[78-L] Radio-influenced recordings

[Taylor Bowie]

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "David Lennick" <dlennick at sympatico.ca>
To: "78-L Mail List" <78-l at klickitat.78online.com>
Sent: Thursday, December 10, 2009 11:48 AM
Subject: Re: [78-L] Radio-influenced recordings


> What...The Great One didn't come up with that melody himself? For shame!
>
> I just listened..it's very close but not note-for note. First and second 
> lines
> go up to the tonic, not the leading tone, and the third and fourth lines 
> have
> the same chords but not the same notes. Toast of New York put together a
> complete Himber collection some years ago.
>
> dl

Zat is why I said "almost note-for-note."   At the very least,  the 
similarity is striking!

Taylor