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

[David Lennick]

Michael Biel wrote:
> 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.

But his career wasn't. For that matter, Richman admitted to swiping a lot of 
Jolson's style. Who says you can only channel dead people?

dl

> 
> 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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