[Dixielandjazz] Four Leaf Clover

[tcashwigg at aol.com]

Funny story Don:

No doubt  Hot "singing" musicians like Bill is why God invented the 
Chick singers that we all love to Hate :))  But usually enjoy looking 
at.,  :))

Cheers,  hope it thaws out up there soon. eh !

Tom Wiggins  out in Rainy California.  At least this year.   Enough 
already I say.

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From: dingle at baldwin-net.com
To: Bill Haesler <bhaesler at bigpond.net.au>; Graham Martin 
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Sent: Thu, 02 Feb 2006 16:43:58 -0500
Subject: [Dixielandjazz] Four Leaf Clover

   Four leaf Clover tale as told by Red Ingle to Don Ingle 
 
  The studio date of Four Leaf Clover had Bill Murray on vocal. He was 
the house signer for dozens of really corny tin pan alley dreck that 
was cranked out weekly. Murry was on hundreds of sides -- always 
forgettable material. But, according to Red, Murray was thrilled to do 
a date with Goldkette, which had the reputation of being the "hot" band 
of the time. Venuti was perched on a stool close to a horn pickup for 
his violin when Murry came in on his vocal. He tried to sing it hot, 
but instead the last line came out "I'm lookin' over, a pretty little 
four leaf clover," and Venuti was so astonished at the corny singing 
and timiing he litterally fell off his stool. 
  Having done another take without falling stool noise, you can still 
hear Murray's valient attempt to make it "hot, hot, hot," and failing 
miserably. 
 
 Don Ingle 
 
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