Re: [ARSCLIST] Rosemary Brown

[Karl Miller <karl.miller@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

And she was. I believe she had perfect pitch.
   
  Karl

Mark Durenberger <Mark4@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
  And of course there were the "famous" Jo Stafford off-key recordings. 
Someone once said you had to be very good to be that 'bad'.

Mark Durenberger


----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Karl Miller" 
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Sent: Tuesday, January 30, 2007 8:41 AM
Subject: Re: [ARSCLIST] Rosemary Brown


> Perhaps a most appropriate comparison. I am also reminded of Mrs. Miller 
> (no relation). A different friend knew her before she became famous. As 
> that story goes, this friend of mine was working for a Christian 
> Publishing company. Mrs. Miller was friends with the head of the company. 
> She had been recording her singing at home and wanted to have it sound 
> more professional. So my friend's boss decided that Mrs. Miller should go 
> to a professional studio and hire some musicians, etc. My friend's boss 
> invited him one of the rehearsals, held in a local church. As she started 
> singing...well my friend said he had to crouch down behind a pew and hold 
> his moulth to keep from laughing. As the story goes, Mrs. Miller knew 
> people found her funny, but she didn't really care, she just felt she was 
> doing popular music a favor. While Nancy Sinatra had the hit with "These 
> Boots are Made for Walking," for me, it is Mrs. Miller's recording that 
> I'll always remember.
>
> I should add, it was that same friend who supplied me with a group of 
> audition tapes...you haven't lived until you have heard Zorina Blessinger 
> sing "The Nightingale." I have always wondered if that was a put on or a 
> real person.
>
> Karl
>
> Steven Smolian wrote:
> The Florence Foster Jenkins of composers.
>
> Steve Smolian
>
>