-----
>> From: 78-l-bounces at klickitat.78online.com
>> [mailto:78-l-bounces at klickitat.78online.com] On Behalf Of Taylor Bowie
>> Sent: Friday, April 03, 2009 9:43 PM
>> To: 78-L Mail List
>> Subject: [78-L] Two singers who cause me pain
>>
>> I can listen to and enjoy a lot of different music and singers,  ranging
>> from JW Myers to Layne Staley.
>>
>> There are two 1920s singers who each made and sold a lot of records,  and
>> who I have tried to listen to for years and just can't understand how and
>> why they were so popular.   There are lots of horrible vocals on stray
>> dance
>>
>> band records by various unknowns,  but these two were very well known to
>> the
>>
>> radio listening public and to record buyers.
>>
>> One is Vaughn De Leath.   The other is Maurice J. Gunskey.  I just tried
>> to
>> listen all the way through his Viva Tonal version of How Am I To Know...a
>> wonderful song...and I couldn't stand it.  How could anyone in 1929 have
>> gone for his so out-of-date r-r-r-r-r-olling of his r-r-r-r-rs?  And an
>> ugly,  small voice to go with the mannerisms.
>>
>> De Leath is an even bigger mystery to me...a flat and unmusical sound to
>> her
>>
>> voice,  and she was frequently guilty of some of the worst attempts at
>> being
>>
>> "jazzy" that I've ever heard.  I sometimes think she is actually a sheep
>> who
>>
>> has somehow learned to sing in English but at any moment might revert to
>> "Ba-a-a-a-a"-ing in her native tongue.
>>
>> So many others took me a while to appreciate:  Irving Kaufman,   Sid
>> Garry,
>> Lee Morse,  Scrappy,  etc.  But nothing seems to work with Maurice or
>> Vaughn
>>
>> (note what her initials spell...maybe that's part of the problem)
>>
>> I don't like all singers equally but I can certainly see what's what with
>> most of them,  even if I don't seek out their records.  But these
>> two....what's up with them?  Any fans of either who could suggest some of
>> their better disks?
>>
>>
>> Thanks from
>>
>> Taylor
>>
>>