[78-L] name that era

[Joe Scott]

"But wouldn't most of these listed below be considered the tail of the
Big Band Era?"
That's about the second half of the Big Band Era, and the biggest hits of 1935 (or 1932 or whatever) to 1940 were probably blander than that. Imo Perry Como, Frankie Laine, and Tony Bennett weren't less hip singers than Gene Austin was, and Kay Starr, Mary Ford, and Rosemary Clooney weren't less hip singers than Mildred Bailey was. (I realize we're supposed to pretend Rosemary Clooney was boring, but the best Clooney I've ever heard was as good as the best Bailey I've ever heard.)
Joseph Scott

[...]
> These tunes, among others, reached number one on the pop charts during 1941-1945:
> Jimmy Dorsey "My Sister And I"
> Jimmy Dorsey "Maria Elena"
> Sammy Kaye "Daddy"
> Jimmy Dorsey "Blue Champagne"
> Freddy Martin "Piano Concerto In A Flat"
> Glenn Miller "Moonlight Cocktail"
> Harry James "Sleepy Lagoon"
> Dick Haymes "You'll Never Know"
> Mills Brothers "Paper Doll"
> Glen Gray "My Heart Tells Me"
> Guy Lombardo "It's Love-Love-Love"
> Bing Crosby "I Love You"
> The Ink Spots and Ella Fitzgerald "I'm Making Believe"
> Les Brown "My Dreams Are Getting Better All The Time"
> Perry Como "Till The End Of Time"
> Sammy Kaye "Chickery Chick"
> Was that era really so different from later years re "blandness"?
> Joseph Scott
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