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Second of the popular singers of the 50's/60's.....totally different from the above one...Listening to this and the one above makes me realise just how much popular music has changed in the last 60 odd years !!...still the recorded music of the 20's 30's 40's was also very different from the 50's & 60's as is the music from the 70's onward !!.......I wonder how all the great singers that are now no longer with us would cope and perform with the music of the 2022's
1. Lady Of Madrid
2. How When Or Where
3. You Are Ev'rywhere
4. Santa Rosa Lea Rose
5. Beyond The Stars
6. When You Lose The One You Lose
1. I'll Never Stop Loving You
2. Mama
3. Open Your Heart
4. The Lady
5. Angelus
6. Cara Mia
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ReplyDeleteThank you for this album and the Dickie Valentine, both of which are prime examples of the UK male vocalists predominant in that era (although these two have vastly different approaches).
ReplyDeleteYou pose an interesting question: "I wonder how all the great singers that are now no longer with us would cope and perform with the music of the 2022's?"
I guess there is no definitive answer as not only is society now global, but the music business is not controlled (as it was back then) by impresarios and agents and independence is the order of today. True be told (?) in those days just after the Second World War the popular music industry was dominated with "crooners" and the UK bunch were, by and large, known as 'flat liner' - which meant that although they sang in tune and their diction was such that the words could be understood they had little understanding of what they were singing about and there was but little interpretation of what the lyric meant or implied. Perhaps this was because they were informed mostly by the British musical hall tradition and parlour room balladeers. I doubt many would have 'made it' in the modern world.
Across the pond 'song stylists' had much more freedom and were subject to many influences including jazz and blues. We certainly would not have been able to produce a Sinatra or a Torme here and Fitzgerald and Sarah Vaughan would never have got off the ground.
Nevertheless, the UK did produce a number of top notch vocalists - Matt Monro springs immediately to mind - so it wasn't all 'moon and june' sung in a dull manner. Thank you for these two albums, I will enjoy listening to them.
Hi Man F m....Thanks for the informative comment...yes I agree that in the 50's & 60's the mucic in the UK was controlled by the people in charge... hence all the cover versions of the hit songs from across the pond (USA) that did make some of the singers of that Era into "Pop Stars"and the record business loads of Cash !!..the phrase "Flat Liner" is new to me I don't think i've ever heard that one !!...I guess that it depended on the song whether or not the singers understood the interpretation of the said song..I guess Lita Roza was on the right track when she recorded her only number one Uk Hit "How Much Is That Doggie In The Widow"...which I believe she did'nt want to record it but was persuaded (forced) to do it...and she said she would never sing it again !...and she did'nt !..
ReplyDeleteAs far as the Jazz influence in the UK... before the 70's Disco Era we did have Trad Jazz & Skiffle and big band sounds...Ted Heath...Johnny Dankwoth..and a few more.
True we never had the likes of Ella & Sarah......BUT there is one lady that springs to mind that you could say was in the same category and she is still with us...living in Majorca...a Scottish lady by the name of Carol Kidd....I have seen her live twice and she certainly can sing !!....thank once again for your comment....take care...Luigi
Espo, great to get your posting - I have researched Carol Kidd, and you are certainly right - she is a new discovery for me so thank you for that. Long may you flourish here, you are greatly appreciated.
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