[78-L] Doris Day

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Mon Sep 12 12:53:17 PDT 2011


Some people love her, I can leave her.
I prefer Ruth Etting.
 
pc
 
 
In a message dated 9/12/2011 10:27:32 A.M. Eastern Daylight Time,  
ekluwer at gmail.com writes:

Atrocious music!

Please let's talk about something  else...

Erwn




On Mon, Sep 12, 2011 at 3:31 PM, David  Lennick 
<dlennick at sympatico.ca>wrote:

> No, I really truly  genuinely don't like her. In the 40s with Les Brown 
she
> affected a  lishp and a slack jaw that I can't stand, in the 50s she 
picked
>  up
> this cutesiness and a habit of stretching out every word with an  "l" in 
it.
> Keep her away from me and I'm happy.
>
> Never  a problem with Ella though.
>
> dl
>
> On 9/12/2011  9:27 AM, Jeff Sultanof wrote:
> > You know, I felt the same way. And  then I heard the recordings on the
> first
> > album of  reissues of her early Columbia recordings on Bear Family, and 
I
> >  changed my opinion.
> >
> > Unfortunately, she married a  real loser who 'managed' her by fixing an
> image
> > on her,  and Mitch Miller also didn't help with the garbage that she had
>  to
> > record. I believe that if she had the opportunity to make some  albums
> like
> > Rosemary Clooney did in her later career, a  lot of people would hear 
how
> > good she can really sing. Hey, one  of her favorite artists is Ray 
Charles
> > (the blind one), so that  tells me a lot.
> >
> > And Julian, although I love Ella,  I've spoken to a number of musicians
> over
> > the years who  also don't care for her, Dick Sudhalter being one.
> >
> >  Jeff Sultanof
> >
> > On Mon, Sep 12, 2011 at 3:02 AM,  Julian 
Vein<julianvein at blueyonder.co.uk
> >wrote:
>  >
> >> On 12/09/11 00:14, David Lennick wrote:
>  >>> She should have cut it for the Virgin label.
>  >>>
> >>> (Sorry, not a fan..never have been)
>  >>>
> >>> dl
> >>>
>  >>>
> >> ============================
> >> I  can take her or leave her. Ella Fitzgerald I can leave.
>  >>
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