[78-L] From Brad K: The Last Generic Songster?

[David Lennick]

And Como was still channeling Jolson on some of those Ted Weems sides.

dl

Bud Black wrote:
> Hey, not necessarily!  Don't forget Harry Richman.
> 
> Bud 
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> From: Michael Biel
> Date: 04/06/09 20:18:22
> To: 78-L Mail List
> Subject: [78-L] From Brad K: The Last Generic Songster?
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> Okay, here's an idle question about popular singing:  We know that by the
> early '30s, the "intimate" Crosby/Columbo/Vallée style had all but
> supplanted the
> "generic" style of Billy Murray/Irving Kaufman/Arthur Fields.  What and When
> were the last or latest song(s) on record, featuring an unapologetically
> "generic" vocal?
>  
> I guess that by 1933 they were totally extinct.   What say y'all?
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> Brad Kay SUPRBATONE at aol.com
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