[78-L] Vaughn DeLeath

[David Lennick]

Al, you're holding back again. Remember what we talked about in our last session?

dl

simmonssomer wrote:
> 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
>>>
>>>