[78-L] Ethel Stanley, et al

[Kristjan Saag]

Cathy Berberian used to imitate bad singing, but not so much out of 
tune. Listening to her I often find she misses the false notes.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GvuxldwxW8k

Kristjan



On 2020-02-19 17:40, David Lennick wrote:
> Ever heard Lillie Delk Christian? At least Darlene Edwards was doing 
> it as a gag. Lots of lps..she also sang offkey with Red Ingle and 
> Tommy Dorsey. dl ---------- Original Message ---------- From: Malcolm 
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> <78-l at klickitat.78online.com> Date: February 19, 2020 at 11:32 AM 
> Subject: [78-L] Ethel Stanley, et al (was: Guardian article) In 
> today's collecting market hat must mean she's good. If the likes of 
> Lady Florence (Florence Foster Jenkins) can bring in $400 a record 
> then Ethel should be right up... er, down... there too. Then there's 
> Darlene Edwards (Jo Stafford) and her hubby who carried on her 
> tradition. They don't bring the big bucks for their records but are 
> still great fun. It's hard to sing sharp! Unfortunately the Edwards' 
> didn't record on 78s, but there are at least 2 albums. There is one 
> other major 78 artist I know of who sang like FFJ but my forgetter is 
> seemingly on overtime today. Who was it? Malcolm ******* On 2/18/2020 
> 8:36 AM, Royal Pemberton wrote:
>> Good God Ethel Stanley was horrible. You'd have thought that as bad 
>> as she was she would never have been allowed to make even a test 
>> recording. On Tue, Feb 18, 2020 at 4:49 PM Ron Roscoe 
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