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What are you listening to?

Seb Lucas

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I've never been much of a fan of the pop music of my time (70's and 80's). I have been obsessed with Al Bowlly for several decades. I had never had a chance to see footage of him sining until this showed up.

Al died in London during the blitz - he pretty much invented the crooner style which was then developed by Bing Crosby and refined by Sinatra.

This give me chills.

 

vitanola

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I've never been much of a fan of the pop music of my time (70's and 80's). I have been obsessed with Al Bowlly for several decades. I had never had a chance to see footage of him sining until this showed up.

Al died in London during the blitz - he pretty much invented the crooner style which was then developed by Bing Crosby and refined by Sinatra.

This give me chills.


Well, I wouldn't say that Bowly invented crooning. Perhaps it sprang up in different, unrelated places because its time came with the introduction of the electric microphone.





of course, this evening I was listening to some records which were anything but "crooning":



On the Victor V tonight I was playing a pink G & T pressing of "Si, Vendetta!" sung with much enthusiasm and not a little skill by Titta Ruffo and Maria Galvany,:


Madame Galvany's famous (and manic) recording of "Die Hoelle Rache" (also on pink G&T)


Dan W. Quinn rendering (to render, as in to tear apart...) "Aint Dat A Shame":

https://youtu.be/-hTuXJW7jcc

and Nora Bayes, "Assisted and admired by Jack Norworth" singing "Come Along My Mandy"

https://youtu.be/ONyXLJdr5ms

and then a lot of Harry Lauder, which is probably better not repeated here...
 

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