[78-L] Early studio singers - question^

[Taylor Bowie]

You're confusing him with Spaghetti Caruso,  and his long-time tough-guy 
sidekick,  Al Dente.

Taylor



----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Julian Vein" <julianvein at blueyonder.co.uk>
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Sent: Saturday, December 10, 2011 4:10 PM
Subject: Re: [78-L] Early studio singers - question^


> Wasn't he the guy who played Robinson Caruso?
>
>      Julian Vein
>
> ===================================
>
> On 11/12/11 00:06, bradc944 at comcast.net wrote:
>> Oh, you mean that famous Irish-Jewish tenor. Murray O'Lanza?
>>
>> Brad
>>
>> ----- Original Message -----
>> From: David Lennick<dlennick at sympatico.ca>
>> To: 78-L Mail List<78-l at klickitat.78online.com>
>> Sent: Sat, 10 Dec 2011 23:59:26 -0000 (UTC)
>> Subject: Re: [78-L] Early studio singers - question
>>
>> On 12/10/2011 6:44 PM, Julian Vein wrote:
>>> On 10/12/11 21:13, Jeff Sultanof wrote:
>>>> Sinatra could not read music, and he was another singer who learned 
>>>> songs
>>>> from his musical director or others. For instance, Sammy Cahn 
>>>> introduced
>>>> him to songs he was previously unaware of (I Don't Stand a Ghost of a
>>>> Chance and Street of Dreams are two examples that Sinatra himself
>>>> mentioned). He could also sense a melody line from sheet music by 
>>>> watching
>>>> the lines go up and down.
>>>>
>>>> He was a huge opera fan, and he came to know a lot of symphonic music 
>>>> as
>>>> well; meetings with Nelson Riddle would consist of Frank describing the
>>>> type of accompaniment he wanted with regard to tempo and backgrounds, 
>>>> even
>>>> saying that in an introduction, he wanted a similar sound to a work by
>>>> Brahms, which he would name.
>>>>
>>>> He turned out to be a fine conductor. Riddle commented that he could 
>>>> stand
>>>> on a podium, give the musicians a look, and they followed. If he didn't
>>>> like something, his piercing stare would precede telling the musicians 
>>>> what
>>>> he wanted.
>>>>
>>>> Several musicians have told me that if he'd had some real musical 
>>>> training,
>>>> who knows what he could have done.
>>>>
>>>> Jeff Sultanof
>>>> _______________________________________________
>>>>
>>> Yeah, he could have become a half-decent singer!
>>>
>>>         Julian Vein
>> Hey, his cousin Ray got to conduct for a REAL singer, that Mario Lasagna 
>> guy!
>>
>> dl
>>
>>
>
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