list of favorite classic music people

[jollyjoker87]

I thought I should open a discussion about classic music.

My favorite vocalists are:

1)Bing Crosby
2)Ella Fitgerald
3)Nat King Cole
4)Louis Armstrong
5)Rosemary Clooney
6)Frank Sinatra
7)Judy Garland
8)Billie Holiday
9)The Mills Brothers
10)Dean Martin
11)Louis Prima
12)Rudy Vallee
13)Sara Vaughan
14)Bessie Smith

[jollyjoker87]

My favorite musicicans are:

1)Django Reinhardt
2)Stephane Grappelli
3)Joe Pass
4)Art Tatum
5)Fats Waller
6)Teddy Wilson
7)Lionel Hampton
8)Benny Goodman
9)Bix Biederbeck
10)Glenn Miller
11)Jack Teagarden
12)Louis Armstrong

[jollyjoker87]

My Favorite composers are(from the early 20th century pop):

1)Irving Berlin
2)George Gershwin
3)Cole Porter
4)Hoagy Carmichael
5)Richard Rogers
6)Oscar Hammerstien
7)Lorenz Hart
8)Jimmy Van Heusen
9)Leonard Bernstien

What is everyone elses favorites in the music of this period?

[*~Mrs. Cooper ~*]

Great idea, Phil!!

1. Andrews Sisters
2. Dean Martin
3. Ruth Etting
4. Robert Schumann
5. Andre Rieu
6. Danny Kaye
7. Ginger Rogers
8. Fred Astaire
9. Irving Berlin
10. Glenn Miller
11. Woody Guthrie (I ain't got no home in this world anymore song)
12. Chico Marx
13. Harry James
14. The McQuire Sisters
15. Tennessee Ernie Ford
16. The Mills Brothers


There are so many others but this is all I can remember off the top of my head; I'm sure I'll be modifying this for quite a while as my memory begins to recall the others...

[jollyjoker87]

yeah there are alot that I left out also, including a few that you mentioned. Robert Schumann? the romantic era is whole other thread. lol. Have you heard serenade by Schubert? it is on Milo and Otis(when Milo finds a lady friend and he and Otis part ways). LOL. There is actually alot of classic pieces in that movie. Including Rachmanninov. I love his music.
I know you meant to put Gene Krupa on that list! am I right?

[*~Mrs. Cooper ~*]

I was thinking of him, but I haven't heard enough of his songs to call him a favorite.

[jollyjoker87]

He is pretty good, not the best. Chick Webb is better. But I have the Benny Goodman complete small group recordings it is Benny, Teddy Wilson, Gene Krupa and Lionel Hampton. It is a wonderful collection. Krupa is an excelent drummer.

[jollyjoker87]

Who are your favorite song writers? I see Irving Berlin, he is my favorite but it is always a toss-up between him and Gershwin. Porter comes in second.

[oddball247]

Favorite Musicians/Singers:

1. Kay Kyser
2. Harry James
3. Bing Crosby
4. Spike Jones
5. Andrews Sisters
6. Guy Lombardo
7. Ted Lewis
8. Tommy Dorsey
9. Jimmy Dorsey
10. Glen Miller
11. Horace Heidt

And MANY more...

~Rose

[jollyjoker87]

I have heard of all people but I a few I have not really listened to...Kay Kyser, Ted Lewis, Spike Jones. I have heard all the rest before. I like Horace Heidt in "Pot O' Gold". Have you seen it. It is with Jimmy Stewart and Paulette Goddard. That is one of my favorites of Jimmy Stewart. I have just recently introduced myself to Guy Lombardo. I really like his "old timey" style. It reminds me of Paul Whitemans band. Yeah I missed alot on my list including Lawrenece Welk which also includes Myron Floren and Jo Ann Castle.

[fenwick]

Think you covered most of my favorites. Good taste in music.

[Classic Movie Gal]

1. Frank Sinatra
2. Judy Garland
3. Dean Martin
4. The Andrew Sisters
5. Bing Crosby

[dale]

Funny you should mention Robert Schumann (and his histiory is just so uncanny). I truly love a piece by him called Little Gipsy Songs (translated from the German, which I do not know, the German title sounds something like Zwuikazwicka and yes, yes, I know that is inaccurate and I am mispronouncing it)

There have been two movies about him, one an old feature in black and white, but I cannot recall the title, then another with Nastasha Kinski playing Clara Schumann, again about them, Spring Serenade was the title, I believe..