That's NOT Jo Stafford. It's Darlene Edwards. And she is very good !
(Jo, that is.)
BH
Mark4@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx 1/30/2007 9:52 AM >>>
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
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From: "Karl Miller" <karl.miller@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
To: <ARSCLIST@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
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 <smolians@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
The Florence Foster Jenkins of composers.
Steve Smolian