Word: vocalist
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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Right after his departure, his band held a meeting, formed a cooperative, elected vocalist Tony Pastor president, and decided to call themselves "Tony Pastor with Art Shaw's orchestra...
Besides the rather natural interest that this column has in its discovery, vocalist Helen O'Connell, it has seemed to us that ever since Jimmy started his band, he has had the best all-around combination in the country. We've said this for two years now, predicting that he would go to the top very shortly, and Jimmy has saved our face by breaking every record in sight with the most disgusting regularity for the past nine months. Down in Atlantic City this summer with lots of the name bands around, including his brother Tommy, Jimmy managed to gather...
...Vocalist Bob Eberly turned out a performance on the band's record of "Body and Soul" a few weeks ago that gives him the tap as being the best band vocalist working. He has a swell voice that's well enough trained so that he can be heard sans microphone, something most singers have to think twice about. The "Colonel" has in addition a swell sense of humor that makes him one of the band's chief assets...
...Johnny Harlow (trumpet), Hal Jacobs on clarinet, George Olson on drums, and Mike Siegel on tenor sax manage to turn out some solos that are good enough for anybody's wing. Stan does the sweet vocals, and odes a good imitation of the Jack Leonard style of singing. Fem vocalist Dorothy Sinatra, sister of Harry James'vocalist, does even better...
...Bunny himself is almost always good. By the way, if you're looking for after-game amusement tomorrow. Leon Mayer at the Kirkland House Dance did a bang-up job of dance music last year for Winthrop House--and the rumor has spread amongst the local wolves that the vocalist with the band has charms beyond her vocal chords...