[78-L] Another mystery vocalist

[Taylor Bowie]

Pretty funny,  too.  I  like his little bit of Jolson thrown in there!  I've 
loved his record with Noble of "Linda" ever since I was in my baby crib.

Taylor (Bullock is my #1 studio vocalist as well)


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> It is Buddy Clark. The transcription is playing a mite slow but it is
> unmistakably him.
>
> Al Simmons
>
>
>
> ----- Original Message ----- 
> From: "Thatcher Graham" <thatcher at mediaguide.com>
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> Sent: Wednesday, April 07, 2010 4:06 PM
> Subject: Re: [78-L] Another mystery vocalist
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>> Anyone up for identifying another  mystery transcription disc?
>> It has no label, no markings, just a clean shiny platter with a blank
>> sleeve. It's a crooner backed by a string section. Audio here:
>> http://www.divshare.com/download/10989786-db5
>>
>> -- Thatcher
>>
>>
>>
>>
>> simmonssomer wrote:
>>> ----- Original Message ----- 
>>> From: "Julian Vein" <julianvein at blueyonder.co.uk>
>>> To: "78-L Mail List" <78-l at klickitat.78online.com>
>>> Sent: Wednesday, April 07, 2010 2:55 PM
>>> Subject: Re: [78-L] Dick Robertson [was Brunswick 4411 vocalist
>>> question.]
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>> Taylor Bowie wrote:
>>>>
>>>>>> =============
>>>>>> I'm 100.01% sure it's Dick Robertson. My wallet tells me so! I can't
>>>>>> think of any other singer, male or female, who could sing that
>>>>>> perfectly. I think the 2nd, "boop-a-doop" vocal might confuse though.
>>>>>> Oddly enough I played Dick Robertson's vocal on Louis Katzman's 
>>>>>> "Beale
>>>>>> Street Blues" to someone and he thought it was an English female
>>>>>> singer...
>>>>>>
>>>>>>      Julian Vein
>>>>>>
>>>>> Oh,  Julian...I hope in this case you mean "perfect" as in the sense 
>>>>> of
>>>>> a
>>>>> "perfect storm."  Or perhaps "fine" as in Oliver Hardy's famous line
>>>>> about a
>>>>> "fine mess."
>>>>>
>>>>> I guess it is a skilled performance,  but some things are just better
>>>>> left
>>>>> undone.     To paraphrase the Weems record of Piccolo Pete:  "Did you
>>>>> ever
>>>>> hear Dick do some of his tricks?"  Well I did and I don't like them.
>>>>>
>>>>> I am very fond of Dick Robertson's more plain vocals...but just can't
>>>>> take
>>>>> it when he goes into "character" be it as a sex-starved woman,  a coy
>>>>> child,
>>>>> or his "Way Down South on the Swanee" dialect.
>>>>>
>>>>> I think my favorite vocal of his would be a tie between the Henderson
>>>>> Victor
>>>>> of  "Oh It Looks Like Rain" or the ARC record from '32 of  "Holding My
>>>>> Honey's Hand."    And his vocals on the Deccas are mighty good,  too.
>>>>>
>>>>> Taylor
>>>>>
>>>> ==========================
>>>> "Oh It Looks Like Rain" and its session mate "M|y Sweet Tooth Says 'I
>>>> Wanna' (But My Wisdom Tooth Says 'No')"--that must make it the most
>>>> complicated song title, punctuation-wise. They were my introduction to
>>>> Robertson around 1959, and I've been interested ever since.
>>>>
>>>> I think potential singers could learn from Robertson, whether they like
>>>> his style or not. My step-daughter who sings "pop"  and "soul" once
>>>> asked who it was singing when I was playing a tape of his Decca sides,
>>>> so there must have been something that attracted her.
>>>>
>>>> Some of his vocals with Roy Smeck on Decca are pretty good too, better
>>>> than you might expect.
>>>>
>>>>      Julian Vein
>>>>
>>>>
>>> In my humble opinion Chick Bullock was the very best of the studio
>>> singers.
>>> The rest of 'em, including Smith Ballew, Dick Robertson, and Scrappy
>>> Lambert
>>> are better left in the vaults along with assorted  hack females like
>>> Vaughn DeLeath and Lee (ugh) Morse.
>>> O.K. I'm ducking.
>>>
>>> Al Simmons
>>>
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