[78-L] And then I wrote...

[Royal Pemberton]

Is that the one where he sings on the last verse 'When Miss Monroe gets old
and flat/fat'?  Originally on Trend, reissued on Kapp (I have the latter LP
called MATT DENNIS PLAYS AND SINGS MATT DENNIS).

On Thu, Dec 23, 2010 at 11:02 PM, Taylor Bowie <bowiebks at isomedia.com>wrote:

> I'll toss in a vote for Matt Dennis's hipster version of Will You Still Be
> Mine?  I have it as a live recording on a 10" 78...I guess it's from around
> 1953,  and has some updated lyrics with funny references to Johnny Ray and
> Marilyn Monroe.
>
> Not exactly a 78,  but I was lucky enough to hear Joe Bushkin at the St.
> Regis  in NY twice about twenty years ago,  and both nights he told the
> audience that "now I'm going to play a medley of my hit" which was 'Oh,
> Look At Me Now" and he did a wonderful job on it.
>
> Taylor
>
>
>
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "David Lennick" <dlennick at sympatico.ca>
> To: "78-L Mail List" <78-l at klickitat.78online.com>
> Sent: Thursday, December 23, 2010 2:33 PM
> Subject: Re: [78-L] Stormy Weather
>
>
> > On 12/23/2010 3:16 PM, Taylor Bowie wrote:
> >> That is a good one,  David.  I enjoy hearing the composer's own "take"
> on
> >> a
> >> tune.
> >
> > I really like Frank Loesser's few recordings..3 songs from Hans Christian
> > Anderson and amazing versions of Bloop Bleep, Sing a Tropical Song, Baby
> > It's
> > Cold Outside and one other (can't remember at the moment).
> > dl
> >>
> >> One of the oddest ones I have of a writer playing his own tune is a
> Frank
> >> Silver and his Orchestra on Puritan playing Silver's modest little hit,
> >> "Yes,  We Have No Bananas."  Alas,  even Mr. Silver can't do much with
> >> it,
> >> although I'm sure the money he made was enough consolation.
> >>
> >>
> >> Taylor
> >>
> >>
> >> ----- Original Message -----
> >> From: "David Lennick"<dlennick at sympatico.ca>
> >> To: "78-L Mail List"<78-l at klickitat.78online.com>
> >> Sent: Thursday, December 23, 2010 7:38 AM
> >> Subject: Re: [78-L] Stormy Weather
> >>
> >>
> >>> Did I miss something or has nobody listed the Leo Reisman version with
> >>> Harold
> >>> Arlen's vocal?
> >>>
> >>> dl
> >>>
> >>> On 12/23/2010 10:33 AM, Bill McClung wrote:
> >>>> I've also got two other "Stormy Weathers": Billie Holiday on Clef
> 89064
> >>>> and
> >>>> Dinah Washington on Mercury 5906.
> >>>>
> >>>> Happy Holidays, everyone.
> >>>>
> >>>> On Thu, Dec 23, 2010 at 12:21 AM, Taylor
> >>>> Bowie<bowiebks at isomedia.com>wrote:
> >>>>
> >>>>>>>
> >>>>>> Keep in mind that Lombardo had yet to lock himself into the
> >>>>>> too-familiar
> >>>>>> style at this early date...?!
> >>>>>>
> >>>>>> Steven C. Barr
> >>>>>
> >>>>> Uh...thanks,  Steve.  I'll be sure to keep that in mind.
> >>>>>
> >>>>> Actually,  you're mistaken.   Every element of what was later known
> as
> >>>>> the
> >>>>> "Lombardo style" is pretty well in evidence as early as the 1927
> >>>>> Columbias...my point was that the Lombardo style can be used to fine
> >>>>> effect,
> >>>>> and sometimes with genuine jazz touches and color.
> >>>>>
> >>>>> Taylor
> >>>>>
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