[78-L] Hugo and Luigi Research

[simmonssomer]

Como made a whole bunch of very good records in the 30's when he was with 
Ted Weems.


Al Simmons

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From: "Jeff Sultanof" <jeffsultanof at gmail.com>
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> In fact, the singers who backed Como in all those RCA recordings used to
> call him Perry Coma because his singing didn't sound like he was working
> very hard (his recording sessions also used to take place at 7:30 in the
> morning, a tough time for most professional musicians). This is first-hand
> information, by the way. I knew many of these people years after the fact.
>
> And yet I used to have some mid-forties recordings he made, and he could
> sing with great power and expression if he wanted to. Too few people have
> heard them, and I don't know if his early solo recordings have been 
> reissued
> off the top of my head. My ex-girlfirend performed on one of his shows in
> 1956, and couldn't say enough wonderful things about him.  He was 
> enormously
> successful singing 'relaxed,' so what can we say?
>
> Jeff Sultanof
>
>
> boring as I did Eddy Arnold in the sixties.In the Rock and Roll vein,there
>> was Fabian Forte
>> who had more looks than singing talent.
>>
>> --- On Wed, 7/8/09, agp2176 at verizon.net <agp2176 at verizon.net> wrote:
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>> From: agp2176 at verizon.net <agp2176 at verizon.net>
>> Subject: Re: [78-L] Hugo and Luigi Research
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>> Date: Wednesday, July 8, 2009, 10:35 AM
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>> As soon as I finish my article, the full list of names will be on my
>> website
>>
>> T
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>> -----Original Message-----
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>> From:  "Bill McClung" <bmcclung at ix.netcom.com>
>> Subj:  Re: [78-L] Hugo and Luigi Research
>> Date:  Wed Jul 8, 2009 9:07 am
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>> Three things.
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>>
>>
>> Who else is mentioned besides Perry and Pelvis and Tab and Tommy and 
>> Monty?
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> .I found Perry Como rather
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