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

Taylor Bowie bowiebks at isomedia.com
Thu Dec 23 15:47:03 PST 2010


Yup...that's the one...I have it on  Trend d.j. copy 78...nice pressing.

I like Matt's brief take on Johnny Ray,  too.

T


----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Royal Pemberton" <ampex354 at gmail.com>
To: "78-L Mail List" <78-l at klickitat.78online.com>
Sent: Thursday, December 23, 2010 3:32 PM
Subject: Re: [78-L] And then I wrote...


> 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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