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| From | =?iso-8859-1?Q?Francesc_Sol=E9?= <popcat65@worldonline.es> |
| Subject | Re: Paul |
| Date | Mon, 31 Mar 2003 21:28:08 +0200 |
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thanks Dirk
(I replied with another address earlier)
----- Original Message -----
From: "Dirk Van Damme" <dvandamme@wanadoo.be>
To: <audities@smoe.org>
Sent: Monday, March 31, 2003 6:34 PM
Subject: Re: Paul
> At 31/03/03 17:22, you wrote:
> >sorry for my ignorance, but who is Jolson? A Little R alias maybe?
> >
> > > >On Saturday, he started playing "Baby Face" just before Hey Jude. Too
bad
> > > it was only 15 seconds or so... I prefer his
> > > >version to the Little Richard original, really. He should release it!
> > >
> > > Oh, sure, he's good...but he's no Jolson!
>
> Here's what I found
>
> Baby Face (Davis, Akst), written in 1926 was recorded by Bing Crosby and
Al
> Jolson (amongst others) before being covered by Little Richard in
> Sep 1958. Richard's version being the influential one here, it's safe to
> assume...
>
> Dirk
> -----
> 'Sometimes Paul would make us do these really fruity songs. I mean, my
> God, 'Maxwell's Silver Hammer' was so fruity.'
> GH 1977
> -----
>
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