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

[Cary Ginell]

I'm a UCLA graduate and "Fight On" doesn't wash with us Bruins...How about "Strike Up the Band"? (Ira wrote the revised lyrics especially for UCLA)
CG

> Date: Wed, 19 Dec 2012 13:33:41 -0500
> From: dlennick at sympatico.ca
> To: 78-l at klickitat.78online.com
> Subject: Re: [78-L] five least liked 78s (was -  five favorites)
> 
> 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
> >> ________________________________________
> >> From: 78-l-bounces at klickitat.78online.com [78-l-bounces at klickitat.78online.com] on behalf of David Lennick [dlennick at sympatico.ca]
> >> 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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