[78-L] Early studio singers - question

[Julian Vein]

On 10/12/11 17:32, Mike Daley wrote:
> Did studio singers like Arthur Collins, Billy Murray and Ada Jones read from the sheet music or did they learn the songs that they recorded by rote?
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> For that matter, does anyone have any insight into whether later popular singers like Sinatra read music notation?
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> Thanks for any assistance.
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> Mike Daley
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...or whether they had singing lessons?

      Julian Vein