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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