[78-L] Desert Island Discs

[David Lennick]

I wonder if there's a Jules Bledsoe version?

dl

On 10/9/2011 12:43 PM, Cary Ginell wrote:
>
> Have you heard Joseph Robechaux's version on Vocalion 2540? That'll cure your ills.
>
> Cary Ginell
>
>> Date: Sun, 9 Oct 2011 12:25:38 -0400
>> From: dlennick at sympatico.ca
>> To: 78-l at klickitat.78online.com
>> Subject: Re: [78-L] Desert Island Discs
>>
>> 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
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