[78-L] Switched subjects - redux

[Malcolm]

Wow! Thanks you guys!
Kind of surprised that of all the entries returned
there are so few blatantly male tunes done by women, though.
Mal

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On 4/10/2018 6:14 AM, David Lennick wrote:
> Don't forget, dance bands were still using male vocalists or groups. The female
> singers were vaudeville or musical comedy stars or blues singers, not
> "incidental vocalists" who usually came out of the band. Mildred Bailey was one
> of the first to be featured.
>
> dl
>
>
> On 4/10/2018 12:06 PM, Taylor Bowie wrote:
>> Who can ever forget the booming voice of Frank Bessinger on the Goldkette of
>> "I'd Rather Be the Girl in Your Arms (Than the Girl in Your Dreams)"?
>>
>> There is also a  1929 dance band (Majestic?  Schubert?)  on Perfect etc. of
>> In My Little Hope Chest with a dreadful Scrappy Lambert vocal,  in which he
>> fondles the various items found in Said Chest,  including  his "feathered
>> slippers" and the "daintiest of lingerie..."
>>
>>
>> Taylor
>>
>>
>>
>>
>> ----- Original Message -----
>> From: "David Lennick" <dlennick at sympatico.ca.invalid>
>> To: "78-L Mail List" <78-l at klickitat.78online.com>
>> Sent: Tuesday, April 10, 2018 6:41 AM
>> Subject: Re: [78-L] Switched subjects
>>
>>
>>> Noel Coward recorded Mad About the Boy in 1931 but it was unissued (till a
>>> test
>>> pressing was made available and released on Naxos).
>>>
>>> dl
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> On 4/10/2018 9:36 AM, Martin Fisher wrote:
>>>> Jimmie Rodgers-The Soldier's Sweetheart
>>>>
>>>>     :-)
>>>>
>>>> MF
>>>>
>>>> -----Original Message-----
>>>> From: 78-l-bounces at klickitat.78online.com
>>>> <78-l-bounces at klickitat.78online.com> On Behalf Of Malcolm
>>>> Sent: Tuesday, April 10, 2018 12:39 AM
>>>> To: 78-L Mail List <78-l at klickitat.78online.com>
>>>> Subject: [78-L] Switched subjects
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> I just came across a Nat Cole record on eBay. It's the classic "The Man I
>>>> Love"
>>>> played by his trio as an instrumental. I was actually wondering if he'd
>>>> try singing it straight (no pun intended) but he neatly side-stepped the
>>>> issue.
>>>> And that made me think...
>>>>
>>>> In the teens and 20s it seems there were any number of songs written for
>>>> a woman vocalist but sung with lyrics intact by a male singer. And I
>>>> couldn't think of one example, though I know I've heard a few.
>>>> Can anyone think of any that were done properly, not as a parody? And no
>>>> fair mentioning lyrics that change the gender of the singer, either!
>>>>
>>>> However, there's one really great example of that which I came across
>>>>     Ă‚ recently. The tune is "Why Don't You Do Right?" and here's Peggy
>>>> Lee's
>>>> version:
>>>> https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4uTcw_A80Bo
>>>> But the original lyric was written for a man to perform.
>>>>
>>>> Stumped as to who wrote and performed it?
>>>> Go here:
>>>> https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lFBeEShBzHY
>>>> Now that's a switch!
>>>>
>>>> Anyhow men doing women's songs and/or women doing men's tunes are the
>>>> questions of the day.
>>>> I look forward to your answers!
>>>> Malcolm
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
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