[78-L] Who's the vocalist?

[Taylor Bowie]

I don't think it's Scrappy.   The tone of voice combined with the "accent" 
makes me think of Frank Luther.  I could be wrong.  Singers like Luther, 
Art Jarrett,  Cliff Nazzaro,  etc. (all on record about this time) had a 
little bit of a nasal twang,  which I detect here.  Scrappy didn't...and I 
don't think it's a function of the Victor recording as I've heard him on 
plenty of Victors.  For a good comparison,  play the Pollack "Song of the 
Blues" and compare it with this side...quite a different sound.

Citing Rust as a reliable source for dance band vocals is a pretty dubious 
proposition.  He's often wrong or has no information  on the older titles, 
e.g. on the Ben Bernie Brunswicks.


Taylor ("I May Be  Wrong,  But...I Think I'm Wonderful...")



----- Original Message ----- 
From: "David Lennick" <dlennick at sympatico.ca>
To: "78-L Mail List" <78-l at klickitat.78online.com>
Sent: Tuesday, March 02, 2010 10:13 AM
Subject: Re: [78-L] Who's the vocalist?


>I was about to say the same thing, but in ADBD it's listed as Victor 24206 
>and
> Scrappy Lambert. Frankie Marvin, Frank Luther and Lewis James are on 
> sessions
> prior to this one.
>
> dl
>
> Don Chichester wrote:
>> According to Rust's AMB, 74747 was never issued, but it is Scrappy 
>> Lambert, 12-8-32.
>>
>>
>>
>> Don
>>
>>> Date: Tue, 2 Mar 2010 17:45:08 +0000
>>> From: ampex354 at gmail.com
>>> To: 78-l at klickitat.78online.com
>>> Subject: Re: [78-L] Who's the vocalist?
>>>
>>> And they're off by a year. I thought it sounded like an early 1930s 
>>> Victor,
>>> and after some digging on Tyrone's site found the record as Victor 
>>> 24206, mx
>>> BS.74647, recorded 8 December 1932, so likely released in January or
>>> February 1933. No vocal credit shown....
>>>
>>> On Tue, Mar 2, 2010 at 5:29 PM, RAY KILCOYNE <kil at roadrunner.com> wrote:
>>>
>>>> Don't recognize the vocalist, but that's quite a video clip. Makes you
>>>> wonder how we got along before Youtube.
>>>> RayK
>>>> From: "Julian Vein"
>>>>> It ain't Scrappy Lambert!
>>>>>
>>>>> http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nlUX14HE7oc
>>>>
>>>> ____________________________
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