[78-L] Awful singers

[Malcolm]

One explanation of these awful female singers with one or two records to 
their credit is the "chippie" theory of music production. A chippie (we 
used to call 'em groupies) was a band follower usually trying to get 
laid by the star, and usually working her way through the band to get 
there. If the star saw something he really liked he'd entice her with 
letting her "sing" a number with the band. Worked every time. Some 
things never change.
Mal

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On 6/5/2016 2:57 AM, David Lennick wrote:
> Lillian is definitely one I had in mind. Others from my notes:
>
> HELENA MANLEY..sounds like Butterfly McQueen channeling Florence Foster Jenkins. Various on Champion, Decca and Vocalion.
>
> DAISY MARTIN..equally bad. Off-key shrieks.OKeh 8008B  WON'T SOMEONE HELP ME FIND MY LOVIN' MAN? has an unbelievable last note
>
> Gennett 6090B  BLUE AND ALL BY MYSELF  12664-A (2:26)HATTIE GARLAND as VIOLET JACKSON (bloody horrible)
>
> Bluebird B6042B  I AIN'T GOT NOBODY  91436-1 (2:56)OLIVER BROWN FROM NEW ORLEANS (Yodels! or tries to)
>
>   Decca 7080A  STEADY GRINDING BLUES  9346-A (3:07)DOROTHY BAKER unintelligible and can't count.
>
> For that matter, Bessie Smith's "Hot Time in the Old Town Tonight" is a disaster..she's fine but the band has never played the tune before, obviously, and blows clam after clam and false entries are not unknown.,
>
> Ladies got the blues and so do we.
>
> dl
>
>> Date: Sun, 5 Jun 2016 03:22:51 -0400
>> To: 78-l at klickitat.78online.com
>> From: djwein at earthlink.net.invalid
>> Subject: Re: [78-L] Leona Anderson, et al
>>
>>
>> Yry  Lillian Delk Christian (who even recorded with Louis Armstrong) for
>> horrendous 1920s blues vocalizing.
>>
>> Dave Weiner
>>
>> On 6/4/16, 7:54 PM, "David Lennick" <78-l-bounces at klickitat.78online.com
>> on behalf of dlennick at sympatico.ca.invalid> wrote:
>>
>>> By the way, there are an awful lot of 20s blues singers who managed to
>>> make one or two records (sometimes more) without having the slightest
>>> ability to sing on key or to count. I'm digitizing a large collection and
>>> sometimes I wonder why I spend each lonely night..torturing myself.
>>> (Okay, I get paid to do it.)
>>>
>>>
>>> And instrumentally yours, there's Harry Snodgrass, the King of the
>>> Ivories.
>>> dl
>>
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