[78-L] Classy criticism of Chick Bullock [WAS: accents]

[simmonssomer]

Yup. And we love the tom-tom rhythm on this side. Real Latin flavor..hope 
our Native Americans didn't mind.
Also the flawless ......"Allyai dawnday veeveeyuh."
Still...Chick was the best of the early (electric) studio singers , so I 
forgive.

Al S.

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Steven C. Barr" <stevenc at interlinks.net>
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Sent: Friday, June 12, 2009 11:32 PM
Subject: Re: [78-L] Classy criticism of Chick Bullock [WAS: accents]


> ----- Original Message ----- 
> From: "Stephen Davies" <SDavies at mtroyal.ca>
>>I was looking into the provenance of "Alla en el rancho grande"; was it
>> written by Silvano Ramos or was it a traditional Mexican folk song? I
>> found
>> this page which looks at a copyright court case from 1941. It has a short
>> audio clip which doesn't include the vocal, but the author does comment 
>> on
>> the singer of this recording:
>>
>> <<<
>>    The audio clip linked above was taken from big band leader Chick
>>    Bullock’s recording of "Alla in el Rancho Grande" made in 1939 –
>>    remarkable, in part, for the performer’s insouciance towards
>>    inflectional differences between American English and Spanish.
> Whatever it may have been to begin with...it (like "The Peanut Vendor")
> became a MAJOR hit tune across North America once released!
> The US market has offered many "ethnic" recordings (see under
> "Beer Barrel Polka" for one example!) as "hit" records...and in virtually
> ALL cases, NO serious attempt was made to preserve the original
> "ethnic" aspects of the tune in question!!
>
> ...stevenc
>
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