[Dixielandjazz] Alan Ladd - was all girl bands

[Anton Crouch]

Hello Bill

Nice, VERY nice.

The clip is from Soundie #1125 (/I look at you/) and is a rare example 
of Alan Ladd as a band singer. It was released in 1941 and pre-dates 
Ladd's bit part in /Citizen Kane/ and stardom in /This gun for hire/. 
The Soundie, in its full version, also includes Yvonne de Carlo.

The clip is a good example of a phenomenon that persists to the present 
day - the tessitura of a male's singing voice is significantly higher 
than that of the speaking voice.

All the best,
Anton



On 14/07/2011 9:37, Bill Haesler wrote:
> Here is a film clip of Rita Rio (aka actress Donna Drake) and her orch.
>     http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=G8wYUJgcCj0
> I will not get involved with the comments accompanying the video.
> Or the male singer.