Synergistic Red Fuse ...
Frank, Helen Merrill with Clifford Brown is a classic! So is Sarah Vaughan with Clifford Brown, timeless music. Agree with your opinion of Doris Day’s vocal talent. Two excellent male vocalist from that era are Billy Eckstine and Johnny Hartman. There’s an enormous amount of wonderful music available as this thread often confirms. I will checkout Jo Stafford "Ballad Of The Blues" this sounds like something I’d really enjoy. Charles |
^^^ Thank you, Charles ... Billy Eckstine has always been one of my favorites. As a junior high kid, I was obsessed with trying to sound like him. I was always trying to sing "I Apologize" in that deep, wonderful crooner's voice. Never could pull it off of course, but I tried. I saw him in concert back in the 70's as a side act with Sammy Davis Jr. He sang and played the trumpet ... and while an older voice at that time, he still had the juice. Joe Williams and the Brit, Al Hibbler, were two more favorites of mine back in the day. Oh, and I have the Johnny Hartman albums he did with John Coltrane. Man, those are a couple of demo vocal records if there ever were any. Soul, man ... soul. The Peggy Lee album you recommended is available on Ebay right now in both vinyl and CD format. Frank |
Frank and Charles, Thanks to both of you, I will check them out! Frank, Check this out, this might make ALL your red book CDs sound better. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=X2hvtqLP4qE Allan |
Oregonpapa 2-27-2017I've always loved Al Hibbler's classic 1955 recording of "Unchained Melody." How anyone could prefer the 1965 recording by the Righteous Brothers, who it seems had the best known and most popular of the many hundreds of recordings of the song that have been released, is absolutely beyond me. A minor correction, though: Al Hibbler was an American. Best regards, -- Al |
