[78-L] Desert Island Discs

[David Lennick]

I'm amazed anyone would dare put Lazybones on the radio today. Icky poo. As for 
Dolly, wassamatta wit' Tony Pastor (or Tom Glazer, when it was still called 
Buffalo Gals)?

dl

On 10/9/2011 12:22 PM, Julian Vein wrote:
> Listened to Desert Island Discs the other where the guest was children's
> TV producer Anne Wood. Her first two choices were versions of "Lazy
> Bones" and "Dance With A Dolly". Unfortunately, they were the two worst
> versions I have ever heard, the first by Willard White, who sounded like
> he was auditioning for "Porgy&  Bess" ("...slugs fall offa the vine...")
> and the second by Clinton Ford, with a backbeat that squeezed all the
> toothpaste charm out of the tube.
>
> The Bill Haley's "Dolly" is a tad too fast. Vera Lynn's too prim and
> proper (see Youtube). There are other horrors on Youtube!
>
>        Julian Vein