[78-L] Pop and Jazz Singers

[simmonssomer]

Uhhh..Bing Crosby is the very first name I listed.
No omission.

Al S.
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From: "Taylor Bowie" <bowiebks at isomedia.com>
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> 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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