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| From | "Stewart Mason" <craigtorso@verizon.net> |
| Subject | Re: Top 20, etc. (Nellie McKay) |
| Date | Sat, 8 Jan 2005 15:48:54 -0500 |
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From: "Bill" <billm45s@verizon.net>
> At 01:00 PM 1/7/2005 -0600, Ken wrote:
>>Peggy Lee, Dinah Shore and Julie London, it should be noted, did not
>>write
>>their own material. Nellie has precious little in common with these
>>singers.
>
> I have not heard anything by Nellie but based upon the thread as it
> has developed, it caught my attention and made me want to have a
> listen. One of the reasons I was going to listen, was the
> songwriting reference to Randy Newman as well as the reference to
> Peggy Lee et. al above. I love Peggy Lee, a great voice and a great
> artist. Now my question is does Nellie have anything in common with
> the singers, I believe Mike Bennett referenced, or not?
On many songs, yes, absolutely. As I said, she started out in the
cabaret scene of her native NYC, and there is a definite influence of
that generation of female jazz/pop/cabaret vocalists in her vocal
style. "Really," one of the songs I mentioned yesterday, is very much
in the Julie London mode.
S
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