[78-L] Vaughn DeLeath

[Jeff Lichtman]

>   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) .

Vaughn De Leath isn't one of my favorites, although I don't hate her 
singing the way some others do. She was OK with certain types of 
material - her performance of Banana Oil is one of my favorite novelty records.

I should say, though, that there's a lot more to singing than hitting 
the notes and having a pleasant voice. One of De Leath's faults was 
that she often sounded babyish or sing-songy (if that makes sense for 
a singer).

>   Most men don't like women's voices at all, which is a consideration when
>discussing singers.

Where in the world did you come up with this? Female singers have 
always been popular with men. Speaking as someone with a Y 
chromosome, I'll say that most of my favorite singers from the 78 era 
are women: Annette Hanshaw, Ethel Waters, Cleo Brown, the Boswell 
Sisters, Miss Patricola, Evelyn Preer, Georgia White. . .


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