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

[Taylor Bowie]

Never again?  Well,  I'd never say "never" but here are five which would at 
least come close to a total ban:

1.   Goodman's "Sing,  Sing,  Sing"  Any of his recordings of it.  I never 
liked it,  and now it's become yet another "period piece" cliché to use as 
background music for movies and TV shows.

2.   Maurice Gunsky's (sad to say) immortal Victor of "Lay My Head Beneath a 
Rose."  Dreadful song and made worse by industrial-strength rolled "r's." 
Sure sold a lot of copies!

3.   Artie Shaw's "Concerto for Clarinet."  Sums up Shaw in a nutshell...too 
often,  he just tried too hard to show what a great musician he was...this 
"Concerto" is pretentious and boring.

4.    Chick Webb's Columbia of "On The Sunny Side of the Street."  One of 
the most dreary "jazz" records I have heard or ever hope to hear...what 
exactly is the point of this funereal dirge?

5.    Any record by the Art Kassel Orchestra.  I love sweet bands,  but 
enough is too much.


Taylor



----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Matthew Duncan" <recordgeek334578 at yahoo.com>
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Sent: Wednesday, December 19, 2012 9:43 AM
Subject: Re: [78-L] five least liked 78s (was - five favorites)


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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