[78-L] What DO men like?

[Taylor Bowie]

Uh............."most men don't like women's voices at all"?  Well, that's a 
new one on me   Guess I'd better toss my collections of Etting,  Waters, Lee 
Wiley,  June Christy,  Margaret Whiting,  Anita O'Day, etc.

Come on,  Martha.  It's one thing to discuss, disparage and/or praise a 
particular singer,  but how can you make such an odd general observation, 
even if you don't agree with me about Vaughn?

I can't download anything but I'd suggest listening to the 1930 solo vocals 
on Columbia by Irving Kaufman to hear him at his best.

Taylor



----- Original Message ----- 
From: "martha" <MLK402 at verizon.net>
To: "78-L Mail List" <78-l at klickitat.78online.com>
Sent: Friday, April 03, 2009 8:08 PM
Subject: Re: [78-L] Vaughn DeLeath


>  Nothing "unmusical" about Vaughn's singing.  She had a pleasant voice and 
> hit the
> right notes every time; what's not to like?  And someone prefers nasal, 
> tinny
> KAUFMAN?  Yuck. (He rolled lots of Rs in his time, btw) .
>
>  Most men don't like women's voices at all, which is a consideration when
> discussing singers.
>
> ----- 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 10:08 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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