[78-L] Lil and Louis

[David Lennick]

Getting back to this subject, we'll meet Louie in St. Looee, Looee...but is 
there a divide between "Louiss" and "Louiee" in recordings of St. Louis Blues? 
Just noticing that Bessie Brown (Banner, Oriole, Regal etc) sings about the St. 
Louiss woman.

dl

On 1/29/2015 10:45 PM, David Lennick wrote:
>
> Meet me in St. Louissss, Louissss.
>
> Potato, potahto.
>
> And Lord doesn't list one single entry by "Lil Hardin Armstrong". 3 sessions as
> Lil Hardin (1923x2, 1 for 1940) and all others as "Lil Armstrong".
>
> dl
>
> On 1/29/2015 10:40 PM, Rodger Holtin iPod wrote:
>>
>> And in Kentucky it's Loo-a-ville
>>
>> The Wiki article on Satch is pretty fair and it discusses the
>> pronunciation at length with the final conclusion that he used about
>> all the variants of Louis at one time or another
>>
>> Sent from my iPod - which explainz any bad typjng
>>
>>
>> On Jan 29, 2015, at 8:47 PM, Dave Burnham
>> <burnhamd at rogers.com.invalid>   wrote:
>>
>>>
>>> I believe there is no definitive answer. Louisville KY usually has a
>>> silent "s", St. Louis MO usually doesn't. I've heard Mr. Armstrong
>>> pronounced both ways.
>>>
>>> db
>>>
>>> Sent from my iPhone
>>>
>>>> On Jan 29, 2015, at 9:39 PM, Kristjan Saag<saag at telia.com.invalid>
>>>> wrote:
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> I know. Still, the interview was made after that recording...
>>>> Kristjan
>>>>
>>>>> On 2015-01-30 03:06, Dave Burnham wrote:
>>>>>
>>>>> "Hello, Dolly this is LOUISSSS, Dolly....."
>>>>>
>>>>> db
>>>>>
>>>>> Sent from my iPhone
>>>>>
>>>>>> On Jan 29, 2015, at 9:03 PM, Kristjan Saag
>>>>>> <saag at telia.com.invalid>   wrote:
>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>> Listening to an old interview with Lil Hardin Armstrong
>>>>>> http://stomp-off.blogspot.se/2010/08/lil-armstrong-interview-1-of-2.html
>>>>>>
>>>>>> ...and both the interviewer and Lil talk about "Louie". Not a
>>>>>> trace of
>>>>>> "LouiS".
>>>>>> So, what is the correct pronunciation of Mr Armstrong's first name?
>>>>>> And another question: did Lil ever record as Lil Hardin
>>>>>> Armstrong, or
>>>>>> was that just a name used by media to keep Lil Armstrong and Lil
>>>>>> Hardin
>>>>>> under the same banner?
>>>>>> Kristjan
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