Wednesday, October 9, 2024

October 9 - Lee Wiley (The Musical Birthday Series, 6th Annual Cycle)

Previous posts for October 9th are here: Camille Saint-Saëns (2019), John Lennon; Sean Ono Lennon; Camille Saint-Saëns (2020), Einojuhani Rautavaara (2021), Alfons Kontarsky (2022), and Camille Saint-Saëns (2023)

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Lee Wiley (9 October 1908 – 11 December 1975) was an American jazz singer.

 


 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Music for a Wiley

[S]he regularly inspired critics to ecstatic, and near poetic, musings on her interpretations of the popular songs of the day. -- jazzmatters.wordpress.com/tag/something-about-lee-wiley/


“ just sing.... I don't believe in vocal gimmickry and I had never had the commercial instincts to concentrate on visual mannerisms.” -- Lee Wiley, as qtd. in NYT obit


Join with me in praising highly

Vocal stylings by Lee Wiley!

For her, to sing was just to sing,

And never a commercial thing,

And since her show biz flair was modest

Her fan base, even at its broadest

Was limited to cognoscenti.

I guess for Wiley that was plenty.

 

 

 

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