Just a night out with family & friends Rob. Some dinner, then down to the club (VFW) for some beers, pool, & shuffleboard. Then to another local watering hole for some good fun karaoke.
Jerry Vale was one of the performers whom I respected but never bought and of his recordings. Liked his version of Inamorata.
The guy just had a great voice. And he made it sound so effortless. His renditions of songs like You don't know me, If I loved you, Two different worlds & of course my favorite Al-Di-La were just so enjoyable to listen to. The guy could sing the phone book & make it sound good.
Al-Di-La got a lot of airplay on South Korean Radio Stations and the clubs when I was there on tour #1. Very popular with the ladies.
Not many of those old guys left. Guys that sang a large variety of the old songs. Like............... Tony Bennett 88 Vic Damone 86 Steve Lawrence 78 Pat Boone 80
My apologies Rick. Given the way you struggle with computers, software and the internet, I didn't figure you to be that technologically sophisticated as to having an auto-inflating fuckdoll.
When I was a kid we used to visit with an Aunt in West Virginia. They had one of the first Hi-Fis of the early 50's which seemed as big as a house to me. I used to drop a 78 of Tony Bennetts' "Rags to Riches" and sing my heart out. I once heard Tony in an interview discussing Hank Williams response to his (Bennetts) version of "Cold Cold Heart". Hank asked Tony "what the hell did you do to my record. " According to the Hank Williams Bios I read the man was thrilled when other artists recorded his songs. I respected Damone and Lawrence but akin to Vale never bought any of their music. Pat Boone, never could handle him at all. One singer from that era that was really cool was Perry Como, dude was slick as snot on a brass knob.
Didn't mean to put Boone & his 3-4 hits (Love letters, friendly persuasion & April love) into the class of guys like Bennett, Vale, Andy Williams, Perry Como & others. Lawrence much like Boone only had a handful of hits but IMO was just more likable then the squeeky clean image of Boone. Did Hank Williams have some kind of dislike for Bennett? I only ask because as you say he had no problem with others doing his songs.
Nope, the way Tony Bennett put is Hank was kidding with him, wish I could remember who was conducting that interview. In the case of Boone I too was not keen on that "image.
