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

[Michael Biel]

David Lennick wrote:
> And Como was still channeling Jolson on some of those Ted Weems sides.
>
> dl
>   

Jolson was still alive when Como sang with Ted Weems.

Mike Biel  mbiel at mbiel.com 
> Bud Black wrote:
>   
>> Hey, not necessarily!  Don't forget Harry Richman.
>>
>> Bud 
>>  
>> -------Original Message-------
>>  
>> 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?
>>  
>> 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?
>>  
>> Brad Kay SUPRBATONE at aol.com
>>  
>>     
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