TEX BENEKE ~ A GAL IN CALICO ~ 1946

[ellaswing]

That's is BEAUTIFUL harmonizing as the standard should always be. That's a song to swing to. Unfortunately, it's way too short. I could listen for another five minutes. They will always be sorely missed.

[kchaney56]

There is precious little video of him from the 40's. Shame

Wonderful performer, got a raw deal from the Miller family.

[nickellodeon55]

I heard the melody in Warner Bros. cartoons long before I knew its name.

[Charliebear65]

great vocalization wonderful harmony

those were the days of taste

[bbcisrubbish]

This song is from the film "The Time, The Place and The Girl", sung by Jack Carson and Dennis Morgan.

If any body has a copy it would be appreciated if they would post it.

I saw the film in the early 50s.

[jdperrenoud]

How great to find a new song from this period! Thanks.

[uranrising]

Terrific song, one of those that I recognised when I recently heard it for the first time in yonks, yet not a humungously famous title.

[55102]

good, great singer

[p47flyboy]

What a great chart and what great vocal harmony! I wonder if a big band chart of this is available...don't know where you'd find the singers, though.

[PoetryMan11]

It's not a big band chart but Manhatten Transfer did a version of this song on their Pastiche Album--(circa 1978) and you can get just this cut from Itunes for .99 They are certainly up to the close harmonies of the Modernaires, Pied Pipers, or whichever group was singing back up to Tex Beneke.

[gsmonks]

@p47flyboy Charts for all the old standards are available. Vocal-wise, all you need is four tenors and an alto. The vocals are 7ths in closely voiced blocks, and any quintet with a fair set of pipes can pull it off. The best place to look for singers is voice students from your local college or university. That's how you track down well-trained singers with natural voices.

[MrDavearama]

@gsmonks - Okay, but why does Miller's band male singer sound so weak in comparison to Tex? Just sound like a chorus boy. Tex sounded like a man, not a parrot.

[acfinney1]

@MrDavearama Miller said that he didn't want a Sinatra, because he would take away from the band. Glenn knew what he was doing. His band always came before the singer.

[MrDavearama]

@acfinney1 Okay, but Tex was a featured vocalist and eventually led the Miller Band. I

don't know where your going with the comment.

[acfinney1]

@MrDavearama gsmonks ask why Glenn used such a lame singer as Ray Eberle. Glenn wasn't interested in really good singers, because his wonderful sound was derived from the band. Tex was nothing more than a novelty singer, along with Marion and Ernie Caceres. My statement was directed at gsmonks statement.

[acfinney1]

@MrDavearama Eberle was his featured vocalist. Tex was just a novelty act.

[MIKEPREAMP]

Came here looking for Bing's rendition of this. Didn't find Bing, but this was refreshing. Sound was excellent,