[78-L] Vaughn DeLeath

[Andrea Walsh]

I have a friend who calls her Vaughan Le Death

Andrea

On Fri, Apr 3, 2009 at 7:45 PM, simmonssomer <simmonssomer at comcast.net>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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