[78-L] Identifying vocalists

Steven C. Barr stevenc at interlinks.net
Mon Apr 5 19:22:19 PDT 2010


I used to depend on the late Jeff Healey for this task! Although he
didn't collect vocal discs, he DID collect dance band stuff (his goal
was every record listed in ADBD...!) and he was VERY skilled in
identifying the singers thereon...!

Steven C. Barr

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From: "Julian Vein" <julianvein at blueyonder.co.uk>
> I think I'm fairly good at identifying my favourite dance band 
> vocalists, i.e. Chick Bullock, Scrappy Lambert, Dick Robertson and Smith 
> Ballew. I feel that my judgment is correct because, having spent good 
> bucks on a record purporting to be by any of the above, and it turning 
> out not to be so, the accompanying sadness at wasting my money is 
> sufficient for me to know that I'm right! The only consolation being 
> that I'm able to correct the discographical record.
> 
>      Julian Vein
 



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