[78-L] five least liked 78s (was - five favorites)

[Cary Ginell]

OK, I'll take on both you AND David with one tonearm tied behind my back!
Cary Ginell (who has 98 Jimmie Rodgers 78s, at most recent count)

> From: Philip_Carli at pittsford.monroe.edu
> To: 78-l at klickitat.78online.com
> Date: Wed, 19 Dec 2012 18:10:46 +0000
> Subject: Re: [78-L] five least liked 78s (was -  five favorites)
> 
> Well, Jimmie Rodgers did more for the NO&NE Railroad than he'll ever do for me. PC
> 
> "The problem with folk music is that it's written by the _people_..." Tom Lehrer
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> Subject: Re: [78-L] five least liked 78s (was -  five favorites)
> 
> Definite seconding to Whitfield, Lynn, adding Anne Shelton. And nobody's
> mentioned Jan Peerce's Bluebird of Happiness, Freddy Martin's Birdshit on your
> Windowsill (actually Freddy Martin's entire output is pretty high on my list,
> along with that of all other hotel orchestras with those "silver saxes"), and
> any Stepon Grapejelly that intrudes for more than 8 bars. He became listenable
> in the 70s, and that's well after the gawdawful duets with Yehudi
> thenkyewveddymotch.
> 
> dl
> 
> On 12/19/2012 12:43 PM, Matthew Duncan wrote:
> > Never hear again?  ....here goes....
> >
> > 1. Any David Whitfield
> > 2. Any Bing Crosby
> > 3. Any Frank Sinatra
> > 4. Any Vera Lynn
> > 5. Billy Cotton - "Friends and Neighbours''
> >
> > I have valid reasons for the above but some may be horrified by my choices...oh well...
> >
> > Matt in the UK
> >
> > --- On Wed, 19/12/12, David Lennick<dlennick at sympatico.ca>  wrote:
> >
> > From: David Lennick<dlennick at sympatico.ca>
> > Subject: Re: [78-L] five least liked 78s (was -  five favorites)
> > To: "78-L Mail List"<78-l at klickitat.78online.com>
> > Date: Wednesday, 19 December, 2012, 17:20
> >
> > Any Ken Griffin
> > Any Liberace
> > Any Nelson Eddy/Jeannette MacDonald/either one solo
> >      (I may have used up my 5 but I'm pressing on)
> > Any Pee Wee Hunt
> > And a special plateau in hell for Orrin Tucker's "Oh, Johnny"
> >
> > Was Shirley Temple's Lollipop ever on a 78? It would have to be on a "Voice of
> > the Stars" compilation.
> >
> > dl
> >
> > On 12/19/2012 12:09 PM, Malcolm Rockwell wrote:
> >> Never hear again? Much harder.
> >>
> >> 1) Near You - Francis Craig
> >> 2) A Tisket A Tasket - anyone
> >> 3) O Sole Mio - Enrico Caruso
> >> 4) Captain Of The Spaceship - Spike Jones
> >> 5) On The Good Ship Lollypop - Shirley Temple
> >>
> >> Mind you, I have reasons for all of these;
> >> I'm not just picking them out of the air.
> >> Malcolm
> >>
> >> *******
> >>
> >> On 12/18/2012 10:03 PM, Dennis Flannigan wrote:
> >>> Having the advantage of previous postings, I'm either surprised or not
> >>> surprised at the consistency of the listings. Mine would have echoed
> >>> others, if these last three hadn't jumped to mind.
> >>>
> >>> 1. Jimmie Rodgers;
> >>> 2. Frank Crumit;
> >>> 3. Phil Harris;
> >>> 4. Sol Hoopii;
> >>> 5. Hank Williams, Sr.
> >>>
> >>> with more than a nod to, the Maddox Brothers and Rose.
> >>>
> >>> Has there ever been a list of five you'd never want to hear again?
> >>>
> >>> df
> >>>
> >>
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