[78-L] Huh?

[Bud Black]

May I say, in defense of Mr. Harry McClaskey, that he really sang his ass 
off in a time when vocal enhancements in recordings were unheard of?  This 
guy could literally sing any type of song, be it light classical (The 
Rosary), religious (Throw Out The Lifeline), country (The Prisoner's 
Sweetheart), show tunes (If You Look In Her Eyes), or even contemporary up 
tempo ballads (I Wonder Where My Baby Is Tonight.)  His peers dubbed him 
"The Dean Of American Ballad Singers" and that was right on the mark.   Even 
Joe Franklyn once dubbed him the "Perry Como and Bing Crosby of his day." 
Personally, I could listen to this cat sing all day long.

But that's just me.

Bud

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From: "David Lennick" <dlennick at sympatico.ca>
Sent: Monday, May 03, 2010 12:40 PM
To: <78-l at klickitat.78online.com>
Subject: Re: [78-L] Huh?

>
>>
>> >> How many of this demographic will be able to toletate the ubiquitous
>> >> efforts of Henry Burr et al;
>>
>> Henry Burr's got more records in print now than at any time in the past 
>> eighty years, thanks to Archeophone -- the very existence of which 
>> refutes this "no one is interested in old music" theory.
>>
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> And with all due respect, I hope I never have to hear any of them. 
> Archeophone may have reissued them but is anyone buying them? If there's a 
> more boring singer from that period (okay, I can do without Richard Jose 
> and Will Oakland as well) I'd like to know who it is.
>
> dl
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