Dick Haymes literally FOLLOWED Sinatra! He replaced Frank with Harry James' band and replaced Frank with Tommy Dorsey too. Dick's Capitol recordings in the '50's were fantastic! He was also married to Fran Jeffries amongst the other 7...
I've been looking all over the internet for a recording of I'll Keep The Lovelight Burning by Harry Tobias, Nick Kenny, Harold Levey. I understand that Haymes might have recorded this. L. Armstrong also recorded the same title in '49, but not the same song. Do you have it in your collection? jw
Haymes was a fine band singer with a beautiful timbre,but when comparing him to the great Sinatra,he comes up way short! Sinatra's superb phrasing and charismatic stage presence puts Haymes to shame.Not in the same league.
Very kind of you, posting this lovely rendition of that old Sinatra warhorse! Dick Haymes could have been a serious competitor for Ol' Blue Eyes, alas he preferred hitting the bottle.
BrunoJazzmanLeight-No,he was actually with Rita Hayworth. Marilyn Monroe was with Joe Dimaggio,and Arthur Miller,and a couple of guys named Kennedy. This was after a short marriage when she was very young,
Ah yes, sorry! I don't know why I mixed him up with Joe DiMaggio ... Anyway, he was married six times which is quite an amount of, what Artie Shaw (married eight times!) called "the variety of life".
Haymes was also blacklisted by Harry Cohn (the head of Columbia) because Cohn disapproved of his marriage to Rita Heyworth. He was also badmouthed by columnists who questioned his patriotism, because he maintained his Argentine birth status while living in the US, and avoided enlistment in WW2.
Sinatra and Haymes were always being compared in the mid 40's. Sinatra was very dismissive of Haymes, Haymes was hard to work with. Nevertheless, what separtates them I think is timing. Sinatra was a true master. I also think he could do more with a song.
Dick Haymes has a great voice, perfect for love songs, and he always has. He was a huge hit in my day, and we sure could use this kind of music nowadays.
I always found Dick Haymes more expressive than Sinatra - it's a more emotional vocal, with a warmth and sweetness that Ol Blue Eyes never transmitted for me
He has a nice voice, but his intonations and feel can't hold a candle to Sinatra's 1960's version. He doesn't interpret the lyric at all since Frankie did.
This performance is from the "Treasury song parade" radio programm (2d half of 1943) ; orch. conducted by David Broekman . By the way , doesn't Dick still sound a little like Bob Eberly on this one ?
Love this song and I really like his voice..It's a bit similar to young Frank Sinatra's (1940~1950)
Naotoshi100 3 months ago
Too Bad you don't have his rendition of "Laura."
jdcc061 1 year ago
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please check out my cover of this song.
maximillianayer 1 year ago
Memories of the "greatest era" come flooding back. Thank you.
joeasmythe 1 year ago
Nice, however does'nt eclipse Sinatras original recording.
meredith218461 2 years ago
Dick Haymes literally FOLLOWED Sinatra! He replaced Frank with Harry James' band and replaced Frank with Tommy Dorsey too. Dick's Capitol recordings in the '50's were fantastic! He was also married to Fran Jeffries amongst the other 7...
waltandrus 2 years ago
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Who would you rather, Fran Jeffries or Ava Gardner?
guygrand2 1 year ago
@guygrand2 That's a tough call! I MET Fran about 25 years ago. She was HOT even in her 50s! Of course Ava Gardner was a Goddess!
waltandrus 1 year ago
@guygrand2 Fran Jeffries. I think I may have fallen in love with her when I was about 15.
ronfeilen 11 months ago
Sounds a LOT like Tex Avery's "Little Tinker" 1948 skunk.
Tho all the females in it scream "Frankie" :)
brutusmuerto 2 years ago
I've been looking all over the internet for a recording of I'll Keep The Lovelight Burning by Harry Tobias, Nick Kenny, Harold Levey. I understand that Haymes might have recorded this. L. Armstrong also recorded the same title in '49, but not the same song. Do you have it in your collection? jw
morganpiaffe 2 years ago
Both Dick and Frank were at the top of their craft. I wouldn't want to choose between them. Bravo for the two of them.
paulostroff99 2 years ago 4
Haymes was a fine band singer with a beautiful timbre,but when comparing him to the great Sinatra,he comes up way short! Sinatra's superb phrasing and charismatic stage presence puts Haymes to shame.Not in the same league.
CraigFrancisSoto 2 years ago
Sinatra falls short to Perry Como...
LDis1 2 years ago
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Sinatra falls short of NO ONE.
GUYGRAND5 2 years ago
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Perry Como can give Frank a good run for his money...
LDis1 2 years ago
Very kind of you, posting this lovely rendition of that old Sinatra warhorse! Dick Haymes could have been a serious competitor for Ol' Blue Eyes, alas he preferred hitting the bottle.
Best regards,
Brewster
BrunoJazzmanLeicht 3 years ago 11
BrunoJazzmanLeicht-And one particular beautiful dangerous woman.
paulostroff99 2 years ago
Yep, he was with Marilyn Monroe, wasn't he? But did he really "hit" her? Must read some more 'bout that gossip.
BrunoJazzmanLeicht 2 years ago
BrunoJazzmanLeight-No,he was actually with Rita Hayworth. Marilyn Monroe was with Joe Dimaggio,and Arthur Miller,and a couple of guys named Kennedy. This was after a short marriage when she was very young,
paulostroff99 2 years ago
Ah yes, sorry! I don't know why I mixed him up with Joe DiMaggio ... Anyway, he was married six times which is quite an amount of, what Artie Shaw (married eight times!) called "the variety of life".
BrunoJazzmanLeicht 2 years ago
Haymes was also blacklisted by Harry Cohn (the head of Columbia) because Cohn disapproved of his marriage to Rita Heyworth. He was also badmouthed by columnists who questioned his patriotism, because he maintained his Argentine birth status while living in the US, and avoided enlistment in WW2.
madamerotten 2 years ago
Where can you find Dick Haymes' "I owe IOA"? I found lyrics but no recordings even on his albums for sale.
Ncharlestun 3 years ago
Dick Haymes was w/out peer as a baritone...Sinatra had more stage presence, but he was not close to
Haymes vocally.
kirby19711 3 years ago
This is the same arrangement sinatra sang in his early years
heaterI 3 years ago
Sinatra and Haymes were always being compared in the mid 40's. Sinatra was very dismissive of Haymes, Haymes was hard to work with. Nevertheless, what separtates them I think is timing. Sinatra was a true master. I also think he could do more with a song.
ruminator10 3 years ago 2
Dick Haymes has a great voice, perfect for love songs, and he always has. He was a huge hit in my day, and we sure could use this kind of music nowadays.
joeasmythe 3 years ago
I always found Dick Haymes more expressive than Sinatra - it's a more emotional vocal, with a warmth and sweetness that Ol Blue Eyes never transmitted for me
hubbellgardner 3 years ago 2
I quite agree with you ; see on other Youtube clips what band singer and radio star Helen Forrest said about Dick Haymes .
58zaccro 3 years ago 3
He has a nice voice, but his intonations and feel can't hold a candle to Sinatra's 1960's version. He doesn't interpret the lyric at all since Frankie did.
Ulysses61 3 years ago
You're jumping from 1943 to 1960 ! The right thing to do would be perhaps to compare Sinatra and Haymes on the same songs around the same years ...
58zaccro 3 years ago
This performance is from the "Treasury song parade" radio programm (2d half of 1943) ; orch. conducted by David Broekman . By the way , doesn't Dick still sound a little like Bob Eberly on this one ?
58zaccro 4 years ago