I recently listened to a CD I got for Christmas, Edison Laterals 2, The California Ramblers. Those of you who have it, might want to play track 19, "Lady Luck" not only does it feature Glen Miller, but I think I hear Smith Ballew's voice in the vocals, and he also makes a very short solo. I am by all means not an expert on 1920's dance band vocalists, but I thought this sounded like Ballew. I've heard him on Ted Wallace records on Columbia (Ed Kirkeby and some of the Ramblers). Maybe some of you guys knows Ballew better than me to determin if it is his voice. And if it isn't him, it would be fun to know who it is. I like the voice of the vocalist.
"Lady Luck" taken from the Red Hot Jazz web site, in case you don't have the CD
Smith Ballew on Edison?
- Paal1994
- Victor II
- Posts: 287
- Joined: Fri Apr 10, 2009 3:10 pm
- Location: Kristiansand, Norway
- Viva-Tonal
- Victor II
- Posts: 399
- Joined: Thu Jan 15, 2009 2:00 pm
- Location: Mountain Home, Arkansas USA
Re: Smith Ballew on Edison?
The link doesn't work. Came up as some kind of 'ram' thing. Sorry.
- Paal1994
- Victor II
- Posts: 287
- Joined: Fri Apr 10, 2009 3:10 pm
- Location: Kristiansand, Norway
Re: Smith Ballew on Edison?
Maybe this works.
Paal.
Paal.
- Attachments
-
- 19 Lady Luck.wma
- (3.16 MiB) Downloaded 501 times
- Viva-Tonal
- Victor II
- Posts: 399
- Joined: Thu Jan 15, 2009 2:00 pm
- Location: Mountain Home, Arkansas USA
Re: Smith Ballew on Edison?
Thanks! It sounds like Smith Ballew to me as well.