Who is your favorite "forgotten singer"?

[HadleyH]

Al Bowely as HadleyH mentioned (who BTW was killed in an air raid during WII - his "The Very Thought of You" is great).

Yes, "The Very Thought of You". But in my opinion his BEST song ever: "Love is the Sweetest Thing". I absolutely adore that one.
And you are right, he was killed in an air raid during WII.

 

[MKL]

Yes, "The Very Thought of You". But in my opinion his BEST song ever: "Love is the Sweetest Thing". I absolutely adore that one.
And you are right, he was killed in an air raid during WII.

Thanks HadleyH, I will try to find that title by him.

 

[MKL]

Yes, "The Very Thought of You". But in my opinion his BEST song ever: "Love is the Sweetest Thing". I absolutely adore that one.
And you are right, he was killed in an air raid during WII.

I just downloaded it and it is a good one!

Thanks again.

Here are some pix of him:

http://www.jabw.demon.co.uk/bowlly.htm

 

[scotrace]

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Johnny Hartman.

You can hear him in the Bridges of Madison County soundtrack.

 

[HadleyH]

I'm glad you like it!!!
I'm listening to it right now, I couldn't resist! lol lol
Nice pictures of him, thanks for posting that!

 

[MKL]

I'm glad you like it!!!
I'm listening to it right now, I couldn't resist! lol lol
Nice pictures of him, thanks for posting that!

This is my third time.

 

[52Styleline]

:eusa_clap Saw Ms Hutton on a PBS Glenn Miller special filmed at
the Glen Isle Casino and she was hot!

Marion Hutton was in the movie Orchestra Wives when she was at her peak. She did a version of Kalamazoo that I can watch over and over. Her biggest hit was "My Dreams are Getting Better all the Time". I always preferred Marion over her younger sister Betty, although Betty had a bigger career.

 

[MKL]

Marion Hutton was in the movie Orchestra Wives when she was at her peak. She did a version of Kalamazoo that I can watch over and over. Her biggest hit was "My Dreams are Getting Better all the Time". I always preferred Marion over her younger sister Betty, although Betty had a bigger career.

I enjoy listening and watching both. I have a video clip of Betty doing "He Says Murder, He Says" which is hilarious. This was back when she was touring during WWII with Bob Hope.

 

[herringbonekid]

Lucienne Boyer, a french singer of the 30s whose song "parlez-moi d'amour" is one of the most heartbreaking love songs ever recorded.

 

[TailendCharlie]

Vera Lynn

 

[Dixon Cannon]

Edith Piaf

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Edith_piaf

"Tu Es Partout" was featured in 'Saving Private Ryan' in a scene with Cpl. Upham translating the lyric for the squad.


She's buried near Jim Morrison in Paris.

-dixon cannon

 

[Dr Doran]

You want obscure singers in the style of Edith Piaf? Try Ewa Demarczyk. All in Polish, all emotion, all brilliant.

 

[dhermann1]

Forgotten singers

That show that Marian Hutton ws on (GI Jump and Jive???) was just about the first of thr Big Band nostalgia shows that PBS did, I think maybe 1991? Marion Hutton was 67 at the time, and she ws still totally adorable and bubbly. I think she died within a year of that show's airing. She was the "girl" singer with the Glenn Miller Band in its heyday.
Some of my favorites are: Mildred Bailey, Jeannie Lang (she sang with Paul Whiteman and was in his 1929 film "The King of Jazz". Coooool movie.) And did you ever hear of Bob Allen? Great singer. "It All Comes Back to Me Now" was his big hit.

 

[Fletch]

A beautiful voice indeed had Bob Allen. He began in '33 with the Hal Kemp band when it premiered its soft-toned, cup mute and low clarinet style. Appropriately for that sound, he had a very musicianly and controlled delivery. I've never heard his later band but I understand it was good as well.

 

[LizzieMaine]

A gal who reminds me quite a bit of Mildred Bailey was Dolly Dawn, who sang with George Hall's orchestra in the mid-thirties, and became so popular she ended up taking over the band. It was a rather routine sort of hotel dance band, so she didn't get a lot of attention from jazz buffs -- but she had a very pleasant swingy sort of vocal style, and I enjoy her recordings very much.

 

[dhermann1]

The Big Broadcast

Then surely you're a member of the Big Broadcast Radio Family of the Air! Rich Conaty's show, The Big Broadcast has been on WFUV-FM, and now WFUV.ORG for something like 34 years now. From 8 till 12 every Sunday night. Dolly Dawn is his favorite singer. He had the honor of introducing her at her last public appearance back in like 1998. I just reconnected with the show last Sunday after a several year hiatus. it online. He plays stuff bascially from before 1935. He plays ALL SORTS of forgotten people. Forgotten by everyone except BB fans, that is.
Bye, now. I have to go finish removing the escutcheon from my 1941 Zenith console jobby, so I can get the chassis repaired and listen to old radio on an old radio. Wish me luck. In fact pray for me.
BTW, how come you're not a professor at NYU or Columbia or UCLA? You should be.

 

[Fletch]

A gal who reminds me quite a bit of Mildred Bailey was Dolly Dawn, who sang with George Hall's orchestra in the mid-thirties, and became so popular she ended up taking over the band. It was a rather routine sort of hotel dance band, so she didn't get a lot of attention from jazz buffs -- but she had a very pleasant swingy sort of vocal style, and I enjoy her recordings very much.

Did you know she was a cousin of Dick Stabile, the bandleader? (Theresa Stabile was her real name.) (George Hall was also of Italian ancestry; I think his real name was Passiglia.)

I used to tune in loyally to Conaty, until I stopped hearing stuff I didn't already own copies of. I'd better give him another chance; it's been awhile!

 

[Hamilton_Honey]

I'd have to say Helen Forrest - I have an LP album of songs she did with Benny Goodman, and some 78's when she was with Artie Shaw. (I adore 78s, and I found a piece of heaven record shop where I pick them up for 25 - 75 cents each!)

Also, I don't know how many folks think of Betty Grable as a singer, but I think her voice was rather sweet and wholesome - naturally she did the Musicals, but she also did at least one recording "I Can't Begin to Tell You" under the name of "Ruth Haag" (for contractual reasons) with Harry James, to whom she was married

 

[Elaina]

My favorite old forgotten singer is my Singer 66 sewing machine, aka Mike, forgotten out in a barn until I restored it.

Oh! You didn't mean THOSE kinds of singers? lol

 

[kools]

Leo Watson...vocals/drums/tiple/trombone with Artie Shaw, Gene Krupa, & later Slim Gaillard. His '30s band, the Spirits of Rhythm, were hot!