[78-L] Pop and Jazz Singers

[Taylor Bowie]

I'd add:

Arthur Fields,  a very musical belter with a great sense of humor.

Bon Bon (George Tunnell),  one of the best band vocalists.

Harry Babbitt,  long with Kay Kyser.  As George Simon said,  he didn't sing 
in a particular style but really sang well,  all the time.

Was Bing Crosby a deliberate omission?  I'd sure add him.

I think there's room for Johnny Marvin as well...a real cross-over artist 
who could do country/folk as well as pop/jazz.

I may stand alone in my taste for Sid Gary,  but I would also add Irving 
Kaufman,  especially because of his later electric recordings where he 
didn't have to holler.

And a short plug for two less-known 40s band singers,  both of whom were 
excellent:  Gary Stevens and Larry Taylor.

And I'm sure there are many more I'd add,  given a little time to mull.

Taylor


----- Original Message ----- 
From: "David Lennick" <dlennick at sympatico.ca>
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Sent: Monday, December 21, 2009 8:41 AM
Subject: Re: [78-L] Pop and Jazz Singers


> Can live without Rudy Vallee.
>
> How about Johnny Hartman? Although he was much better by the LP era.
>
> Definite "feh" on 78: Red Dorris. (If he didn't make 78s, he sure loused 
> up a
> lot of MacGregor Transcription tracks.)
>
> dl
>
> simmonssomer wrote:
>> Here we go then. A year-end list of............
>> The Best of The Male Pop and Jazz Singers on  our 78's.
>>
>>
>> Who has been left off.
>> Who should be left off?
>> (Does anyone care?)
>>
>> Bing Crosby                   Rudy Vallee
>> Al Bowlly                       Al Jolson
>> Buddy Clark                  Perry Como
>> Louis Armstrong            Smith Ballew
>> Fred Astaire                  Billy Jones
>> Nat Cole                       Elmer Feldkamp
>> Jimmy Rushing               Dick Robertson
>> David Allyn                   Eddie Howard
>> Chick Bullock               Skinny Ennis
>> Tony Bennett                Woody Herman
>> Frank Sinatra
>> Matt Dennis                  Jack Leonard
>> Elvis Presley                 Dick Haymes
>> Jack Teagarden
>>                                    (The blank spaces, mercifully,  were
>> Carmen Lombardo, Ozzie Nelson and Frankie Trumbauer.)
>> Mel Torme
>> Fats Waller
>> Joe Williams
>> Cliff Edwards
>> Gene Austin
>>
>> Al S.
>>
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