[78-L] Norman Shelley (WAS Churchill's Secret Cabinet)

[Sammy Jones]

Whoops!  My bad.  It's the Pooh connection...and I even looked it to make sure I got it right before I posted.
 
Oh, well...
 
Sammy Jones
 
David Lennick wrote:
Oddly enough, that's the common link. I can never remember Norman Shelley's 
name till I look up the Winnie The Pooh recording he made for Argo.

dl

On 7/13/2013 8:59 AM, Jeff Sultanof wrote:
> Yes, when I saw Sterling Holloway, I was surprised. The voice of Winnie the
> Pooh?
>
>
> On Sat, Jul 13, 2013 at 8:16 AM, David Lennick<dlennick at sympatico.ca>wrote:
>
>> Er..Sterling (testicles never descended) Holloway? Try Norman Shelley.
>>
>> dl
>>
>>
>> On 7/13/2013 2:31 AM, Sammy Jones wrote:
>>> I believe Mike Biel is doing research on this very topic.
>>>
>>>>  From what I remember, many think some of Churchill's wartime broadcasts
>> are
>>> thought to *possibly* be by Sterling Holloway because the PM couldn't
>> make
>>> it to the studio for the broadcast (no broadcats could originate from the
>>> British House of Commons).
>>>
>>> Here's an article I just found:
>>> http://www.fpp.co.uk/bookchapters/WSC/Observer291000.html
>>>
>>> It is important to remember that many of the audio clips from Churchill's
>>> famous speeches that are floating around were made long after the fact by
>>> Churchill for Decca, which may explain why they sound differently from
>>> others recorded during the war.
>>>
>>> I have several lacquer recordings of Churchill from BBC shortwave
>> broadcats
>>> made by an American radio station during the war.  Now I've got to dig
>> them
>>> out and listen again!
>>>
>>> Sammy Jones
>>>
>>>
>>> David Burnham wrote:
>>>> I just listened to the complete broadcast and it was very interesting.
>>>> ?They talk about there being a large number of Harry Lauder recordings
>> but
>>>> every example they played was from the single 12 inch disc, "Harry
>> Lauder
>>>> Medley". ?I wish they had identified the music they were playing
>>>> throughout, it sounds like it may be from Vaughan-Williams but I
>> couldn't
>>>> recognize it. ?I have heard that most, if not all, of the recordings of
>>>> Winston Churchill's speeches made during the war were in fact read by an
>>>> actor and are not Churchill's voice at all. ?The recording from 1909
>>>> sounds like a different voice than the recordings from 1941 but there's
>> no
>>>> mention of this in the text. ?I do agree that though there have been
>> many
>>>> great orators in the 20th century, he was perhaps the greatest.
>>>>
>>>> db?
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>> ________________________________
>>>>> From: Sammy Jones<sjones69 at bellsouth.net>
>>>>> To: 78-l at klickitat.78online.com
>>>>> Sent: Friday, July 12, 2013 2:16:55 AM
>>>>> Subject: [78-L] Churchill's Secret Cabinet
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>> Right now on BBC Radio 4's website, a documentary on Winston
>> Churchill's
>>>>> record collection - including homemade lacquers of some of his
>> speeches.
>>>>> I've only had time to listen to the first 15 minutes, but it seems
>>>>> fascinating.
>>>>>
>>>>> Only a few days left to listen:
>>>>> http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b036j3r0
>>>>>
>>>>> Sammy Jones
>>>