[78-L] Vaughn DeLeath

[simmonssomer]

I do have to become more spontaneous.
If I don't I'll get appoplectic.

Al S.
----- Original Message ----- 
From: "David Lennick" <dlennick at sympatico.ca>
To: "78-L Mail List" <78-l at klickitat.78online.com>
Sent: Friday, April 03, 2009 11:57 PM
Subject: Re: [78-L] Vaughn DeLeath


> 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
>>>>
>>>>
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