[78-L] Betty and Bob

Julian Vein julianvein at blueyonder.co.uk
Sun Jan 6 06:39:35 PST 2013


On 06/01/13 14:14, David Lennick wrote:
> On 1/6/2013 6:36 AM, Julian Vein wrote:
>> On 06/01/13 06:40, David Weiner wrote:
>>> If it's the same Betty Van, she preceded Martha Tilton with Benny Goodman
>>> and sang a terrific vocal on her one Goodman record, "Afraid To Dream" in
>>> 1937.
>>>
>>> Dave Weiner
>>>
>> ========================
>> Don't agree about the quality of the vocal, but she doesn't have any
>> problem pronouncing her "r's". After all the song does have "Afraid" and
>> "Dream" in its title!
>>
>>          Julian Vein
> This one could have had a really bad cold, but the "r"s are a definite problem.
> It's a Davis & Schwegler recording by the way (Keystone picked up masters from
> a number of producers).
>
> dl
> _______________________________________________
>
Charlie Garrod's Keystone listing shows Bob Stevens and Betty Van on 
various titles.

       Julian Vein


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