[78-L] Awful singers

[Royal Pemberton]

I heard one today that would fit that 'chippie' description although well
past the 78 period except in a few countries (and she never made any
herself)--one Marianne Faithfull who was Mick Jagger's GF about 50 years
ago....wretchedly shaky voice.


On Sun, Jun 5, 2016 at 6:24 PM, Malcolm <malcolm at 78data.com.invalid> 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
>
> *******
>
> 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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