[78-L] Harry Roy's Swedish recordings

[Kristjan Saag]

Well, as I said: there appears to be two singers on Per's disc, as well 
as on the one I found in Swedish Radio's archives. And, after listening 
to "The Way You Look Tonight" in your programme no 73, I'm convinced 
it's Romaine singing both on "Hey, Baby, Hey" and "I'm Talking Through 
My Heart". His voice is much lighter than Currie's, his phrasing 
clearer. Besides: there's no reason why Roy would've changed vocalists 
for new recordings of  tunes he recorded six months earlier, especially 
when both guys still were with the band.
Other singers with Roy during this period (April 1937 plus minus one 
year) were, apart from himself, Ray Ellington, Johnny Green and Sam 
Curtis. I haven't heard Curtis, but he was listed as vocalist only on 
two occasions, none of them as a solo vocalist. It's neither Ellington 
or Green on any of the Silverton recordings.
I can send "Hey Baby Hey" and "Sing Baby Sing" as mp3's (about 5 
megabytes each) to those who wish to compare.
And, BTW, it's a terrific series of programmes you have there, John - I 
knew there was yet another importance source to check, yesterday, and 
this was it. Thanks!
Kristjan






On 2012-03-24 10:38, John Wright wrote:
> Kristjan, you can hear Abe Romaine singing if you search my playlists and
> download the appropriate podcasts,
>
> http://www.r2ok.co.uk/playlists.htm
>
> I'm not sure of the singer on the mp3's from Per.
>
> If you listen to the Abe recordings let me know what you think.
>
> John
>
>>>
> -----Original Message-----
> Date: Sat, 24 Mar 2012 00:13:07 +0100
> From: Kristjan Saag<saag at telia.com>
> Subject: Re: [78-L] Harry Roy's Swedish recordings
>
> After listening to all four songs on these discs, I'm pretty certain
> that we have two singers. One of them being Bill Currie, on "Sing Baby
> Sing" and "Harbour Lights" and the other being clarinet/ sax man Abe
> Romaine on "Hey, Baby, Hey" and "I'm Talking Through My Heart".
> Unfortunately I haven't been able to find any other recording where
> Romaine sings, but Roy-collectors may compare:
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