[78-L] EDDIE FISHER

[Cary Ginell]

Jimmie Davis also was notoriously meter-challenged. He actually employed somebody to come with him to recording sessions to point at him when it was time for him to sing. Listen to some of his Victor and Decca recordings and you'll hear him skip all kinds of beats. Davis was very unmusical, but he was sharp - he never was a songwriter, but knew a good song when he heard it ("You Are My Sunshine") and pounced on many with his wallet.
 
Cary Ginell
 
> Date: Sat, 25 Sep 2010 15:48:51 -0400
> From: jeffsultanof at gmail.com
> To: 78-l at klickitat.78online.com
> Subject: Re: [78-L] EDDIE FISHER
> 
> Eddie Fisher and his bad sense of time: During recording sessions, Fisher
> had someone tap him on the shoulder to cue him when to come in and sing.
> Nelson Riddle told me this himself; for the album they made together (Games
> That Lovers Play), the orchestral tracks were recorded first and then he was
> overdubbed. Riddle saw this. To him this was insane.
>