[78-L] Doris Day

[David Lennick]

Love me or leave me, and let's have baloney...

As for 50s canaries, gimme Jo Stafford any time. And Chris Connor.

dl

On 9/12/2011 3:53 PM, L78rpm at aol.com wrote:
> 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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