[78-L] Doris Day

[Jeff Sultanof]

Jo Stafford is probably my all-time favorite singer. A voice like a bell.

Incredibly, she told Gene Lees before her death that she preferred being a
group singer than being a soloist.

Jeff Sultanof

On Mon, Sep 12, 2011 at 3:59 PM, David Lennick <dlennick at sympatico.ca>wrote:

> 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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