[Dixielandjazz] Mildred Bailey (was Some Birthdays July 29)

[Hal Vickery]

While we're talking about Tinker to Evers (whom a descendent corrected the pronunciation of when the all-century team was announced a decade ago...it's EE-vers) to chance, and those last Cubs World Series Winners of 1907-08, let's not forget who the team was that kept it from being three in a row in 1906.  My guys.  The Chicago White Sox.  The Hitless Wonders who with a .230 team batting average managed to win 19 in a row in one streak, and who beat the Cubs (who won a then record 116 games that year) in six games in the World Series.

Hal Vickery

"Proud Sox Fan since 1955"

> Date: Fri, 30 Jul 2010 06:00:35 -0500
> From: meetmrcallaghan at gmail.com
> Subject: Re: [Dixielandjazz] Mildred Bailey (was Some Birthdays July 29)
> CC: dixielandjazz at ml.islandnet.com
> To: hvickery_80 at msn.com
> 
> Bill:
> 
> I thought I might have had the Bailey/Crosby/Whiteman introductions
> confused, which of course is why I hinted that I might be subject to
> correction from down under.
> 
> So, you obviously have answered the call to duty.
> 
> Also, thank you for the reminder that the Rhythm Boys were Rinker, Barris &
> Crosby.  I'm forever confusing them with Tinker, Evers & Chance, the
> double-play combination that were an integral part of the World Series
> winning Chicago Cubs in 1907-08 (the last times the Cubs managed to take the
> series)..........Oh, that's baseball, an American sport.
> 
> It is said that they were most likely the inspiration for O'Brien, Ryan &
> Goldberg , played by Gene Kelly, Frank Sinatra & Jules Munshin in 1949's
> "Take Me Out to the Ballgame"
> 
> I am on MIchael Steinman's mailing list and receive his "Jazz Lives" almost
> daily.  The fact that I had not read his article on Mildred Bailey will give
> you an idea as to how far behind I am on everything (except my eating)
> 
> Mattafact, as a result of Mr. Calder's refreshing dissertation on the role
> of Italians in jazz, I've worked up an appetite for some pasta with sauce
> and mushrooms.  I know, just because you're not counting the calories,
> doesn't mean they're not there.
> 
> Tides,
> Harry, Hot and Humid in Houston (a little different twist on the 4H Club)
> 
> 
> On 7/29/10, Bill Haesler <bhaesler at bigpond.net.au> wrote:
> >
> > Harry Callaghan wrote [in part]:
> > > Although the number probably associated most with the late and great
> > Mildred
> > > Bailey was Hoagy Carmichael's "Rockin' Chair"...... I don't know how many
> > times she recorded it, but I have 4 different
> > > renditions.
> >
> > Dear Harry,
> > Although Mildred Bailey, “The Rocking Chair Lady”, only recorded 'that'
> > song 4 times at studio sessions (1932, 1937, 1941, 1943) there are, by my
> > count, 9 versions of it by her on LP/CD - if you include radio broadcasts
> > and concert performances.
> >
> > > I read where her brother was one of the Rhythm Boys that sang with Paul
> > > Whiteman and one article........hinted that she was possibly instrumental
> > in Bing Crosby
> > > performing with the orchestra as well.
> >
> > It was the other way round.
> > Bing introduced Mildred to Whiteman at a party and she immediately became a
> > member of the Whiteman aggregation (1929 to 1933). The first female big band
> > singer.
> > Her brother, Al Rinker, was a pianist and a member of the Paul Whiteman
> > Rhythm Boys along with Crosby and Harry Barris.
> > [Marek, where did your trombone claim come from?]
> > Harry, you may have missed it but earlier this year DJML lurker, Michael
> > Steinman, published an interesting piece about Mildred Bailey on his fine
> > Jazz Lives site.
> >   http://jazzlives.wordpress.com/2010/02/15/mildred-bailey-by-julia-keefe/
> > Very kind regards,
> > Bill.
> > Sydney, Australia.
> 
> 
> 
> 
> -- 
> Alcohol is necessary for a man so that now and then he can have a good
> opinion
> of himself, undisturbed by the facts
> 
>             - Finley Peter Dunne (1867-1936)
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