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Topic: Tim-Tay-Shun - Jo Stafford 1947 Top Ten Recording - Steeler? |
Gerald Ross
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Posted 25 Jan 2009 7:13 pm |
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Jo Stafford was one of the most incredible female vocalists of the 20th century. Not only did she have perfect pitch, but she could chameleon-ize her voice to fit any situation.
Here is a recording of her 1947 hit Tim-Tay-Shun. She does a legitimate "1940's Hollywood hillbilly" style vocal. Amazing!
Listen to the last 12 bars of the song. She changes keys at least five times and does it perfectly and musically!
What a talented vocalist!
She recorded this one under the pseudonym 'Cinderella G. Stump'.
The story goes, in 1947, Jo Stafford noticed Red Ingle rehearsing a parody of "Temptation." She was so amused, she asked if she could sing it. The girl hired for the session was paid off and Jo took over, recording as "Cinderella G. Stump." The song became a Top 10 hit.
http://www.box.net/shared/8loenmc0sc
Question - Who is the steeler. Sounds like Jerry Byrd to me. Or maybe Speedy West.
Now listen to Jo Stafford in a legitimate musical setting. Here she is with the Art Van Damme Quartet. One of the purest voices in jazz.
Almost Like Being In Love - Jo Stafford w/Art Van Damme
Talented gal eh? Unfortunately Jo Stafford passed away in July of 2008. Her recordings still continue to sell.
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Mike Neer
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Posted 25 Jan 2009 7:39 pm
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That's Wesley West for sure.
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Bryan Bradfield
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Posted 25 Jan 2009 7:42 pm
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| Noel Boggs, according to the information in Bear Family's Red Ingle compilation. |
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Gerald Ross
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Ann Arbor, Michigan, USA
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Posted 25 Jan 2009 7:47 pm
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Who says it's easy to be bad?
It takes a lot of talent to do it just right.
When not performing on concert stages around the world Jo Stafford and husband pianist Paul Weston would entertain guests at private parties by adopting the alter-egos of 'Jonathan and Darlene Edwards' and slaughtering the vocal and instrumental hits of the day.
Their comedy routine was so popular that they actually recorded a few LPs as Jonathan and Darlene.
Here is Darlene (Jo Stafford) singing "Take The A Train" with Jonathan (Paul Weston) on Piano. See if you can get to the end of song without laughing.
Take The A Train - Jonathan and Darlene Edwards
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Mike Neer
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Posted 25 Jan 2009 8:03 pm
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Noel Boggs, ahh yes. Too often overlooked.
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Andy Volk
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Boston, MA
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Posted 26 Jan 2009 3:27 am
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The West Coast steelers had a loose, swinging feel and penchant for improv or sound effects when requested that wasn't the norm in Nashville at the time. Noel and Speedy had the studio work sewn up at the time.
As for Jo Stafford, man, what a singer! She had such incredible control of her intonation with a soft-around-the-edges attack on every note. Her American Folk Songs record is one of my all-time, desert island discs.
Great profile of Jo by jazz writer, Gene Lees here ...
http://www.stafford.ehost.com/id12.html
Check out the comments about her vibrato, Fascinating.
Another fun fact to know and tell: the signature steel guitar glissando at the beginning of every Warner Bros. Looney Tunes cartoon was played by Freddie Tavares, later one of the key execs at Fender.
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Rick Alexander
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Posted 26 Jan 2009 5:27 am
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That's hilarious! 
I like the part where she goes sharp and hits the augmented 5th, as if it were an accident.
Then you listen to "Almost Like Being In Love" and wow - what a voice!
Cool - thanks for sharing that bit of whimsy Gerald.
So that was Noel Boggs - hmmm . .
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Wally Pfeifer
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Illinois, USA
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Posted 26 Jan 2009 7:28 am Jo Stafford & other comedy records
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 I don't intend or want to change the subject but does anyone know where I can find a recording that Stan Freebe(u)rg made which made fun of Lawrence Welk and his show? I believe it was a 2-part(A&B sides) record. Does anyone know the title?
Mahalo,
Wally
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HowardR
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Posted 26 Jan 2009 7:49 am Re: Tim-Tay-Shun - Jo Stafford 1947 Top Ten Recording - Stee
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Very tasteful accordion solo & backing.....in the latest Joaqin Murphy thread.....he's quoted as saying that he listened mostly to other instruments....
this is a good example as I can see how the combo of single notes & chords in that solo would lay out well on steel guitar...... |
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Brad Bechtel
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Posted 26 Jan 2009 7:52 am
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It was called "Wun'erful Wun'erful" (parts ah-one and ah-two) and is readily available on various Stan Freberg compilations.
I've heard the Jonathan and Darlene Edwards recordings before, and they're indescribable. You have to really know what you're doing to be that bad. 
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HowardR
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Posted 26 Jan 2009 8:15 am
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| Brad Bechtel wrote: |
| You have to really know what you're doing to be that bad. |
Some of us, born with a tin ear and an uncanny lack of conception of timing.......have natural talent...... |
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Gerald Ross
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Mike Neer
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Posted 26 Jan 2009 9:41 am
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I have an Art Van Damme/ Johnny Smith album somewhere.
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Billy Tonnesen
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Posted 26 Jan 2009 1:45 pm
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Definatley, Noel Boggs, we were good friends and he told me about the session before it was released.
There is a picture on post made about the 3-necked acoustical guitar he was holding in the promo-picture. He did not use the guitar in the picture. Also, Cliffie Stone was playing bass. |
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Mitch Drumm
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Posted 26 Jan 2009 3:00 pm Here is Cinderalla aka Darlene:
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Here is the picture Billy refers to. Jo was really one of a kind and I regret not searching out more of her recordings 40 years ago.
Here is a quote from a 1982 interview, which explains her early training:
I'll probably never put out another album, because I'm a tough critic of my work, and I just don't think I could come up to those standards anymore. I was the only singer where the red needle on the [audio] meter didn't move. I studied old-fashioned classical singing for five years when I was a teenager. The kind where you bounce books on your diaphragm and you blow on feathers. Then you'd go for six months and not sing but just do exercises. I was studying to be a coloratura soprano, and when I started doing pop singing I still utilized all the same techniques and principles.
And this quote from 1996 re Darlene Edwards:
The way Darlene really developed was with some of the songs that Mitch Miller sent out for me to record, which were awful. So at record dates, when we'd have a little time left at the end, the guys in the band and I would do a take the way we felt the song really deserved. Me singing like Darlene, and the band just really square. |
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Andy Volk
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Posted 26 Jan 2009 3:11 pm
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Her pitch control in the Jonathan & Darlene records is astounding. Jo was among the best-ever pop vocalists for standard tunes - professional, witty, lots of feeling - but it's when she sang folk material that she always brings a lump to my throat.
And Gerald - circa 1992, I saw the "Accordions that Shook the World" tour that included Joe Burke, Santiago Jimenez (Flaco's brother) , Guy Klucevesex, Marc Savoy, and Art Van Damme. Art was like a pro swing/bop piano player. |
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My family refuses to allow the music in the house. I can only listen in the car (alone) or through my Ipod.