Some people say that "scat singing" originated when
Louis Armstrong dropped his music, maybe in 1926. Well, who knows?
By 1928, there were some great scat singers, and you can hear George Thomas singing "Tight
Like That" right now. !
Here are some other early scat singers that just knock me
out. You can scan down thru these on the player by using the controls on
the Windows Player. Or, click on the name to go to a page dedicated to
them.
1. McKinney's Cotton Pickers. "It's Tight
Like That" (playing) was written by Thomas A. Dorsey, who later wrote
"Take My Hand, Precious Lord" and numerous other Gospel
favorites. Dorsey was apologetic about ITLT, altho it sold 7 million
copies! For more on Dorsey, look here.
2. The Rhythm Boys. Bing
and the boys put Paul Whiteman on the map. This tune (Nmbr 2 on the player
below) is my favorite in my
collection but you can see more here.
3. The Boswell Sisters grew
up in New Orleans, and learned how to sing scat at an early age. I love everything they do.
This selection (Nmbr 3) is the title tune from my collection.
4. The Mills Brothers
started out by imitating instruments with their voices, but they were GREAT at
inserting a scat chorus where it belonged. Tiger Rag was their first
hit, and the Title Song of my collection. Eventually, they sold 50 million
records!
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