Word: vocalizer
(lookup in dictionary)
(lookup stats)
Dates: during 1940-1949
Sort By: most recent first
(reverse)
Until after the seventh-inning stretch the contest was a scoreless deadlock, with the pitching of Ed Murphy and Berg the chief attraction. Then, sparked by a sudden vocal surge from the fans, the Crimson began to click...
Back when the first World War was something, for interventionists to sell, the Class of 1918 began a spring social event with an unusual title and erratic make-up to parallel the Junior Dance and Senior Spread. Vocal competitions were its core of attraction with a reception, concept, buffet supper, and a dance tossed in "to attract even those who hitherto have taken no pleasure in listening to men's choruses...
Moonlight Cocktail (Glenn Miller; Bluebird; Bing Crosby; Decca). Smoothest dance version, best vocal, of the rollingly rhythmic song now at the top in sheet-music sales...
...Handel, especially in the spirited little military prelude with its trumpet flourishes, and in the long sensuous string melodies that recur so frequently. At other times it recalls the jazz idiom of composers like Kern and Gershwin. On occasion it is extremely lovely, but it is always ingratiating and vocal, and expertly matched to the text. The vocal line alternates roughly between recitative and air, but the alternation is unobtrusive, and poses no problems for the accomplished cast which the Society has assembled for this performance. The principals, Robert Soule, Philip Stolar, Willoughby Todd, and Marjorie Rice, all sing with...
...remained a sort of demi-god, even though his band has never matched its pristine achiechements of the Music goes 'round and 'round era when benny was beginning to be called the Swingmaster. We have wailed at his romantic tenors and will probably gnash our teeth at his forthcoming vocal trio, and have hung heads listening to "Buckle Down Winsocki." and when he comes out with a good record like "Limehouse Blues" or "String of Pearls," there has been jubilation in our ranks...