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Re: [ARSCLIST] Rosemary Brown
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
----- Original Message -----
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
>
>