[78-L] 58 years of Cab, beat that

[Michael Biel]

From: Dave Burnham <burnhamd at rogers.com>
> Is Kitty Kallen still recording?  db

No.  Although Kitty Kallen is still alive, her last recordings were 1964
and she continued singing till 1967 till she was felled by blood clots,
according to one of her closest friends, my YesterdayUSA.com
broadcasting partner Walden Hughes.

Mike Biel  mbiel at mbiel.com  

On 2013-08-31, at 3:49 PM, David Weiner <djwein at earthlink.net> wrote:

> Carol Canning made her first 78 in 1941 and is still going strong at 92.
> Singers Kay Starr and Kitty Kallen both first recorded in in 1939 and are
> still at it, as is Bea Wain, who cut her first disc in 1934.
> 
> Dave Weiner
> 
> On 8/31/13 3:27 PM, "Erwin Kluwer" <ekluwer at gmail.com> wrote:
> 
>> Mark Reizen Performed from at least from1921 to1985 (64 years)
>> 
>> Ralph Stanley has been on stage from1946 until now: almost 68 years
>> 
>> 
>> On Sat, Aug 31, 2013 at 9:03 PM, Don Chichester <dnjchi78 at live.com> wrote:
>> 
>>> That would do it.
>>> 
>>> Don
>>> 
>>>> From: soundthink at live.com
>>>> Date: Sat, 31 Aug 2013 13:36:47 -0500
>>>> To: 78-l at klickitat.78online.com
>>>> Subject: Re: [78-L] 58 years of Cab, beat that
>>>> 
>>>> Tony Martin was still performing until he died recently.
>>>> 
>>>> Cary
>>>> 
>>>> On Aug 31, 2013, at 1:34 PM, "Joe Scott" <joenscott at mail.com> wrote:
>>>> 
>>>>> Cab Calloway made a recording of "St. James Infirmary" in 1988 for
>>> Telarc that imo was as good as his '30s stuff. Who else sang in peak
>>> form
>>> over a recording career lasting at least about 58 years? I love Bob
>>> Dylan's
>>> "Early Roman Kings" and I'm rooting for him to sing well (okay, some of
>>> the
>>> time, granted) until at least 2019.
>>>>> Joseph Scott