[78-L] Kitty was a cool cat

[I. Cubillo]

Hep-hep... Bop, bop!

I want to break a stick or two in honour of Kitty Kallen "Little Things Mean
a Lot" and "I don't think you love me anymore"...

A FAVORITE record since I was a child, and discovered it in my father's
albums of 45s. Never suspected it was also issued as a 78. When I found it,
I bought it immediately, the spanish Columbia 78rpm pressing. It sounds even
better than the microgroove.





Iñigo Cubillo
----- Original Message -----
From: "Taylor Bowie" <bowiebks at isomedia.com>
To: "78-L Mail List" <78-l at klickitat.78online.com>
Sent: Monday, June 22, 2009 8:38 PM
Subject: [78-L] Kitty was a cool cat


> Some fine Helen Forrest vocals on those Capitol versions,  including her
> "cover" of Kitty Kallen's "I'm Beginning..."
>
> I love Forrest,  but in this case I think Kitty wins the round...what
great
> swing she brings to her version!    Too bad she ended up doing rubbish
like
> "Little Things Mean a Lot" in the 50s...I don't hate many records but that
> one turns my tummy.  One part of the lyric I really despise: "Say I look
> nice when I'm not."  Damn it,  that doesn't even make any sense...it
should
> be "when I don't" but I guess that doesn't sound as "nicey-nice" as does
the
> other.  Gag.
>
> Poor Kitty...I'm sure she made plenty of money with that 50s stuff but I
> like to think of her in the 40s with James and J Dorsey.  The Dorsey
version
> of Besame Mucho with Bob Eberle and Kitty is great.  Helen O'Connell was
> good doing those duets with Bob and she was the most beautiful swing band
> vocalist by far (so sez I)  but she wasn't as good a singer as Kitty
Kallen.
>
> Who else besides me  likes those swing band duet things where the guy
sings
> the first chorus slow and then the "girl singer" comes in with the hipper
> jazzy chorus of the tune?  Krupa did it after the war with my man Buddy
> Stewart and Ms. O'Day...I really do love those sides esp. Did You Ever Get
> That Feeling in the Moonlight and Aren't You Kind of Glad We Did.
>
> Buddy died so young and Anita lived a long time...two of my very faves.
>
> Taylor
>
>
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: <soundthink at aol.com>
> To: <78-l at klickitat.78online.com>
> Sent: Monday, June 22, 2009 11:10 AM
> Subject: Re: [78-L] EFHJREM
>
>
> > On seeing this thread, I pulled out James's Capitol recordings from the
> > mid-1950s, which are amazingly good. Beautiful sound, a lot of the same
> > musicians as in the earlier Columbia sides (Allen Reuss, Willie Smith,
> > Buddy Rich) and great arrangements.
> >
> > Cary Ginell
> >
> >
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: David Lewis <uncledavelewis at hotmail.com>
> > To: 78 78 <78-l at klickitat.78online.com>
> > Sent: Mon, Jun 22, 2009 8:34 am
> > Subject: Re: [78-L] EFHJREM
> >
> >
> >
> >
> > ike Biel wrote:
> >
> >> Last night at the Jazz Bash I saw a rather unusual sight. One of the>
> >> dealers
> > ad a large amount of 78s unsold, including some that were still> in
about
> > a
> > alf dozen boxes under the table. He bequeathed them to> Scott Wenzel of
> > Mosaic
> > ecords who at first said they would be 50 cents> apiece until he looked
at
> > hem. In those boxes were EFHJREM -- Every> Freaking Harry James Record
> > Ever
> > ade. HUNDREDS of them. MANY hundreds> of them. Including sleeves with
> > three or
> > ive records in them -- all of> the same record. A few did find other
> > homes,
> > ven Dan Morgenstern took> a couple of 'em. I picked up his Eli Eli,
always
> > ondered what that> sounded like. But when I left there were still a
table
> > full
> > f 'em. But> I think we can be well assured that there will not be a
Harry
> > James
> > ox> set coming out of Mosaic.>> Mike (I wonder if the two Black cleaning
> > guys
> > re interested in Harry> James) Biel mbiel at mbiel.com
> >
> >>>
> >
> > Indeed, when the College Conservatory of Music in Cincinnati ejected
their
> > 78
> > pm collection in 1988 th
> > ere was another large instance of EFHJREM. And it's a
> > ity they are so prevalent, as they are really very good records, but
they
> > urvive in such high numbers that makes them undesirable. I also tend
> > towards
> > is later LP albums from "The New James" on -- no one suspected he would
> > become
> > uch an outstanding bop player; moreover he retained the same measure of
> > xpressiveness and bravura that makes his early work so exceptional. I
can
> > do
> > ithout the string section he had in the early 40s; indeed, so could have
> > James
> > s he once noted, but it was there for commercial purposes.
> >
> > ncle Dave Lewis uncledavelewis at hotmail.com
> >
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