One singer who fits the catagory, Ruby Nash. Not a Jazz singer but known as the smooth voice of Ruby & The Romantics. She (they) did some great versions of 40's standards but will always be known for "Our Day Will Come." She did get some recognition in R & B circles but when good singers of the 50's & 60's are discussed her name rarely if ever comes up.

After listening to a lot of her songs I thought I'd put forth the question of who else does anyone think belonngs in the "Un" catagory.

First of all: great topic! (Karma for that)

My choice is Ronnie Self! Although not many regular rockabilly listeners know him I consider him as one of the finest and hottest artists in the 50s.

This guy should have made it back in the 50s but he didn't. The Allmusic website says about this: 'one of the great mysteries and injustices of pop music history'. I agree. This guy was awesome. A wild one!

hmmm, my picks are:
Hattie Hart -great twenties and thirties blues belter
Al Bernard-fabulous jazz entertainer and singer with a lot of personality
the Boswell Sisters-they should be better known than they are!
Nellie Lutcher-she's my hometown girl, her success was cut short by the rise of rock and roll, and she is a fabulous vocalist!

I second the Boswell Sisters. They actually pre-date swing, but if you care about 30s music, you gotta have you some Bozzies. Connee Boswell was the young Ella Fitzgerald's idol, so one must give props on that score alone.

One great Boswell Sisters song, from 1934, "Rock And Roll." Maybe they knew something.

Una Mae Carlisle did some good stuff--I especially like her version of "Blitzkrieg Baby" with Lester Young.

Uhwelluh, you're the only other person I've run into who's even heard of Una Mae Carlisle. "Blitzkrieg Baby" is great; nearly as good is "Beautiful Eyes".

Now that I think of it ... while she's not altogether forgotten, I don't think Ella Mae Morse has ever really been given her due.

Charline Arthur.
On the 'Perfect for Parties' VA compilation
The only song I could so far find of her... despite she apparently was even touring with Elvis himself!

http://www.anyswing.com/viewtopic.php?t ... t=charline

raycast wrote:Charline Arthur.
On the 'Perfect for Parties' VA compilation
The only song I could so far find of her... despite she apparently was even touring with Elvis himself!

http://www.anyswing.com/viewtopic.php?t ... t=charline

At the forum of our friends of Rockhall you can find a complete album of Charline with still a working link! I assume you are a member there (like many of us) so pick it up (I did!). It's worth it!

thank you dan i'm getting it now

There are many artist unapprecciated,
Ronnie Self is a great
I like the Boswell, Charline Artur

For me
Phil Gray & The Go Boys
in "Pepper Hot Baby" and "Bluest Boy In Town"
(in Sin Alley comp and others)
he has made the best young elvis similar interpretation.
With the same feeling and bop, for me the only one.

another is Vicky Carr,
her "San Francisco is a lonely town"
is for me a beautiful ballad, the best for my taste.

yeah vicky carr is fab.

maybe another guy, Billy Murray. One of the most popular and prolific singers of the 1900's into the thirties, and yet completely unstudied, unmentioned, and obscure to most people today. He deserves a mention as an interesting vocalist, and a great song interpreter. I'd also like to mention Tom Stacks, who sang with the many different Harry Reser bands. There was no one like him before or since. Very odd and interesting singer when you sit down and really listen to them.

of Billy Murray I know his versions of Camptown Race
and Titina.


Another great is Paul Robeson, an mix of classical lyric vocal
and black soul, very particular.