Snader Telescription: "I May Be Wrong"

Today's Snader is "I May Be Wrong" featuring the beautiful vocals of Peggy Lee with music by Dave Barbour and His Quartet.  This is one of 10 Snader Telescriptions that Peggy Lee recorded in the early 1950's.

This song and clip is simply fantastic.  The most impressive part may be Dave Barbour's guitar solo while Peggy sews a button on his collar.  They were still married at this point and their chemistry really shines through.

Enjoy!

Watch: "I May Be Wrong" by Peggy Lee and the Dave Barbour Quartet

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Watch: Stan Kenton and Anita O'Day from 1944

Today's film clip features Stan Kenton and His Orchestra along with Anita O'Day performing the songs "I'm Going Mad For A Pad" and "Memphis Lament".  This excerpt is from a Film Short put out by Universal Pictures called "Artistry in Rhythm".  The whole film is about 16 minutes in length and was released on May 1, 1944.

In my opinion, Anita O'Day steals the spotlight with her performance of "I'm Going Mad For A Pad".  Even though I still think June Christy was the best fit, vocals wise, for Kenton's band - Anita O'day did some stellar work during her time with Stan and His Orchestra.

The film and audio quality of this clip is a little jumpy at the beginning but gets better as it goes along.

Enjoy!

Watch: Stan Kenton and Anita O'Day - "I'm Going Mad For A Pad" and "Memphis Lament"

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Added Some More Shellac to YouTube (Mar 2024)

Last week I added some more of my 78rpms to the Youtube Channel.  Most of these came out sounding pretty good.  You should have seen the original condition some of these were in.  It's amazing that some of these sound as good as they do.

Included are tracks by Billy Butterfield, Van Alexander, Vaughn Monroe, Mal Hallett and Glenn Miller.  I really LOVE the Van Alexender version of "The Jumpin' Jive" which I included with this post.  It was released on the Bluebird Label in 1939.  There is some surface noise when at the beginning which I couldn't get rid of but overall it's pretty good quality.

You can listen to all of these on YouTube at: Ronnaldo's 78rpm Collection

Enjoy!

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