[78-L] For lovers of British Dance Band music

[Taylor Bowie]

Besides Bowlly,  my fave English band singer is Sam Browne.  None of the 
women band singers do much for me...often they sound like the just left the 
cast of a Sigmund Romberg operetta.

I don't recall Anne Lenner but will try to check her out, per Julian's 
endorsement.

That said,  I recently got a Charlie Kunz Casani Club Orch record of Thanks 
a Million (1935),  which has a very early and excellent vocal chorus by Very 
Lynn...great tune as well.


Taylor




----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Julian Vein" <julianvein at blueyonder.co.uk>
To: "78-L Mail List" <78-l at klickitat.78online.com>
Sent: Sunday, October 31, 2010 6:54 AM
Subject: Re: [78-L] For lovers of British Dance Band music


> Kristjan Saag wrote:
>> Personally I enjoy the British dance bands because they were different
>> to the American and German and Dutch and Swedish - they were British and
>> relied on their own musical traditions as well as the new styles from
>> over there.
>> As for swing, it's OK, but most dance tunes played in the 1930-1940's
>> were not swing numbers. I'd rather listen to Carroll Gibbon's & Savoy
>> Hotel Orpheans or Kurt Hohenberger & His Orchestra playing "There's A
>> Lull In My Life" than, say, Teddy Wilson or Duke Ellington.
>> Kristjan
> -----------------
> I agree, Kristjan, Anne Lenner made a better job of it than Ivie
> Anderson. I also enjoy Henry Hall (with Val Rosing vocals), mainly
> because he wasn't trying to ape the American bands, and the band had a
> beautiful internal balance.
>
>      Julian Vein
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