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

[David Lennick]

I got no problems with the brakeman, but Grappelli just sets my teeth on edge. 
Never had the slightest tolerance for him except for a late album he did with 
Diz Disley, by which time his Hungarian restaurant gypsy swoops were under control.

Fight on!

dl

On 12/19/2012 1:13 PM, Cary Ginell wrote:
>
> 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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>> Sent: Wednesday, December 19, 2012 12:53 PM
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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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