[78-L] Acoustic women pop singers

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  Love her! She was definitely not your typical 20's vocalist.

  Eric Stott

   Quoting Bud Black <banjobud at cfl.rr.com>:

> I may be alone in this respect, but I personally dig the acoustic offerings
> of Lee Morse.  And she wrote much of her own material.  Give a listen to
> Blue Soldier Blues" on the Perfect label.
>
> She was also drop dead gorgeous!  (which helps)
>
> Bud
>
> -------Original Message-------
>
> From: David Lennick
> Date: 07/19/09 18:11:51
> To: 78-L Mail List
> Subject: Re: [78-L] Acoustic women pop singers
>
> Taylor Bowie wrote:
>>> -----------
>>> I don't like her "singing the blues", which seems to me to come out
>>> somewhat stilted. Her ballads are more imbued with blues than her blues.
>>>
>>> "Summertime" gets dangerously close to a "Mammy" song.
>>>
>>>       Julian Vein
>>
>>
>> Then we should follow it with "I Never Had a Mammy" by the Duncan Sisters!
>>
>> Julian's  use of "singing the blues" reminds me of a remarkable vocal
> record
>> which perhaps some of our group might not have heard.  It's the 1920
> Victor
>> record of "Singing the Blues" by  Aileen Stanley.  It's a great melody and
>> she makes the most of it...best vocal version I've heard including the
>> awkward sounding Bee Palmer vocal version of the solos on the Trumbauer
>> record.
>
> Ever heard Marion Harris's version? Some people think it's remarkable..for
> me,
> too cluttered.
>
>>
>> My first discovery and still my fave of the acoustic female vaudeville
>> belters is Margaret Young.  She was not only a great singer with plenty of
>> jazz feeling,  but she also had  Grade AAAA Brunswick studio bands to back
>> her up.   To see what I mean,  listen to her Way Down Yonder In New
> Orleans
>> or even better,  Hard-Hearted Hannah,  which has a great rolling ensemble
>> and superb stop-time trumpet breaks by...somebody.  Maybe Jules Levy Jr
> not
>> long before he passed away?  Rich, full tone...magnificent playing.  It
> bugs
>> me not to know who some of these players are.   They deserve credit and to
>> be remembered.
>
> And she had a niece who had a few hit records as well (I find her boring but
> maybe that's her charm).
>
> dl
>>
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