[78-L] Did vocals help sell records? [was Can Anyone Identify this Singer]

[Julian Vein]

Jeff Sultanof wrote:
> Yes, true, but I am also talking about singers like Weston Vaughn who were
> mainstays on records by studio-only groups (Beiderbecke, even Artie Shaw).
> Did records with his vocals on them really sell; was that style of singing
> popular enough in certain areas of the country so that labels kept singers
> like him busy?
> 
> This would make a great paper of some type.
> 
> Jeff
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Did vocals help sell records? On a more modern note did Lionel Hampton's 
vocals on his Victor recordings outsell the instrumentals?

      Julian Vein


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