Word: tenore
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...victor was tall, twangy, easygoing James H. ("Jimmie") Davis, 43, a fancy-dressing hillbilly tenor, and composer of such eminent sockeroos as You Are My Sunshine, Nobody's Darlin' but Mine, and It Makes No Difference Now. The losers were egg-bald 67-year-old Lewis L. Morgan, longtime public chairwarmer in the state's pre-reform days, and other "old regulars" of New Orleans Mayor Robert S. Maestri's machine. Tenor Davis, supported by Governor Sam Houston (''Sweet-Smellin' Sam") Jones, gave the Longsters even a worse walloping than Jones had given...
Perhaps their new harmony song stuck in the throats of Messrs. Pew and Grundy. But Puddler Jim's Welsh tenor came crashing through. He sang triumphantly last week: "I am willing to be a candidate for re-election...
...nearly stole the show as the Mikado, and did himself justice as the usher in "Trial by Jury" and as Dick Dead-Eye, although the latter part required a bass which he was not able to supply. James Gerard, the romantic lead of the company and its only good tenor, does not quite look the part of the handsome Ralph Rackstraw or a Nanki-Poo. His substitute, Allen Stewart, who played the defendant in "Trial by Jury," is better looking but his voice does not have the required lyrical quality...
John Dixon, Negro tenor, will also entertain at the same meeting by singing "Eili-cili." "Dark Eyes," and "Ole Man River...
...Prince, Frank Hornaday uses his penetrating tenor voice to advantage in delivering the well-known "Deep In My Heart," in a duet, and "Serenade," backed by the chorus. At times he is a little insincere in a role requiring deep sentimentalism and emotionalism; but on the whole his musical performance is good enough to hold up his slightly weak histrionic performance...