[78-L] Awful singers redux

[Malcolm]

Oooops. This was not meant to go to the group, but it's harmless enough. 
I forgot to change the address.
Just a satiric observation, no offense meant to anyone. Well... anyone 
here anyhow.
Malcolm

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On 6/5/2016 7:24 AM, Malcolm wrote:
> 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
>>>