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

[David Lennick]

Yup, not bad! I have a couple of those Jack Pearl Crowns myself.

Farrell sang pop and Broadway before going into opera, didn't she? Some of them 
manage to remember the distinction. Peerce hammered everything into the ground 
once he became JANNNNN PEEEEEEEEEERCE the grrrrrrreat handpicked choice of 
Arteero Toscanoony. Ever hear his cover of "Wonderful Wonderful"? It's a howl.

dl

Taylor Bowie wrote:
> Oh come on,  David...don't you like any of those early 30s Jan Peerce vocals 
> on ARC and Crown dance bands?  He sounds pretty good on many of them.
> 
> I always liked Eileen Farrell's albums of pop tunes...she always picked 
> really good ones and some which didn't become standards but should 
> have...one I'm thinking of is The Far Away Part of Town and I think it was 
> by Andre and Dory (sp?) Previn...and she did a nice job on I Never Has Seen 
> Snow,  from House of Flowers,  etc.
> 
> How about Caruso singing "Over There"?
> 
> Taylor B
> 
> 
> ----- Original Message ----- 
> From: "David Lennick" <dlennick at sympatico.ca>
> To: "78-L Mail List" <78-l at klickitat.78online.com>
> Sent: Monday, April 06, 2009 7:12 PM
> Subject: Re: [78-L] From Brad K: The Last Generic Songster?
> 
> 
>> Jan PIERCE. And spare me opera singers singing pop and folk..please..or 
>> prissy
>> arrangements by Aaron Copland..John Charles Thomas whooping it up in 
>> Kansas
>> City..aaaaaak! About the only trained singer who ever got away with that 
>> kind
>> of thing was Thomas L. Thomas.
>>
>> dl
>>
>> Dnjchi at aol.com wrote:
>>> Who was it (Robt. Merrill?) that sang "Bluebird of Happiness" in that 
>>> dated
>>> style?
>>> Don Chichester
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