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

[David Lennick]

"This is what they call classical music, isn't it? I could tell because there's 
no vocal!"

--Billie Dawn in Born Yesterday

dl

Jeff Sultanof wrote:
> Julian,
> 
> I believe that those vocals most definitely helped to sell records. One of
> my students (elementary school age) commented to me a week ago when I played
> part of a symphony by Beethoven, "Where is the singing part?" I explained
> that not all music had singers. She was most disappointed in that answer.
> 
> Jeff Sultanof
> 
>> ================
>> Did vocals help sell records? On a more modern note did Lionel Hampton's
>> vocals on his Victor recordings outsell the instrumentals?
>>
>>      Julian Vein
>>
>>